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While Celebrating my birthday in WALT DISNEY WORLD we made reservations for Restaurant Marrakesh in the Moroccan Pavilian for a late lunch (and snacked our way Around the World for the rest of the day). We decided on Marrakesh for lunch after hours of research …
Yes you read that right “MOUSE and Cheese” – no there are not any rodents in tonight’s post. Yes there is cheese (and yes, I am cheesy).
The Mouse who is mentioned is none other than Mickey the Mouse whose very own Mac & Cheese we are enjoying as part of my birthday-week celebration! Walt Disney World and Mickey Mouse make “Mickeyroni & Cheese” which is really just Mac & Cheese with Mickey Mouse Glove shaped pasta pieces.
Mickeyroni & Cheese… kinda Cool, kinda corny, kinda part of the celebration Continue reading Mouse Mac & Cheese
It is best to start a meal with dessert (or if you want to be like Rich – you start and end a meal with dessert). So I will start my Disney Birthday Week Celebration with Dessert! For my Birthday, we were able to …
Disney Tokyo, Reading Rainbow, The Disney Channel, Microsoft Word, Chicken McNuggets, Hooters, Plinko, the Sony Camcorder, & ME all have something in common… we all got our start in this world 30 years ago! Also of note; Weird Al’s first album got published AND the …
If I could bottle a smell – it would be the amazing smell of roasted vegetables wafting from the oven (you know, when you are roasting vegetables mixed with garlic & olive oil)!
When there are yummy delicious vegetables on sale (especially eggplants and mushrooms) I just can’t resist. When you are short on time but big on appetite, you can just cut up some of those veggies roast or saute them and you have an amazing dinner just moments away. In addition to just simply roasting (with some garlic and good cheese of course) the vegetables for this dish, I also threw a pot of water onto the stove to boil & made some pasta.
The smells that will waft from your kitchen during the quick roasting process of making this dish will make your family appear at the kitchen table with little to no encouragement. Continue reading Roasted Eggplant & Mushroom Pasta