The Art of Healing and Wellness Fair

An event that you don't want to miss!   The Art of Healing and Wellness will be held at La Vie Boheme Bistro on April 24, 2010 from 10am-7pm and will feature many local practioners that specialize in Skin Care, Massage Therapy, Chakra Meditation, Flower Essences, Aromatherapy, Organice Herbal Gardening, Music Therapy, Yoga and Belly dancing as well a Tribal Dance Workshop.

Local artisans will also be selling their art work, handcrafted jewelry and bath and body products.  There will be a gift basket raffled off that will feature products and services from some of our practioners and artisans.

Demonstrations and lectures will be given throughout the day and  La Vie Boheme Bistro will be offering a breakfast and lunch buffet.  So come join us for a day of fun filled activities that will help you acheive your goal of total body wellness.

For more information about the event schedule, please go to http://www.laviebohemebistro.com/ .
La Vie Boheme Bistro 109-111 Madsion St. Oneida, NY .

Late Night Baking

I am  not always sure of what comes over us, but sometimes even after a long hard frustrating day we want to go into the kitchen and whip up some cookies.  I can even cajole Kenzie into helping most of the time...especially if she thinks she may be able to eat a few warm, freshly baked cookies before going to bed.....and then there is of course the extended bed time for helping me.

She is her mother's daughter....the second wind always comes right before the bedtime hour.  I send her up to go to bed ususally an hour before we come and she is always awake .....telling us she is not tired.   Morning comes pretty early though!  I don't take pictures of mornings in this house because sometimes it is not pretty.This is my clown and this is probably why we make cookies at night when we are tired...the silly comes out and we actually end up having some mother daughter therapy.   Try this sometime....it can be fun!

Easter Dinner

Easter dinner in the prep stages......wow you say where is the ham and all of the other traditional Easter Foods?   I know we are at times an unconventional family and that is not just with the foods we prepare. 

This is actually a Spinach Lasagna Roll Up and it is really very easy to make as well as very tasty!  My mother loves to make this when we have lots of guests coming for dinner.  This year we were lucky to have many family members come into town to celebrate Easter with us. 

The Filling: So you will need 2 cups of ricotta cheese or lowfat cottage cheese... 2- 10 oz. packages of chopped frozen spinach....thawed and drained..... 2 Cups of Shredded mozarella.......and approximately 28oz. of tomato sauce.

Mix spinach, ricotta and 1 cup of the mozarella for the filling.  Reserve 1 cup of mozarella for topping when cooking the roll ups.

1 whole box of lasagna noodles cooked and drained.

 Basically to make this simple lasagna variation you want to cook a whole box of your favorite lasagna noodles....don't over cook because they will fall apart when you go to roll them with their spinach and ricotta cheese filling.To cool the noodles, line your counterop with wax paper and lay each noodle in a single layer along the paper. Once they have cooled enough to be touched, use 1/4 cup of the spinach and ricotta mixture and plop it in the center of each noodle.  Flatten the filling out a little by spreading with the back of a spoon.....you don't have to spread it the entire length of the noodle, just enough to make it a little flatter for when you will roll it. 

Before rolling up your noodles pour a small amount of tomato sauce in the bottom of your skillet.

  To roll the noodle start at one end and roll towards the opposite end.  When you are done rolling, put it seam down in the skillet.  When you have all of the noodles rolled up and they are in your skillet, pour some tomato sauce over the top of them...bring them to a boil and then reduce to a simmer with a cover for 5 minutes.   Next sprinkle with the remaining mozarella and cook for another 5 minutes or until the mozarella on top has melted. 

Now the recipe is meatless, but if you have guests who like meat you can do what we did....make some meatballs to go along with the Spinach Lasagna Roll-ups.  This is my father rolling the final meatball. We popped these into the oven for about 35 minutes.

Add a salad and some hearty bread and you have yourself a pretty fantastic meal that is easy on the budget and the waitline!

Now of course we couldn't end it there....we had biscotti and slow churned ice cream for dessert.

Now we may be different with our menu, but I will ease your minds.....the jelly beans and chocolate bunnies were eaten before, during and after we hand dyed the Easter Eggs and of course we can't forget the Easter Egg Hunt! We hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday...I know we did.