Posted September 17th 2009 at 8:32 pm by Mara @ What's For Dinner?
I have a confession to make.
In the excitement of writing last night’s HUGE GIVEAWAY post (have you entered yet?? You can until Sunday night!) I neglected to really eat my dinner until after I wrote the post. I had a bite, and then got to writing, and finally went back to eat it after the post was up.
Big mistake.
The next time I make a recipe I haven’t made in a while, I need to make sure to actually measure. The recipe called for 1 TEASPOON of baking soda. I put in at least a TABLESPOON. My casserole, while it smelled right, tasted like a combination of soap and bacon. Not good! I had been SO excited to eat the darn casserole and it was disgusting…
I decided today that rather than making something new, I was going to re-make the casserole and make it RIGHT. I used the right measurements, and even found the right pasta shape. So re-make it I did…and it was GOOD. Like, super good. Amazingly good… I’ll stop gushing now.
It looks similar to yesterday, but the taste was SO much better! I’m satisfied now. I topped dinner off with a tiny cup of So Delicious coconut milk ice cream topped with frozen raspberries, and a few cashews from the amazing people at the Oh Nuts! Company. They sent me quite the haul to try! I love that the pistachio bag has a nice little line that says “time to reorder!”
Don’t forget to enter the insane $150 cheese party giveaway by commenting on yesterday’s post! The contest ends Sunday, just in time to start another one (or maybe two!)
Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday… it’s been another long week, and I have a fun weekend planned, so lets GET to it already 
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Oh no! I’m sorry about the casserole. I think we’ve all done things like that. It can be quite an unpleasant dinnertime surprise.
I’m jealous of your haul from the Oh Nuts people! Especially the almonds. Oh my!
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Wow, soap and bacon doesn’t sound appetizing at all! Glad you avenged yourself!!!
3 days!!
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Sorry for the soapy dinner!! Glad you were able to remake it the right way tonight!!
MMMMMM! Oh Nuts are wonderful!! I’m kinda jealz!!!
happy Friday Miss Mara!!!!!!!!
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L’shana tova, Friend.
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When I was about 6 years old, trying to bake a batch of PB cookies, I used 1/2 CUP of baking soda instead of 1/2 a TSP. Yeah, ’nuff said
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Ooo, I can almost imagine the soapy taste of the casserole! Too bad that happened but thankfully you’ve made it all good again by redoing the dish..:)
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Oh man!! I’ve done the baking soda thing in baking before – not tasty at all! Needless to say, the garbage ended up eating it
HAPPY FRIDAY!!
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Oh no! That has totally happened to me before. Salt instead of sugar kind of stuff. Blech!
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I think I’ve mixed up baking powder and baking soda before. Totally not the same thing.
I totally hate that…making some awesome culinary creation that looks and smells like heaven and then you taste it…blech. Good on ya for just remaking it otherwise you’d have the craving bad!
Have a good weekend!
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I swear to G-d I want to stick my hand through my screen and grab that cup of chocolate coconut milk ice cream with the raspberries. I love Purely Decadent and So Delicious coconut milk ice creams. They’re the best!
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