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This is a great pasta for lent.  This is one of my favorite pastas.  I love to make this and have the left overs for lunch. 1 lb penne pasta 11 oz. Goat cheese 3/4 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes 1 cup chicken stock 1 cup of cooked garbanzo beans 2 cloves of garlic Directions:  Cook pasta according to directions.   Reserve some of the pasta water. Use a skillet to make sauce.  Mince garlic and put in skillet with chicken stock bring to a low simmer.  Break up goat cheese and put in skillet, stir until all of the cheese is melted.  Add garbanzo beans so that they warm.  Toss sauce with pasta, add sun dried tomatoes.  Salt to taste.  Serve right away.  If sauce is to thick or it rests for too long before serving use pasta water to thin.  Enjoy! Green   Shellfish Yellow  Nuts Blue   Soy Purple  Milk Orange  Fish

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day.  I am ready, are you?  In the morning I will be up making a special breakfast I don't have time for scratch on school mornings.  However I found some great all natural orange cranberry scones I will shape into hearts and bake up in the morning.  I will prepare some potatoes into shreds for hash brown bake today. I will mix all the ingredients tonight so it is ready to pop in the oven in the morning.  Do a bit of decorating in the kitchen.  Once the kids are in bed I will put our their gifts at their place settings so while they are waiting on their hot scones and hash browns they will be opening their gifts.   Hash Brown bake  1 lb shredded potatoes (organic) 1cup shredded cheddar cheese 8 oz. sour cream 1/4 cup melted butter 1/4 tsp white pepper 5 dashes of hot sauce Directions:  mix ingredients together.  Spray an 8 inch baking dish with olive oil.  Place ingredients in dish. ...