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Pizzas!
Sometimes pizza gets pretty mundane, the standard options are sausage and pepperoni. It’s a godsend when we stumble upon a place that has more diverse options. Places that include mushrooms, spinach, goat and feta cheeses, chicken or bacon can be a real delight. But often even those alternative pizza joints miss the mark. They’ll give you mushroom and sausage but if you want spinach too, well, you may just have to pay an additional $1.99, or what if you want to add just a handful of Italian sausage to the veggie pizza? That may cost you a whole $2.50. Or worse, they may tell you they can’t do that. They’ll…
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Pace yourself. I don’t know CPR!
Today, I resumed my A.M. workouts. I took a holiday hiatus from the routine. And as a result found it impossible to get up the last two days. But today was different. I had to get back into the gym. Apparently, a wide assortment of New Year’s Resolution makers felt the same way. It was overrun with new faces. Usually, at 6:45 a.m. the athletic center is pretty vacant. There’s me and the guy in the white sleeveless shirt. He runs on his treadmill for 5 minutes at a time, then disappears to do some strength training, I suppose. Then, he’s back on the treadmill pounding it out. Then, there’s…
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Spinach Pocket
When I start using a new food item, I max out its potential. I’m into puff pastry at the moment. Actually, I’m slowing coming out of the discovery phase, but I’m just getting around to posting some of my puff pastry inventions. This is a lovely, flaky, savory spinach pocket. It has chicken, gorgonzola and ricotta cheeses inside. IngredientsFrozen SpinachGorgonzola CheeseRicotta CheesePuff Pastry 1. Defrost and drain spinach.2. Cook chicken (seasoned to your liking) then slice it into bite-sized pieces. 3. Heat drained spinach and add cheeses3. Once the cheese has melted set aside. 4. Cut defrosted puff pastry into equal sized squares5. Place dollop of Spinach in center of…
