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Zucchini and Squash “Lasagna” (no noodles)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:46:40 EDT

Because of our recent farm subscription, my wife and I were inspired to refine the Zucchini Lasagna with Grilled Eggplant recipe I found into the following:

Zucchini and Squash “Lasagna” (no noodles)

2 Jars of Pasta Sauce (Murir Glen Tomato Basil) - drained with a fine sieve, or a Chinoise.
12 oz Tomato Paste (2 cans)

32 oz Ricotta (BelGioioso Ricotta Con Latte 73%) - drained if moisture is greater than 73%.
1 Large Egg
1 Handful of Basil Leaves - Chopped
2 Tablespoons Grated Parmigiano Reggiano (Whole Foods) - Can be adjusted to taste
Salt and Pepper to taste

6 to 8 Zucchini and/or Yellow Squash (Birch Creek Farms CSA) - Sliced 1/4 inch thick (we used a Mandoline)
24 oz Low Moisture Shredded Mozzarella
4 to 5 Medium, or 3 Large Tomatoes - Seeded and sliced

Assembly

Mix drained pasta sauce and tomato paste in large bowl. Reserve in 3 parts if you want equal coverage of all layers.
In another large bowl, mix ricotta cheese, egg, chopped basil and Parmesan cheese.
In a standard-size deep lasagna pan, start by spooning enough sauce onto bottom of lasagna pan to prevent vegetables from sticking.
Layer slices of zucchini or yellow squash (separately or mixed together) over pasta sauce, covering bottom of pan. Overlap slices slightly.
Drop 4-5 large spoonfuls of ricotta mixture over slices and smooth mixture out with a broad knife or offset spatula.
Scatter 1-2 handfuls of mozzerella over ricotta.
Top with sauce, then another layer of vegetables, then another layer of ricotta and another layer of mozzerella.
Repeat once more so that there are three layers of vegetables and ricotta and mozzerella.
Over third layer of ricotta, place slices of tomatoes.
Top with any remaining sauce and the remaining mozzerella.
Bake for 1 hour at 375 F.

Makes 10-12 servings.

Recipe can be halved, but still use one egg in ricotta mixture.

The drained liquid from the pasta sauce can be saved and cooked down for a pre-seasoned tomato soup, or add in some bacon bits, cook down further, and you have a really simple BBQ sauce.

Experiments with food make cooking fun,

(but they also frequently annoy one's spouse---Anne Savidge)

James T. Savidge

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Is that listed skill really required?

Sat, 23 May 2009 14:45:51 EDT

I though I’d pass along a concise article that attempts to answer one of the persistent questions that most job hunters ask themselves when looking at posted jobs: Which Skills Are Required?

Good luck with your job hunting,
James T. Savidge

job hunting, job hunting tips, jobs, layoff, links

Smalltalk Jobs 5/23/09

Sat, 23 May 2009 14:39:12 EDT

Because of the recession, the number if new jobs has continued to be few in number. Since my last jobs posting last month, we’ve added or updated information about more than 12 different positions. This includes 2 positions in Australia, 2 in the European Union, and one in India.

We are still in need of several additional volunteers to help us track jobs for the database outside our current areas of coverage. If you are interested in helping out, contact me at the email address at the top of this blog.

We use Dabble db, to keep track of the open Smalltalk positions, and I have a short segment each week on the Industry Misinterpretations podcast.

The database is released under a Creative Commons licence and various bookmarakable HTML views of the data can be found on the public directory page.

Please note that because of a limitation in the way that Dabble db displays public data, a full listing of a position’s URLs are only available in the data of the following RSS feeds:

All closed positions

All skills

Good luck with your job hunting,
James T. Savidge

Creative Commons, Dabble db, Industry Misinterpretations podcast, jobs, podcast, smalltalk, Smalltalk jobs

Smalltalk Jobs 4/8/09

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:50:41 EDT

Because of the recession, the number if new jobs has slowed to a crawl. Since my last jobs posting two months ago, we’ve added or updated information about more than 12 different positions. This includes 1 position in Australia, and 4 in the European Union.

We are still in need of several additional volunteers to help us track jobs for the database outside our current areas of coverage. If you are interested in helping out, contact me at the email address at the top of this blog.

We use Dabble db, to keep track of the open Smalltalk positions, and I have a short segment each week on the Industry Misinterpretations podcast.

The database is released under a Creative Commons licence and various bookmarakable HTML views of the data can be found on the public directory page.

Please note that because of a limitation in the way that Dabble db displays public data, a full listing of a position’s URLs are only available in the data of the following RSS feeds:

All closed positions

All skills

Good luck with your job hunting,
James T. Savidge

Creative Commons, Dabble db, Industry Misinterpretations podcast, jobs, smalltalk, Smalltalk jobs

New Form Items Overview for ObjectStudio

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:06:32 EST

This is the first of what I hope will be a series of screencasts about ObjectStudio. I’m in the process of learning this version of Smalltalk and I’d like to share what I learn with anyone who wants to follow along.

This screencast is a beginners level quick overview of the New Form Items window of the ObjectStudio UI Designer. For more information on this topic, see Chapter 1, Page 36 of the ObjectStudio User Interface Guide. In the near future, I hope to have another screencast, or screencasts, that will cover the entire Designer Quick tour section of that chaper.

As for this first screencast, click on the image below to watch:

Update: James Robertson has added this screencast to his Smalltalk Daily feed.

He has done some format conversions so that you can also watch the screencast on Vimeo:

ObjectStudio Designer Walkthrough from James Robertson on Vimeo.

Or on YouTube:

James T. Savidge

Smalltalk Jobs 2/5/09

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:05:50 EST

Since my last jobs posting, we’ve added or updated information about more than 8 different positions. This includes 1 position in Canada, and 1 in the European Union.

We are still in need of several additional volunteers to help us track jobs for the database. We would like to have one more person to help track jobs in the U.S.A., and we could use some help in Australia. Tracking jobs in Australia shouldn’t take more than about an hour a week. If you are interested in helping out, contact me at the email address at the top of this blog.

We use Dabble db, to keep track of the open Smalltalk positions, and I have a short segment each week on the Industry Misinterpretations podcast.

The database is released under a Creative Commons licence and various bookmarakable HTML views of the data can be found on the public directory page.

Please note that because of a limitation in the way that Dabble db displays public data, a full listing of a position’s URLs are only available in the data of the following RSS feeds:

All closed positions

All skills

Good luck with your job hunting,
James T. Savidge

Creative Commons, Dabble db, Industry Misinterpretations podcast, jobs, podcast, smalltalk, Smalltalk jobs

Smalltalk Jobs 1/27/09

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:53:02 EST

Since my last jobs posting, we’ve added or updated information about more than 18 different positions. This includes 1 position in Canada, and 3 in the European Union.

We are still in need of several additional volunteers to help us track jobs for the database. We would like to have one more person to help track jobs in the U.S.A., and we could use some help in Australia. Tracking jobs in Australia shouldn’t take more than about an hour a week. If you are interested in helping out, contact me at the email address at the top of this blog.

We use Dabble db, to keep track of the open Smalltalk positions, and I have a short segment each week on the Industry Misinterpretations podcast.

The database is released under a Creative Commons licence and various bookmarakable HTML views of the data can be found on the public directory page.

Please note that because of a limitation in the way that Dabble db displays public data, a full listing of a position’s URLs are only available in the data of the following RSS feeds:

All closed positions

All skills

Good luck with your job hunting,
James T. Savidge

Creative Commons, Dabble db, Industry Misinterpretations podcast, jobs, podcast, smalltalk, Smalltalk jobs

The new Doctor is Matt Smith

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:06:58 EST

The BBC has announced that Matt Smith will be the latest actor to portray the Doctor on the TV series Doctor Who. (Photo via Slice Of SciFi.)

In the spirit of the new news, I’d like to share with all my friends, (especially those from the Intergalatic House Of Daleks - IHOD,) various accumulated Doctor Who links that I collected.

Christmas

Comics

Hardware

Food

Music

Daleks

Good luck Doctor,
James T. Savidge

Doctor Who, IHOD, links, Matt Smith

Smalltalk Jobs 1/1/09

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:58:58 EST

Happy New Year!

Since my last jobs posting, we’ve added or updated information about more than 6 different positions. This includes 4 positions in India.

We are still in need of several additional volunteers to help us track jobs for the database. We would like to have one more person to help track jobs in the U.S.A., and we could use some help in Australia. Tracking jobs in Australia shouldn’t take more than about an hour a week. If you are interested in helping out, contact me at the email address at the top of this blog.

We use Dabble db, to keep track of the open Smalltalk positions, and I have a short segment each week on the Industry Misinterpretations podcast.

The database is released under a Creative Commons licence and various bookmarakable HTML views of the data can be found on the public directory page.

Please note that because of a limitation in the way that Dabble db displays public data, a full listing of a position’s URLs are only available in the data of the following RSS feeds:

All closed positions

All skills

Good luck with your job hunting,
James T. Savidge

Creative Commons, Dabble db, Industry Misinterpretations podcast, jobs, podcast, smalltalk, Smalltalk jobs

Smalltalk Jobs 12/24/08

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:14:05 EST

Since my last jobs posting, we’ve added or updated information about more than 4 different positions.

We are still in need of several additional volunteers to help us track jobs for the database. We would like to have one more person to help track jobs in the U.S.A., and we could use some help in Australia. Tracking jobs in Australia shouldn’t take more than about an hour a week. If you are interested in helping out, contact me at the email address at the top of this blog.

We use Dabble db, to keep track of the open Smalltalk positions, and I have a short segment each week on the Industry Misinterpretations podcast.

The database is released under a Creative Commons licence and various bookmarakable HTML views of the data can be found on the public directory page.

Please note that because of a limitation in the way that Dabble db displays public data, a full listing of a position’s URLs are only available in the data of the following RSS feeds:

All closed positions

All skills

Good luck with your job hunting,
James T. Savidge

Creative Commons, Dabble db, Industry Misinterpretations podcast, jobs, podcast, smalltalk, Smalltalk jobs