Hello everyone! Today I would like to share with you a very tasty dish! Here is what it is:

Emmentaler & Asparagus Frittata

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Makes: 6 servings (1 wedge each)

Ingredients:

8 eggs

1/3 cup milk

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

4 ounces Emmentaler Cheese, shredded (1cup), divided

1 tablespoon butter

1 cup sliced mushrooms

1/4 cup chopped shallots or red onion

12 fresh asparagus spears (about 8 ounces), cut into 2-inch lengths

Directions:

1. Preheat broiler. Beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper in medium bowl with wire whisk until blended. Stir in 1/2 cup cheese. Set aside.

2. Melt butter in 10-inch nonstick skillet with ovenproof handle over medium heat. Add mushrooms, shallots and asparagus; cook ans stir 3 minutes, or until vegetables are crisp-tender.Reduce heat to medium-low; pour egg mixture over vegetables.Cover; cook 10 minutes, or until bottom of frittata is set, carefully lifting edge with spatula and tilting skillet as necessary to allow uncooked portion to flow underneath.

3. Place skillet under the broiler. Broil 2 minutes, or until top is set but not brown. Top with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese; let stand until cheese is melted. Cut into 6 wedges.

 

 

 

Hello everyone! If you like to cook and would like some creative ideas then you like my cooking posts.  This dish is one of my favorites!

Pasta Arrabbiata

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Makes: 8 servings (about 1-1/2 cups each)

Ingredients:

1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

5 cloves garlic, minced (about 2-1/2 teaspoons)

1 can (29 ounces) Crushed Tomatoes

1 can (28 ounces) Petite Diced Tomatoes, undrained

1 teaspoon crushed red pepper

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 pound dry penne pasta, uncooked

1 cup (4 ounces) freshly shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano, divided

1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat 1 minute. Add garlic; cook 3 minutes, or until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Stir crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes with their juice. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; stir in red pepper, oregano and salt. Cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Cook pasta in large saucepan according to package directions. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water. Return pasta and the reserved cooking water to same saucepan; stir in 1/2 cup of the cheese. Set aside. 

3. Stir in basil into prepared sauce. Add 2 cups of the sauce to pasta mixture; mix lightly. Spoon onto serving platter; top with the remaining sauce. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese.

Hello everyone! Besides seeing movies and listening to music I like to cook. Here in this post (and future ones!) you will find some ideas for yummy cooking!

Hot Gruyere Spinach Dip Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Makes 16 servings (1/4 cup each)

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter

1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)

2 packages (10 ounces each) frozen creamed spinach, thawed

1 cup half-and-half

8 ounces Gruyere Cheese, shredded (2 cups)

1 tablespoons dry sherry (optional)

Breadsticks or French bread slices (optional)

Directions:

1. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir 5 minutes, or until tender. Add creamed spinach and half-and-half; cook and stir 5 minutes, or until hot. Stir in cheese and sherry if desired. Cook 2 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

2. Serve with breadsticks or French bread silces, if desired.

Note: Dip may be held in a small slow cooker over low heat for several hours.

This makes a very yummy spinach dip! I hope you enjoy! Please check back daily as I will be putting up more cooking posts!

Hello Everyone! If you are like me and like/love C.S Lewis, or want to know more about him, then what I am going to write about you will like. I have read some of his books but there was one paragraph that made sense of the feeling that at some point in our lives we have all felt. What I am going to write comes from his book: The Joyful Christian. If he was alive I would give him all the credit. He is dead now but I still give him all the credit.  The title is Heaven. This is what he had to say:

I do not think that of Heaven bears any analogy to play or dance in respect of frivolity. I do not think while we are in this ” valley of  tears,” cursed with labor, hemmed round with necessities, tripped up with frustrations, doomed to perpetual plannings, puzzlings, and anxieties, certain qualities that must belong to the celestial condition have no chance to get through, can project no image of themselves, except in activities which, for us here and now, are frivolous. For surely we must suppose the life of the blessed to be an end in itself, indeed The End: to be utterly spontaneous; to be the complete reconciliation of boundless freedom with order- with the most delicately adjusted, supple, intricate, and beautiful order? How can you find any image of this in the ” serious”  activities either of our natural or of our (present) spiritual life? Either in our pre-cariousness and heartbroken affections or in the Way which is always, in some degree, a via crucis? No … It is only in our ” hours off,” only in our moments of permitted festivity, that we find analogy. Dance and game are frivolous, unimportant “down here” is not their natural place. Here, they are a moment’s rest from the life we were placed here to live. But in this world everything is up-side down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of Ends.  Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

Now I do not know how you feel about what C.S Lewis said but for me it left a mark. Since we cannot have the joy that we yearn for here it truly gives me hope in what the Bible says. There are many other factors besides this one that make me sure that the Chrstian faith is true, but this is one of the largest. I hope you liked this post. 

I look forward to your comments.  Catholicteen

Hello everyone! If you are going to be bored this summer but want light-hearted movies then I can help: Anne of Green Gables, Pride and Prejudice, The Naked Jungle and Rio Bravo. These can all be found www.amazon.com. Hope you will find them to be fun! Catholicteen

Hello! If you are like me and gobble books up then I have some books that are good for all ages: The Case For Faith, The Case For a Creator and The Case For Christ. These books are very good for teens or for anyone who just likes reading good books. The authors name is Lee Strobel and these books can all be found at www.amazon.com. I hope you will find these books to be very interesting as I have.

As today’s culture points out, most ( not all) people embrace, or like, the things that are “popular.”  However, some people ask ” Well, what has happened to the Classics?”  I believe that as we get more and more involved with “popular culture”, we forget that the Classics lie at the heart of Western culture.  As I have said before, “popular culture” has its place, but we must not forget the Classics.  What has happened to the Classics is that most people forget them. I believe we should not forget them, as  the Classics are not only part of our very roots, but have a beauty that cannot be found anywhere else.  As people respect all cultures, we should also respect the Classics the same way.  We respect Modern Day people but forget the people that came before us who, for “worse” AND “better,” literally made us who and what we now are.  I believe that we should respect them both.

There is no denying it summer is coming up! This summer will you be bored and have nothing to do? If so, then I can help you! If you like watching movies like me you might be interested in some of my suggestions: The Gospel of John DVD,  Time Changer and, A Man for all Seasons. These are wonderful movies and will take away any summer that you may encounter during summer! These can all be bought at  www.amazon.com. Enjoy the movie(s)!

Are you one of those people that love to hear good or perhaps even classical music? Do you enjoy music besides the popular music of today’s culture? Then you have come to the right place! My suggestions would be as follows: American Angels Anonymous 4, The Priests CD and On Yoolis Night. These are all sung very well and are a joy to listen to! These can all be found on www.amazon.com. I hope you will enjoy these Cd’s.

Hello Everyone! If you are someone who loves to read or knows someone who like to read, you will loves this post. If you want some ideas for books to read then look no farther! I suggest C.S Lewis since he is a very good christian writer. He also has a great imagination! Watch out it could be mind boggling! Some books by him are: Mere chirstianity, The Chornicles of Narnia and many more!( you can get his books on www.amazon.com) hope you will enjoy reading his book(s)!