Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

It seems like everyone is really happy to say goodby to 2020. ha! Too bad the pandemic won't magically go away when the clock strikes twelve but at least Trump will be gone soon.

It's been weird that counting down to things improving with the pandemic keeps getting further into the future. At least we are getting used to changing our expectations, not that there's any choice! It's kind of like our mantle clock, on the face of it you can tell the time really well but when it comes to striking the hours, it will either strike just once or some random number of times. The chimes do occasionally match the time on the face but you can only trust what you see, not what you hear.

Speaking of time, His Madness embarked upon a lengthy process of producing Red and Green Lasagna for our New Year's Eve dinner. He started by making some spinach pasta from scratch.

Speaking of lengthy, he was lucky it didn't land in the cat's water bowl.

Eventually. it was brought under control and left to dry for a few minutes.

While HM made the TWO sauces I decided to hunt down all the pieces of the fancy Christmas china we never use and set the table with them. I even added extra glasses just to prove that I can fill a huge amount of time as well as His Madness.

Back in the kitchen, the sauces were done and the pasta was boiling.

(Actually, it only takes about thirty seconds if you don't let it dry.)

The red and white sauces along with the Parmesan was layered between the green pasta. Then it went in the oven for half an hour.

Earlier HM made two loaves of really unattractive but very tasty bread.

I should have taken a better photo of it but it was delicious. We forgot to do the crackers on Christmas so we decided better late than never. Who doesn't like reading jokes while wearing a paper crown? 

Salad and bread were also on the menu because His Madness thought it would be fun to recreate the "fancy" meal we used to serve our friends when we were in college. That lasagna was made with Creamette noodles, cottage cheese and the Parmesan came in a can, but nobody complained! Of course, the bread was a lot better looking!

I hope everyone found a way to pass the time while staying safe on New Years Eve.

Thanks for stopping by and best wishes for a Happy New Year!