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...
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 h...