i am not going to lie: jessica linn

Jessica’s Lasagna

jessicalinn — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:44:46 +0000

Jessica’s Lasagna

1 tsp extra-virgin olive oil for sauteeing
1 lb ground turkey
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced (or pressed through a garlic press)
3 cups of pasta sauce (approx)
1 1/2 cups roasted red peppers, diced
1 cup sun-dried tomatoes, diced
15 oz ricotta cheese
1/2 cup parmesan cheese (approx)
1 1/2 cups mozzerella cheese (approx)
1 1/2 cups fresh spinach
9 lasagna noodles

1.) Start boiling the water and making the pasta. (Rinse pasta in cold water when it is al dente)
2.) Chop all veggies and have them ready to go.
3.) Turn the oven on, heat to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
4.) Pour pasta sauce into a large bowl.
5.) Heat a skillet to medium-high heat. Add olive oil. Saute the onion for a couple of minutes, until browned. Add ground turkey, season with seasoned-salt and pepper (and a dash of chili flakes if you like a little spice like I do), cook until browned. Add garlic at the last two minutes of cooking. You do not want to burn the garlic, it only needs 2-3 minutes.
6.) Add meat mix, sun-dried tomatoes, and roasted red peppers to the pasta sauce.
(the noodles should be about al dente now and ready to drain and rinse)
7.) Start layering. There will be 3 layers of each, with an additional thin layer of pasta sauce at the bottom, and an additional layer of cheese at the top: I start with a thin layer of pasta sauce (without any ‘chunks’ if possible) on the bottom of a glass 9×13 baking dish (no ‘greasing’ needed). Then lay 3 lasagna noodles over the sauce. Layer some of the ricotta cheese over the noodles, then sprinkle some Parmesan and some mozzarella. Add a layer of spinach (remember spinach cooks way down). Then, layer the chunky pasta sauce mix over the spinach. Then noodles again, cheeses again, spinach again, pasta sauce again, etc. Top with a layer of mozzarella cheese on top.
8.) Place in the oven with a foil covering for 30-45 mins. Uncover for the last 10-15 mins to brown the cheese.

I made this last night, and it turned out so well I had to share. It was the perfect consistency: not runny, not dry. To me, the main event is the sun-dried tomatoes. They add so much flavor and tangy-ness. Of course, they could be omitted or substituted for regular tomatoes, or even increase the amount of roasted red peppers.
I’m all about timing with cooking too, so I totally put things in order that I’d actually do them to be what I think is the most efficient.
Enjoy!

dunkin donuts coffee mmmmmmm

jessicalinn — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:41:25 +0000

I enjoy the hazelnut flavor. It’s unbelievable, the best hazelnut flavored coffee of any brand…I’ve tried them all.

this one’s for the leaders….

jessicalinn — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:59:50 +0000

For The Leaders - Luciano

This is my appeal
To all your leaders out there, to stop the war.
Cuz theres no justifiable reason
It’s about time..that you realize…that your not fulfilling your true purpose

This one’s for the leaders, who are fighting war.
All over..the world
This one’s for the leaders, who are fighting war.
All over..the world

Think about the youths, who are dying out, (dying out)
Crying out (crying out) for love.
Victims of the system, we divide and grow
To break us down, & tear us apart
What is the future of the human race
How will the children grow to take our place
Where is the love that we should all embrace
I do believe it’s here, for you and me

This one’s for the leaders, who are fighting war.
All over..the world
This one’s for the leaders, who are fighting war.
All over..the world

Thiiiiis one..is for, the leaders who are fighting war..
All over the wooorld
Imagine all the money, that you spend on arms
Guns and bombs, to destroy
While people are left hungry, to die from wants
And those who do survive are unemployed
What is the future of the human race
How will the children grow to take our place
Where is the love that we should all embrace
I do believe, it here for you and me

This one’s for the leaders, who are fighting war.
All over..the world
This one’s for the leaders, who are fighting war.
All over..the world

This one..This one…(for the children)…This one
Thiiiiiiss oooooooonnnnnneee, This one for the, This one for the
This one for the leaders
This one, this one is for the leaders…

Of a man whom I cannot name…

jessicalinn — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:10:43 +0000

His condescending nature is so rampant he could make Einstein feel stupid. Think of the layman…!

religions and them being denominational

jessicalinn — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:53:51 +0000

So I had a really great chat with Heidi today. She is in the cities this weekend and we met up at burrito loco for lunch today. Tt was really nice, and great to be able to have a talk like that. Anyways, we ended up at the topic of religion and I realized I sort of have some really strong feelings about that. And it all points to one conclusion: we all pray to the same god. I just have such a problem with religions like christianity in which there are so many holes. Like, for example, the story of Jesus dying on the cross and resurrecting 3 days later. One theory is that on the 6th part of the Stations of the Cross (the depiction of the final hours of Jesus in Catholicism) in which Veronica wipes Jesus’ face with her veil, in fact the veil was covered in opium and when Jesus inhaled that was in effect drugged, and that helps him get through the length of the crucifiction, while he is passed out, his body is so drugged that he is in a sort of coma. Three days later he wakes up from that coma and gets himself out of the tomb he was placed in. That is ridiculously plausible. In my logic, it is much much more plausible than someone divinely rising from the dead. Or another example: not eating mean on Fridays during lent. Where the hell did that come from? Im pretty sure there is no theological bearing behind that. Im so sure, in fact, that I challenge anyone out there to prove it to me. Prove to me that not eating meat on Friday actually means something (and specifically when and why it came about). I doubt you will find anything, but I beg you to try. haha anyways pardon my stubbornness, as I said, I just feel very strongly about this. I have much more respect for religions like Islam, where everything is defined and straightforward. Hardly as contradictory as Christianity’s forms. Which is another reason for its coherence. There are not so numerous and divergent sections or sects of Islam. Unfortunately I do not know much about some of the other major religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, or haha Scientology, but I would like to. And why is Jesus, of all the ‘prophets’ the son of god? Perhaps that is a naive question on my part, but for someone who actually attended years and years of religion classes in Catholicism, you’d think I should know, huh? haha, maybe I just repressed it. aaaahahahaha. No, but going back to the prophets point, the conjoining of the religions at that particular point alone, seeing Jesus as a prophet of God (or son of God) in both religions, is what I think is a great example that points to religions all praying to the same god. And all past and future religions too! All the greek gods and the native american traditional spirits, and all of that is just a different manifestation of the same entity: God. Why is God sometimes called Allah (in both Christianity AND Islam) or Yahweh (in both Judaism and Christianity) or Jehovah or Jah? Which one is right? Are any of them right? What does that mean? I dont know, if monotheism sees one single god as omniscient, everlasting, and omnipresent, and polytheism basically sees many gods as everlasting omniscient (in their subject) and in totality (i.e. including all of them together) are omnipresent, what exactly is the difference? What is the difference if one god controls all the specific pieces of life, OR many gods controlling specific pieces of life separately, but wholly still control everything? I dont know. Maybe Im looking at it too superficially, but if not differentiated at a basic level, why does it matter if they manifest it in a different way? I guess I just also hate the idea of organized religion. Once it becomes organized, not only is there room for corruption, does it become cult-like, but it also loses its meaning! Things become ritual, so ritualed and overdone that it becomes naturalized and no one knows what it means anymore! I like the idea of religion. People need something to have faith in, something greater to believe in. But it should be personal to you. It should be what is currently more often stated as Spirituality. You should always have a one-on-one relationship with God, and the way you prove it to him should mean something, not just be a ritual that you’re doing because…you don’t even really know why you’re doing them! Whether or not you take particular aspects from any of the ‘major’ religions now and practicing them because they really have come to mean something to you, thats fine, great! But the restraint of having to also follow other aspects of the religion in which you do not exactly agree with should not persist, as it does in an organized religion.

So, thats my take on Religion/Spirituality.

peace.

what you focus on…

jessicalinn — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:23:54 +0000

What you focus on, is what you will always see.

If you think someone is being stupid, you are going to notice all the stupid things they do. (and none of the smart things they do). If you think someone is annoying, you are going to see all the annoying things they do. If you think someone is mad, you are going to notice all the potential signs that might reinforce your belief that they are mad. If you think someone is being silly, you are going to notice all the silly things they do. If you think someone is beautiful, you are going to notice all the beautiful things they do. It’s up to you what you focus on. (and what to deem trivial). And it probably sucks being on the receiving end wondering why all of a sudden someone thinks you’re annoying when you’ve acted the same way on other days and they thought you were beautiful.

If you think the world is out to get you, then you will find ‘evidence’ that might reinforce that. If you think you hate something, then you are going to see all the ways in which it is bad. Take mayo for example. If you think you hate mayo, then you think you will hate a tuna salad sandwich. Until someday someone has to blind you by telling you there is no mayo in something to get you to try it. Turns out, you like it; they’ve opened your eyes. But the problem is, your eyes were closed to begin with. You closed your eyes. Or, on the other hand, if you think something, or some place, is the best thing, nothing compares. Then you are going to think every other thing, or place, is unbearable. You have to open your eyes.

Life is what you make it.

the absence of knowing (what to write)

jessicalinn — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:32:38 +0000

i dont really know what to write today, but somehow i just want to. its funny because after i wrote that first sentence, i sat here for about 5 minutes thinking of what to write, and guess what i came up with….? nothing. I guess i just kinda feel depressed. i mean, being broke REALLY sucks, and what sucks even more is feeling like youre working your buns off yet not being able to really make a dent in doing anything about it. and what sucks even worse is feeling like i was pushed into this situation. why dont i have a job right now? i honestly couldnt tell ya. i seem to remember someone telling me that a job would always be there when i needed it, yet, its not. oh well, im over it, i guess. its just so hard to be in transition, and in such a weird type of transition. i mean, do i apply at restaurants and coffeeshops (if i could even get in with my stupid school schedule being all over the place) to maybe work there for a few months until i graduate, upon which i will necessarily be attempting to find a job that actually puts my skills to use? or what? or what? i guess i just need a little guidance. or something. it sucks cuz i feel like i need someone to talk to, yet cant find the right words to say. but then, thats always been a problem of mine. which brings me to my next topic, French. man, sometimes i feel like im rockin that language, and the next its like i know nothing. i just really want to be comfortable with it, but why the heck is it so damn hard for me to speak it? maybe for the same reason that ive always had problems with words in english too. who knows. someday i think ill figure it out. but for right now, im just Lost.
which brings me to my next topic, the show, Lost. How freakin excellent is this show anyways? oh man, so many questions. i shall have to come back to this topic though because i must get myself out the door to go to class, then to work the wonderful world of assembly line. (which somedays is actually not so bad, its just the thought of how i got here to begin with that is so bad).

peace.

if you MUST…i registered.

jessicalinn — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:07:53 +0000

Please, you know you don’t have to, but if you must purchase something for our newleywed-ness, I registered at Target Club Wedd under Jessica Linn-Kané for ideas.

married?

jessicalinn — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:35:57 +0000

Yes, Kany and I got married today!

my geminizzle horoschope for this month

jessicalinn — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:52:54 +0000

just thought it was interesting…

“It seems like everyone is bickering and arguing this month and they all want you to mediate for them. The trouble is that you are fed up with most of the squabbling and backstabbing going on. You are tired of closed-minded people and you are tired of petty arguments. You are still going to be the one playing the role of peacemaker, but you are probably more ticked off than anyone else is as a result. Luckily, there are some moments when you get to sneak away and have some fun and laughter with your favorite people. And you come up with some brilliant problem solving ideas while laughing and playing.”

now, dont you wanna check your horoscope today?

hahahahaha, here you go, then.