ISO: recipe from CL e-mail weekly newsletter, 2000.

[Maree]

Hi all, I live in Sydney, Australia and have subscribed to Cooking Light since my first trip (on business) to the USA in the mid 90s. I found it in an airport shop prior to a West to East coast flight. I love it!
It is impossible to buy here so I have it mailed to me.

Last year, the weekly e-mail newsletter featured a recipe on "low fat" farfalle cabonarra" (sp). I printed it out, used it, it became a family favourite but, during renovations, it has since "disappeared."

Can anyone help me out? I've searched the archives and my magazines to no avail.

Thanks in advance,
Maree from Sydney.

[kentgirl]

Mare---
I hope this is it.... http://www.cookinglight.com/special/hlcc_sept_recipe2.asp

It sounds delicious!

[Maree]

Thank you SOOO much, kentgirl. This is it!

I have printed it out again and saved it to two places on my hard drive.

The only changes I make are to use shredded 97% fat free ham (instead of the bacon) and to have Tabasco sauce as a condiment at the table (my husband's family is from Greece & Italy) and they are used to it as are their kids & grandchildren).

I also use a pre-bagged mix of low-fat "Pizza Plus" cheese (cheddar, Romano & Parmesan) from the supermarket to save fridge space.

I can't believe I received a response so quickly to my first time post. Thank you, SOOO much.

I hope I can help you and other CL readers in the future. Have bookmarked the site.

I am off to bed happy!

Thanks so much, again!

Maree.

[Maree]

Hey, kentgirl, thanks, again.

I posted the request here after I posted it at my "usual" cooking BB. Your email arrived first, but the "other" BB also posted it twice for me. Makes me wonder why I "beat myself up" trying to find the recipe when I could have found it so easily. I know what I'll be doing in future.

I love this recipe. So easy and I have managed to cut down on the pots to wash after cooking it a few times. With two teens (13 and 17)and the eldest likely to move out inn a year or so, I am keen to make recipe book that he (and later she) can take with him/her of cheap, easy but healthy foods to cook for themselves.

I use dried birds' eye chiilis or small red Thai chiiis from the garden if the 13 yr old is not eating with us. Otherwise, I serve Tabasco at the table. Have yet to try the "green" Tabasco (milder). She might like that taste.

Regardless, I serve this with crusty bread (home-made, if I can) and a salad. Try it!

There are never leftovers as much as the new puppy would like.

As for Aus., please come down if you can. The Summer months (Dec-mid March) tend to be humid in some places but ...

Your nic has me fascinated as I've spent time in Kent (UK)-backpacking as a kid (early 20s) and Kent (OH)- working.

Email me privately if you wish,
Thanks again,
Maree.

[funnybone]

Maree, out our curiousity, do you have problems finding any of the ingredients "down under"? I know how frustrated we get here when we can't find certain things.

Welcome to the board. Hope to see you post again.

[Laura B]

Maree,

Welcome to the board! I feel compelled to post and say hello as I miss Sydney very much right now. Last June I spent a month in Sydney studying at the Faculty of Law. I loved it, although I stayed in a somewhat sub-standard hotel in Kirribilli which has since been shut down. Sydney is so beautiful! I cannot wait to come back with my husband and also explore more of Australia.

I look forward to your posts in the future!

[kentgirl]

Glad to help, and welcome to the board.

I look forward to your down-under perspective. My sister traveled to Australia years ago and she just loved it there. My DH and I talk about vacationing in foreign places, and Australia is always at the top of the list.

And speaking of Tabasco……we have something in common. My husband loves Tabasco and he puts it on everything, except maybe ice cream! I'm going to try this recipe - and your substitution suggestions are great! Thanks,

[gabbyh]

G'day Maree!
Welcome to the board. I'm American and married to a wonderful Australian...we live in Pennsylvania, but try to visit Australia at least once a year. My husband's family lives on the west Coast in Dunsborough, WA which is south of Perth, and his younger brother lives outside of Sydney. I love your beautiful Country and sometimes think I miss it more than my husband does! Hopefully someday when I retire we can move there for good...I look forward to your posts on another cuisine...I've acquired a large collection of Australian cookbooks as my suitcase was "weighted down" on our last trip!

[This message has been edited by gabbyh (edited 06-22-2001).]

[Maree]

Hi (sorry, G'Day) to all, and sorry that I have not replied sooner. It's Sunday night in Sydney and, as usual, with two teens, the weekend has been hectic.

Funnybone, I usually don't have trouble finding ingredients. The main exceptions are for the Mexican, Tex-Mex and "Southern" recipes. An hour away, I have a great gourmet food warehouse that sells to the "trade" but also to the public. I try to schedule trips there around my other jobs/ errands for (esp) Mexican and Tex-Mex. ingredients. The Southern (esp. *fresh* Cajun-Creole) ingredients are a problem, though. Products such as spices (eg. Chef Prud's are easily obtainable so long as you know where to look ... isn't it always the way!)

Laura B. glad you loved Sydney (and Kirribilli is such a great location) on the northern shore of the Harbour with *that* view. Sorry you landed in a dump! It can happen to all of us. I've had that happen to me, too, and it can take the "shine" of a place if you let it get to you. My first trip to the US was all pre-booked. I had 2 days in NYC, then a conference in CT and then back to NYC for 3 days. The first hotel (great, reasonable, clean and friendly) was unavailable after the CT conference and I had to stay elewhere (200 metres away) after returning from CT. The difference was amazing. If I'd not known better (and complained *ever so sweetly* for a room change, I'd have thought that this (dump) was typical of all NYC hotels (except for the 4-5* which were way out of my budget).

Gabbyh, glad you liked Aus. I return from the US with a suitcase full of books. Many are for work/ study but many are also from Williams & Sonoma etc. Am currently applying for a Greencard. A friend of mine who is Head of School at her Uni, advertised US-wide for s'one to fill a short term position and could find no one. So, in case there's another situation in the future (that fits in with the kids' schooling), I'm applying.

Look forward to sharing more food (and other talk)with you all soon.

.../maree.

[Laura B]

Originally posted by Maree:
Laura B. glad you loved Sydney (and Kirribilli is such a great location) on the northern shore of the Harbour with *that* view. Sorry you landed in a dump! It can happen to all of us. I've had that happen to me, too, and it can take the "shine" of a place if you let it get to you.

Maree, our lodgings were prearranged by our law school and we were all quite shocked and disappointed with the situation. But we all got over it pretty quickly! *That* view is truly breathtaking (however, we didn't have a view from our hotel). Every morning we took the ferry over to go to school. I never got tired of riding into and out of circular quay (did I spell that right? I can't remember). I cannot imagine a more lovely way to commute to work than on the Sydney ferry system! And living in Kirribilli was so nice. The little village had everything we needed and such a nice little park at the foot of the bridge (I mean the grassy park, not Luna Park - is it true that Luna has been torn down?) where I took some great pictures of the harbor. Have you ever eaten at Stir Crazy Thai in Kirribilli? YUM! I dream about their chicken satay. It is fun to talk about this again with someone who knows what I am talking about - I want to go back!

[Maree]

Hi Laura B. Sorry not to get back to you for a few days. Among other things (work, 2 kids, house, 2 businesses, I am doing [or trying to] a PhD so my "fun" / "down" Net time is limited.

Great to hear that your accommodation didn't take the shine off your stay in Sydney. Yes, you spelt Circular Quay correctly! We use "caps," though :-).

My accommodation (first time I went to the States) was arranged by a travel agent who (I doubt) had ever visited NYC, but then, neither had I! I then knew where *not* to stay and passed on the info to her (in a nice way) when I got home so she would not recommend *that* hotel to future clients. NYC was booked out then (October 1995). I guess that's why I couldn't get back to my original (wonderful) hotel that I'd stayed in prior to the conference in CT. The Pope was in town. I was lucky to get a room.

Luna Park is (it's said) to be re-developed) ... who knows what that means ... but "they" say it will retain its charm. Let's wait and see.

Btw, the wire on my (13 yr old) daughter's braces broke at school this afternoon. I'd planned (de-frosted and all) a beef stir-fry but she wasn't up to that.

Thanks to my new-found friends at Cooking Light's BB, I was able to comply with her request for the recipe that started this thread.

There were only the two ogf us home tonight so I decreased the pasta but (since she loves the sauce and needs her dairy) maintained the original recipe (except for my usual substitution of shredded low fat ham instead of the bacon and the addition of Tabasco at the table). She went back for seconds.

Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. Look forward to "talking" with you soon. E-mail me, privately, if you wish to discuss "non food."

.../maree.

PS What can I do with 500g (~1lb) of lean beef strips that have been defrosted and which my daughter is unable to eat until her orthodontist's appointment on Friday morning? Make soup and puree (ewwww)... will think of something ...