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Loblaws Click & Click - My First Experience (Review)

The last few weeks as I have been leaving my local Loblaws I have seen ads all over talking about Click & Collect.  I don't know what this is, but in my usual apathetic fashion I ignore it and move on with my life. The last time I went grocery shopping I see a video while I'm waiting in line - my interest is piqued. "Can it really be that easy?" I ask myself with a moderate amount of glee.  I love these sorts of "innovations" - shopping online is great - it's easy, comfortable, gives me time to think, and, best of all, I don't have to deal with random people (no offense random people, I'm sure you're very nice!). The website is set up a bit like Netflix with horizontal scrolling food options.  Each "aisle" has its own page with categories within the aisle shown.  Only a subset of each category is shown and you can delve deeper to see all the possibilities.  You can also search for specific items instead of clicking th...
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Cooking With David - Lasagna

I decided to make pasta sauce last night and thought, "Rather than just having noodles and sauce, I should make lasagna!".  Disclaimer: really I just wanted to play around with my camera and share the pictures.  I decided that I should edit the photos (cropping at the very least) which I did not do this time around.  Regardless, here we are!

Step 1 - plug in the tree (thanks for the blinking lights and flaming angel Google Awesome).


Step 2 - light a fire (which also included music!).


Step 3 - get all the ingredients together (canned diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, mushrooms, onions, garlic, Parmigiano-reggiano cheese, Ricotta cheese,  mozzarella and cheddar cheese, ground beef).  Also, obviously, a delicious beer to help with the creative cooking juices doesn't hurt anything either.


Step 4 - after you brown the meat and sauté the veggies, throw it all together with the tomato sauce and canned tomatoes and let that simmer for half an hour or so.


Step 5 - layer the noodles, sauce, and cheeses.



Step 6 - throw the lasagna in the oven.  Additionally, bake some bread.



Lastly, steam some broccoli (for colour), garlic up that bread, serve, and enjoy! (Christmas dishes optional).


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