charity begins at the stove

I have a friend who is in Arizona indefinitely, caring for her mother, who may or may not ever get out of the hospital, and another who had a baby about a week and a half ago. Plus, tomorrow is Jonah's birthday and we have company coming. So, here's the plan:

I'm making baked ziti with two pounds of pasta, 3 containers of sauce from the freezer, one package of turkey sausage, one large container of ricotta, two baggs of mozzarella, and some broccoli. One whole pan will stay here, and one half pan will go to the home of each of the friends with a container of salad, a pack of Pillsbury breadsticks (on sale and I had a coupon!), and a dozen chocolate chip cookies from the freezer.

Here, to go with the ziti, we're having garlic bread (Karen's bringing it), salad from a bag, and a chocolate cake (all the better to blog you with, my dear!).

I am so pleased with how much mileage I'm going to get out of a relatively small amount of extra effort.

Posted by volfie at November 7, 2003 01:12 PM