Keira Brigit Pauline

2 boxes ww Lasagne. 1 recipe pimento cheese or 2 packages of tofu. 1 pot of sauce 12-15 vegeballs (crumbled) 1 bunch of steamed fresh broccoli cut in bite-sized pieces. Layers---- Sauce, lasagne, pimento cheese, vegeballs, broccoli... Bake in over at 350 F until done.

Slice eggplant very thin. Roll slices in breading mixture of cornmeal and garlic salt. Place breaded slices on cookie sheet in very hot water (450F-500F) for about 15 minutes on each side. Make a sauce, and 1 recipe of pimento cheese, 1 recipe vegeballs cut onions and bell peppers into rings. Arrrange layers, Sauce, eggplant, onions, and peppers, vegeballs, pimento cheese, sauce. repeat until dish is full. Bake in oven at 400F until done.

2 cups cooked lentils, mashed 1 medium onion, diced 1 medium green pepper, diced 1 cup ground walnuts 2 cups bread crumbs 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup tomatoes, blended Mix in order, given form into patties and baek at 450F for 15 minutes on each side.

2 cups cooked lentils (add 3/4 cup dry lentils to 2 1/2 cups water with one bay leaf and one clove minced garlic. Cover and simmer gently for 45 minutes and the water is absorbed). 4 Tablespoons minced onions or green onions 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup each chopped celery, olives, and parsley 3 Tablespoons soy mayonnaise Mix together. Let stand several hours or overnight in the refrigerator for flavors to blend. Variation: 2 cups of any bean, mashed.

4 large potatoes 4 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 cup chopped onion 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon butter 2 small green, red, or yellow peppers, cut in strips 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 2 tablespoon black pepper 2 tablespoon parsley 2 or 3 teaspoons snipped fresh rosemary Peel potatoes and cut into 1 inch chunks. Cook potatoes in boiling water until almost tender, almost 5 minutes. Drain; set aside. Heat olive oil and butter in a large heavy skillet; cook garlic and onions over medium heat until soft; toss in pepper strips. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Add potatoes and cook until golden brown and crisp around the edges, stirring occasionally (about 15 minutes). Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with fresh herbs. Serves 8.

2 cups cooked mashed turnip 2 tablespoons margarine or butter 1 cup soft bread crumbs 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/2 cup milk 1 egg 1 tablespoon melted margarine Preheat over to 350F. Combine first 7 ingredients and beat well. Add egg and beat again. Turn into a buttered casserole. Pour melted margarine over the top. Bake for 45 minutes or until brown.

1/4 cup butter or margarine 2/3 cup chopped celery 2 tablespooons minced onion 1 tablespoon grated orange peel 1 cup orange juice 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cup water 1 cup regular long-grain rice In medium saucepan over medium heat cook celery and onion in butter, until tender (about 5 minutes). Add 1 1/2 cups water, orange peel, juice, and salt. Heat to boiling; stir in rice; reduce heat to low; cover and simmmer until rice is tender and all liquid is absorbed. Makes 6 servings.

When I was in elementary and middle school, I was very baby-obsessed. I knew I wanted babies when I got older. I often thought about baby names. I preferred offbeat and unusual names, for I wanted my kids names to be unique. I daydreamed about my future family constantly. I found a baby name booklet that my mother had used when she named me. She and my father looked at my name at the same time and said it aloud at once. So, that's how my name came to be. I wish my mother had thrown that booklet out, but she was a hoarder. I read it and became obsessed with baby names. I marked up that book until it had to be thrown out. I would beg my mother to let me stay at the library when she went to her nurse's meetings, and I would then spend time looking at the baby name books. I can still remember their Dewey numbers of 929.9. I tried to hide this, standing in a corner of the library and sitting on the floor, writing down my favorite names. I also would write down all the name variation

When I was in A.P. English Literature in high school, I remember my teacher, Mrs. M., telling an insightful story. She had a friend who had been married and was also childless. This friend wanted a baby very badly and a baby was not happening for her. She was so obsessed with having a baby that the thoughts of becoming a mother consumer her daily thoughts. It got so bad that she could not want past the infant's section of a store without crying. Her husband grew so tired of her, that he divorced her because of her constant depression over not having a baby. She eventually married again and that time she got pregnant! She was so thrilled! Then my teacher did not see this friend again until the child was just turning 2 years old. (That makes me wonder if it was someone who worked at the high school). She asked this friend "How's motherhood?" The friend then replied: "I hate it! This is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and I have no time to myself!" My teacher th