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What’s a good thing to do after walking into the house, leaving your frenetic day at the doorstep? One answer could be go directly to the kitchen, fill the pasta pot with salted water and get it boiling. With that one gesture, a mid-week meal for 2, a family, even a crowd, could be on the table in less than 30 minutes. The magic here is by quickly throwing together one or two more quick homemade meals each week you’ll drop a pound or two just by less pre-supper snacking/drinking and no bread basket. (Drat it, those calories do count.) Throughout January in France bakers make the Galette des Rois, celebrating Epiphany, the day the Three Kings (les rois) visited the infant Jesus. Like the Mardi Gras King's cake that most of us recognize, this cake always has a trinket hidden inside. If you aren't ready for a sugar rush, take a small piece. A very rich frangipani filling is sandwiched between two circles of puff pastry. Our CooktheBookFriday’s recipe choice this week is a fabulous PASTA with SHRIMP, SQUASH, LEMON and HERB … [Read More...]
