Most soups freeze well. Lentil is a perfect made ahead soup that you can freeze wonderfully. Keep in mind that the spices do get a little stronger whenever you re-heat soup. Also make sure you leave space for expansion and that the containers you use are freezer safe & well sealed. ... View related article.
As others have said, make sure all cakes are on cake circles and the plastic plates that hook into the columns. You do not need straws, dowels or styrofoam for this the cake pictured. If you are stacking the cakes on top of one another you do. I don't use drinking straws. I buy "bubble drink" straws at my oriental market. They are wider then typical drinking straws.
To stack cakes, put the first cake on the cake board and secure it to whatever base you will use. Take a cake circle and mark where the other cake is going to be placed on the bottom cake then take it off. Put 3-6 dowel or straw pieces in the cake that will hold the next cake. Take the next cake that is on it's own board and set it carefully on top and repeat until you have all your layers.
If you are going to have more then 3 levels of cake, I find it easier to sharpen a dowel that will go through the center of all of the cakes and will stay in. Before assembling the cakes I pre-hole each one so I am not pushing and possibly squashing the cakes. This way I know where the dowel will go without a problem. When all cakes are stacked then border them. Wilton and cakecentral (my personal favorite) are excellent resources. Good luck ... View related article.
I belong to Sparkpeople.com It's a site for living a healthy lifestyle. There are a lot of meals serving 4 that are under $10 (US). I make what's called Pho' it's a Viet soup that is very easy to make. Just find Pho seasoning, make the broth with that add 1 chunked up chicken breast, rice noodles and green onion. Once it's done you add bean sprouts and Thai basil. It's a lovely soup and very filling. ... View related article.
Thanks for posting this simple recipe that packs a lot of taste. I've done something similar for years using Radicchio with homemade meat sauce and summer squash, onions, peppers and zucchini (I'll post it). ... View related article.
