Success, even without an oven...

My oven has been out-of-commission for a good long three months now. Something spilled down onto the bottom of the oven and onto the coil, and while it is pretty clean, it still smokes and sets off my smoke detector. And for those of you who know me, I have a huge fear of fire, so the smoke detector sounding is not something I like to hear.

While I have no oven and I do love to cook and bake, I have become quite creative with meals and desserts on the stovetop and in my new crock pot.

So tonight I found a recipe online, but decided to tweak it a bit and came up with something that looks pretty tasty.

Tonight's success: Mascarpone with Raspberries and Pineapple.

1 cup mascarpone, softened
1 cup raspberry yogurt
1 8oz. can pineapple tidbits, drained and finely chopped
Lemon juice
Ladyfingers
Fresh raspberries

Mix mascarpone and raspberry yogurt until combined. Stir in pineapple. In a medium serving dish (mine is 7 1/2 inches, holds 5 1/4 cups), make layer ladyfingers. Brush with lemon juice. Cover with portion of mascarpone-yogurt mixture. Repeat twice so there are three layers of ladyfingers and three layers of mascarpone-yogurt mixture. Refrigerate. Top with fresh raspberries when ready to serve.


From what I can tell, this will be a light and delicious dessert. We'll find out tomorrow night just how successful of a non-oven delight this is...

Blogs can be powerful things...

After telling him I wasn't sure me writing a blog would be as "effective" as his, a wise man, one who doesn't ever seem to give himself enough credit, told me tonight that my "fear will [not] be a reality until I put my e-pen to the e-paper". I tend to realize he is usually right, at least about most things, so here it is: my blog. No, I am still not ready to join facebook, but this is at least a step in that direction. So, thanks to you for getting me started... or re-started.

We'll see how this goes, what it turns out to be only time and my fingers/mind will tell. In any case, I hope whoever you are and whatever you mean to me, that you find something in what I bring to the table, er, screen -- and if not, at least I put it out there.

Comment, don't comment, I'll leave that to you.

So here it goes...