Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
food & drink

lawsagna

Jacob is not a picky eater. I make quite a variety of foods. Some he likes, some he doesn’t like, but I’ve never seen him eat with as much gusto as he did last night when Brian made lawsagna. What is this “lawsagna”, you might ask? Well, it’s Brian’s mother’s bastardized version of the Italian classic. Basically, all you do is brown up some onions and ground beef and then add a jar of spaghetti sauce to the pan. In between layers of cooked lasagna noodles, layer velveeta cheese and shredded mozzarella, along with the sauce mixture. Cook at 350 for 45 minutes, and you have lawsagna!

I’ll admit, when I first heard of this recipe, I was skeptical, but it actually tastes pretty good. My mother, who is a bona fide Italian, likes it as well. I have no problems eating it, however, out of respect to my Italian heritage, I do not make the dish. Jake, being only 25% Italian, and over 50% English, doesn’t have such qualms.

miscellany

hits

The Doodleman Pinscher has been good to me. I’ve gotten more hits off of that term than anything else I’ve posted. It’s been a daily stream since I posted about it, though I’m sure the people were disappointed when they got here and didn’t find any real information.

I haven’t had a lot to blog about lately. Nothing has been going on here, though the next week should prove pretty busy. We have a couple of social engagements lined up, which is unusual for us in January. We tend to hibernate. But, perhaps this “false spring” that we’re experiencing is causing us to socialize.

music

us and them

Brian got me the new Shinedown album for Christmas. I’ve been listening to it for a few weeks and I have to say that I really like it. It’s too early to tell if it’s going to stand the test of time, but for now, it’s a cool listen. I first heard of this band a few years ago and thought the singer was excellent, but I wasn’t really into their songs. Then, they released “Save Me” from their latest album and I really liked the song, so I expressed my interest in owning their cd. The have a few slower tempo songs on there that I could do without (though I do sort of like one of them). And there are two bluesy songs on the album that I think are great (I hear shades of David Coverdale and Ray Gillen on them, and that I really like). I don’t know the titles of half the songs or I’d mention them by name. The other thing I like about this band is that all of the members have long hair. What ever happened to long hair? All of the bands used to have it, now everyone’s sporting a short ‘do these days. But, I digress.

movies

wedding crashers

I am disappointed again. This movie was hailed as the funniest R-rated comedy in years. And, while we found it amusing, it was certainly not the laugh-fest that The 40 Year Old Virgin was. The movie was ok, but rarely “laugh-out-loud” funny. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn made for good partners in crime, though. I’d like to see them paired up again. Perhaps in something funnier than this was.

movies

sideways

We caught this movie last night. It was OK. Frankly, I expected more from it. I thought it was supposed to be a comedy, but it was more of a dramedy. The story was about two unlikeable fellows who go on a trip (a wine tour of Santa Barbara county) the week before the one guy’s wedding and get into the sort of trouble you’d expect. It had some funny moments in it, but was definitely not bordering on hilarity. I suppose if I would’ve had different expectations about it, I might have liked it more. The Margaritas were good, though.