Cupcake Ban

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Cupcake Ban
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Tue, 09-18-2007 - 3:36pm
In an effort to make food in schools healthier, some school districts have actually banned cupcakes at school birthday celebrations.
 
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Registered: 08-14-2007
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 5:05pm
I make many a recipe that has cinnamon (or often nutmeg) that has nothing else sweet. Cinnamon is often used in savory cooking. Not as often as it is in sweet cooking, but it is a common savory ingredient. Methinks you aren't as knowledgeable about cooking and the uses of cinnamon as you think.
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Registered: 03-27-2000
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 5:49pm
I make a delicious pasta dish in the fall that has sausage, pumpkin, cinnamon
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-14-2007
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 5:58pm
Oooh, can you post the recipe? Sounds wonderful.
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Registered: 01-05-2000
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 6:26pm

Yes, please do.


Chris

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Registered: 01-15-2006
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 7:35pm
oh,that does sound delicious..cinammon is more my thing in the baking department,for pastries and such than cooking..please add me to those interested in the recipe,if only for my dh to whip up.

 

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Registered: 03-27-2000
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 8:26pm

Here you are!


Pasta w/Pumpkin and Sausage (a Rachael Ray recipe)


1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon
1 pound bulk sweet Italian sausage (I use spicy sausage)
4 cloves garlic, cracked and chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
4 to 6 sprigs sage leaves, cut into chiffonade, about 2 tablespoons
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup chicken stock, canned or paper container
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup (3 turns around the pan) heavy cream
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, ground or freshly grated
Coarse salt and black pepper
1 pound penne rigate, cooked to al dente
Romano or Parmigiano, for grating
Pumpernickel or whole grain bread, as an accompaniment
Spinach Salad with Apple and Red Onion, as an accompaniment, recipe follows


Heat a large, deep nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and brown the sausage in it. Transfer sausage to paper towel lined plate. Drain fat from skillet and return pan to the stove. Add the remaining tablespoon oil, and then the garlic and onion. Saute 3 to 5 minutes until the onions are tender.

Add bay leaf, sage, and wine to the pan. Reduce wine by half, about 2 minutes. Add stock and pumpkin and stir to combine, stirring sauce until it comes to a bubble. Return sausage to pan, reduce heat, and stir in cream. Season the sauce with the cinnamon and nutmeg, and salt and pepper, to taste. Simmer mixture 5 to 10 minutes to thicken sauce.

Return drained pasta to the pot you cooked it in. Remove the bay leaf from sauce and pour the sausage pumpkin sauce over pasta. Combine sauce and pasta and toss over low heat for 1 minute. Garnish the pasta with lots of shaved cheese and sage leaves.

Serve pumpkin sausage pasta with pumpernickel or whole grain bread and Spinach Salad with Apple and Red Onion.

Spinach Salad with Apple and Red Onion:
1 pound triple-washed spinach, de-stemmed
1 small Golden Delicious apple, quartered, cored, and sliced
1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons (a couple of splashes) apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon grain mustard
1 tablespoon (a good drizzle) honey
Coarse salt and black pepper

Place spinach, apple, and onion in a salad bowl. Place oil, vinegar, mustard and honey in a small plastic container and fit lid on container. Shake dressing to combine, 1 minute. Pour dressing over salad, toss, and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Yield: 4 servings


For a printer-friendly copy of the recipe, go here:

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-14-2007
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 8:34pm
sounds wonderful!
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-07-2003
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 9:56pm
I've made it before and it is really good!

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-05-2007
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 11:36pm
Here's my rule of thumb.. if it's sweet, I call it sweetener. If it's not, like for example, cinnamon, I don't.
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Registered: 10-17-2006
In reply to: cmamanda
Sun, 09-23-2007 - 11:48pm

As an aside,

 

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