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Hi I realize this is pretty late in the game to post but esmesbell mentioned the Cheerios smell in Buffalo, NY. It's from the General Mills Plant on the canal. They alternate between Cheerios and Coco Puffs.

Gorgonzola cream sauce: I made a roux, added milk and melted in some gorgonzola. Then I topped the whole deal with toasted walnuts. Decadent but delicious.

I make this and also a turnip and carrot ravioli with a raisin brown butter sauce with white wine reduction and sage. Add vegetable broth after very lightly thickening the butter. Add raisins, seasonings of choice (this case, sage). Brown, do the wine reduction step, add the broth, and done.

Another vote for sage/brown butter, but I add toasted hazelnuts and parm-reggiano on top. If I'm feeling healty, I do half butter-half Smart Balance.

For pumpkin ravioli - brown butter or a light blue cheese alfredo sauce. You could also sprinkle toastes pepitas on top instead of the pine nuts. much cheaper and keeps with the pumpkin theme

For mushroom ravioli - an white cheese sauce or even a pink sauce mixing alfredo and crushed tomatoes.

Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking

I've lost my seasoning mojo - my husband was told to watch the salt by his doctor, and now I am undersalting everything. I used to have a heavy hand with it, but I can't seem to find a middle ground..

I'm glad to hear that I am not alone. I recently came out of a particularly bad kitchen funk and it seems to be related to stress or other drama. Things are calming down and my mojo appears to be back.

Yes, when I broke up with my boyfriend a little while ago. Completely lost my motivation to cook! Ridiculous, right???

I'm in the midst of a Kitchen Funk right now too. It could be the fact that my dishwasher is dead (dead as a doornail, and funny how the apartment maintenance guys don't consider *that* an emergency when there's a foot of snow on the ground...) or it could be the constant threat of losing my job. Yeah, stress is definitely a cooking mojo killer. (although I've also found that when I'm working on other types of creative things, I'm not as creative or capable in the kitchen, with the exception of when I was writing my Master's Thesis, when I found cooking to be the best stress release.)

My husband's been making us a lot of pasta lately, and waffles for dinner. I actually had to throw away a batch of split pea soup that I started last night, my mojo is that off. All I can do is wait it out.

It happens to me periodically, i call it my "body snatcher cook" as in "honey this isnt as good as it usually is" my answer "Must have been one of those pod people"

I dont know if id say i lost my Mojo, but i have lost something in the kitchen like, i used to be so organized,really clean up after everything i make, very organized, thats what i lost, i find myself cooking in a mess lately, or not really a mess but just not as organized as i used to be. My meals are still coming out wonderful, but i guess ive lost my organization skill, so, where did it go and how do i get it back, lol, if you want to see what ive been cooking please visit my blog at
http://ccsrecipes.blogspot.com/

Caution:! Too much butter may cause risk of slippery pants!

I'm going to assume those who think Ms. Dean is "oversexed" have never been comfortable with their own sexuality. She has done everything right in raising her children, working hard to make a life for them, takes care of and loves her family and the people who work for her. She is a true Southern woman and we love her! If y'all can't stand to listen to her, look at her or like her, well "My, My".