Cooking with Sheila

Lasagna Soup Can Warm You Up This Winter

Craving a bowl of comfort food on these chilly evenings? This lasagna soup recipe is just the ticket.

“Once again, my life has been saved by the miracle of lasagna.” ~'Garfield' (Jim Davis) Ah lasagna. You cheesy, saucy little minx. I do adore you. And now that I have found a recipe combining you with another of my great loves (soup) I may just have died and gone to foodie heaven. The component that truly makes this soup sing is the cheesy mixture. Ricotta, Parmesan and Mozzarella...oh my! The original recipe calls for the pasta to be cooked in the soup but I cooked the pasta seperately. If you are planning on having leftovers you don't want the pasta to get mushy. Ground beef can also be substituted for the Italian sausage and if you don't like tomato chunks use crushed tomatoes. Buon appetito! Lasagna Soup Ingredients For Soup: For …

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Big Personality at Big Joe's

"Big" Joe LaCreta may be the owner of an unassuming sandwich shop, but his history packs quite a punch.

Behind the counter at Big Joe's Sandwich Shop, the unassuming sub and pizza restaurant nestled beside Wilmington's commuter rail depot, stands one of the town's biggest personalities, "Big" Joe LaCreta. Somewhere around the age of 90—only he knows for sure—LaCreta could easily pass for a man in his 60s. He credits his good health and longevity to staying busy. "The last thing I want to do is sit in rocking chair and wait to die," said LaCreta, who has owned the sandwich shop for several decades. He still works out on a daily basis, lifting weights in his home gym. "I tell people, the secret to a long life is eating properly, plenty of exercise, a good night's sleep and lots of sex." A member of the Screen Actors Guild, LaCreta was also a U…

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Cindy Lynch Wolters

10:36 am on Monday, March 25, 2013

is there an address to send Joe well wishes?   more ›