Zoners! Welcome back for the last day of the club. Thanks for your participation so far, and here are the last set of questions:
1. Amy offers plenty of recipes for everyone to enjoy? Do you have any family favorites that you would like to share?
2. The Zoners are a creative bunch. Are there any arts and crafts you like to do that we should know about? Or, in other words, what do you enjoy when you are not watching The Colbert Report?
3. Amy used her celebrity to release a book about what she likes? If you had the same opportunity, what kind of book would you write?
As always, keep in mind the rules of the club.
Thank you all for another fabulous meeting of The Stephen T. Colbert Book Club for the Literary Excellence. Now go watch new episodes!
I enjoy cooking, but only when it’s by choice and not necessity. Like I hate the “it’s 5:30pm and there’s nothing in the fridge and my kid is cranky and I’ve got to make *something*” kind of cooking. But I enjoy the “it’s a quiet Saturday afternoon, maybe I’ll make a cheese souffle, drink red wine & watch a movie” kind of cooking. Which, since having a child and building a house (while living in it) basically never happens anymore.
Similarly, I haven’t had much time or space for crafting the past few years. But when I get a chance, I’m an avid quilter & and a casual knitter. Quilting is my perfectionist craft – complicated, technically difficult piecing, queen sized wedding quilts, projects that take me years to finish. Knitting is my short attention span lazy woman’s craft – toys, hats & mittens, socks, anything that’s portable and quick and can be just good enough.
I’ve always been a photography buff (my parents had a darkroom in the basement when I was a kid), and I’ve dabbled in that now & then. It’s on my list of things to pick back up – after the house is finished, & after I (hopefully!) get tenure ;)
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Here’s a truly easy recipe that I love:
Beef and Cheese Ravioli (it’s all about the feta cheese topping!)
1 pound ground beef
1 package (9 oz.) refrigerated cheese ravioli
2 cans (14.5 oz.) cans of diced tomatoes w/ basil, garlic and oregano
(undrained)
2 cups or more of lightly packed fresh baby spinach
1/2 to 3/4 crumbled feta cheese
1. Cook ravioli according to package directions. Drain.
2. Brown ground beef in large skillet (about 5 minutes). Pour off drippings.
3. Stir in tomatoes, bring to a boil, cook 5 minutes.
4. Reduce heat, add ravioli and spinach; cook just until spinach is wilted.
5. Sprinkle with feta cheese.
6. Enjoy!
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I didn’t read the whole book and didn’t really participate in the cooking and such, just because it’s not my thing. But what I read was good, and I’ll probably skim through it some more and find things I’m intereted in.
If I were to write a book based on my interests and I had a fan base who would read it…I guess I would do something on cartooning. That is, after I got a little better and learned more about it. I think cartooning and animation are fabulous arts that can be overlooked and underappreciated because of how common they are, so I would love to express my appreciation for it to those who would be interested in reading something just because I wrote it.
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I like doing arts of all sorts! lately I have been focusing on watercoloring because it is quick and fun (and cheap!) I haven’t painted anything I’ve been satisfied with for a few weeks now, which is frustrating me just a little, but I’ve still been having fun with it. I also have a few pencil portraits of people that I’m pleased with.
I’ve made a few fun Colbert crafts too, like when I stuck googly eyes and red pomp noses on some Doritos, or made myself a “coveted golden dorito” award. half the fun of those was coming up with the idea, then figuring out how it could be executed! I have not made a craft by following instructions in many years.
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My friend thinks the handwritten recipe index cards in the book are fake. I say they are real. What do you think?
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