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July 4, 2007

Goodbye Oven. Goodbye kitchen.

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Kitchen renovation started on Monday. On Sunday Jenny retired our oven from over 50 years of service. Vegan orange pudding cupcakes with chocolate ganache was a fine send-off.

July 1, 2007

The oven's penultimate job

Polenta Lasagna

1) Sautee 5 cloves of chopped garlic in a pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil
2) Add 3 cups of chopped white or brown mushrooms, and continue to sautee. Add basil, lemon thyme, oregano and black pepper
3) Boil 2.5 cups of polenta in 7 cups of water, until it's really thick
4) Add mushroom mixture to the polenta
5) Add half a large jar of tomato sauce to the whole thing

Layering the lasagna
1) Oil a lasagna pan
2) Add some tomato sauce
3) Add about an inch of polenta mixture
4) Add about a cup of grated soy mozzarella
5) Repeat steps 2-4 until all your sauce and polenta mixture is gone-- make sure to end the last layer with soy cheese on the top

Finally
Bake in oven at 350 degrees for ten-fifteen minutes, until the cheese is melted. Add some chopped parsely and chopped chives to the top, as tasty garnish. Let cool in the fridge and then serve cold.

Note: This may be good warm, but I can't vouch for it as I haven't tried it.