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Ending up with a lot of some random cultured food is an occupational hazard with this job. Case in point. I needed to do a run through in preparation to make a video for the website. Normally I make Fromage Blanc or a similar soft cheese before a big party (goes great with crackers and sun-dried tomatoes) but in this case, I didn't really need the resulting cheese, just to run through the process.
After I got over the shock of remembering how much soft cheese a gallon of milk makes, I was left trying to figure out what to do with all of it. I tried to pawn it off on the babysitter (no luck), thought about freezing it (still might), and finally had an idea. What if I used it to make the enchiladas tonight?
I've been trying to be better about cooking more casserole type dishes and getting in the habit of making two of everything with one pan going in the freezer. I figure if I practice, maybe I'll get better at the cooking ahead thing and have a freezer full of meals one of these days. That night's agenda called for two big pans of beef enchiladas.
Here's what I did:
- I spread each organic sprouted corn tortilla with a layer of Fromage Blanc, topped with refried beans, and seasoned grassfed ground beef.
- I rolled up the tortillas and topped with a generous amount of gluten-free enchilada sauce (which I'd randomly thrown together).
- Then, I finished it off with cheddar cheese and ta da! Beautiful creamy cheesy enchiladas!
I'm not sure whether to be proud or concerned I may have to plan a batch of Fromage Blanc prior to making enchiladas in the future. Something to worry about another day.
Want to try this? Click here for our step-by-step instructions for making Fromage Blanc. It's really easy—perfect for a beginner!


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Agora Hostel Hostel
Piazza Curro, 6, Catania, Italy
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Atmosphere 86%
Cleanliness 78%
Facilities 77%
Location 93%
Safety 78%
Staff 94%
Value 86%
- Free Wi-Fi
- Lockers
- Self-Catering Facilities
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Bar
- Bicycle Parking
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Cable TV
- Cafe
- Ceiling fan
- Common Room
- DVDs
- Free City Maps
- Free Parking
- Hair Dryers
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Meals available
- Meeting Room
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Reading Light
- Restaurant
- Safe Deposit Box
- Steam room
- Tea/Coffee Making Facilities
- Telephone Fax Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels for hire
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- Wheelchair Friendly
Check-in / Check-out
Earliest check-in: 00:00
Latest Check-out: 11:00
- Child Friendly
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- No Curfew
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Group of 15 or more traveling to Catania?
Map and Directions
From the airport: take AMT bus nr. 457 to the centre. When the bus enters Catania you will see the seaport to your right. On the left there will be a square (Piazza Borsellino) with lots of buses and a "MacDonald" on the side. As soon as the bus goes through the railway bridges and turns onto the main street, called "Via Dusmet", there is a stop where you should get off. From there, walk back along that main road (Via Dusmet). You will pass a large bar on the right called "Etoile D'or" which is just before the market area. In front of you is a small road (Via Bottino) rising to the right. Take this road and you will enter a square with a church. The large building on the left side of the square is the hostel.
From the Train Station: take the AMT bus nr. 431N and ask the driver to stop at the bar "Etoile d'Or". From the bar go into the fish market area and take the small street "Via Bottino" that rises up to the square where the hostel is.
Piazza Duomo: When you arrive in Piazza Duomo go behind the Amenano Fountain, turn right and go straight; take the second street to the left and you will find the square where the hostel is located.
Piazza Mazzini: When you are in Piazza Mazzini take the "via Auteri, third left, and you are here.

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Residents and staff fighting the closure of a much loved St Albans care home and community hall have formed a campaign group in a last-ditch attempt to save the historic building's future.
Newly formed, The Friends of the Marian Hall submitted an application to St Albans District Council on Monday to register the hall in Townsend Drive as a Community Asset under The Localism Act 2011.
This is in response to the announcement by the Union of the Sisters of Mercy of Great Britain to close Maryland Care Home at the end of the month, making 49 staff redundant and displacing 20 elderly and frail residents.
For more than a century, the Sisters of Mercy have provided care for elderly residents in Maryland as well as an education facility for SS Alban and Stephen and St Bartholomews School pupils in Marian Hall, an extended building on the side of the care home. On Saturday (February 8) residents gathered at the Friends of Marian Hall inaugural meeting to hear about plans to preserve the community hall, which runs classes and resident meetings.
Michael Brophy, secretary of the friends, said: "All the local residents who attended Saturday's meeting unanimously supported the aims and objectives of The Friends of Marian Hall and were delighted that some positive action was being taken to preserve their much loved community asset.
"All the staff say Maryland and Marian Hall is the friendliest and nicest place they have ever worked in and they exude this loving attitude in their caring works with the poor and the elderly.
"Everybody was shocked as the announcement came out of the blue with no meaningful consultation.
"Massive stress and upset has been caused to many people by this sudden announcement, with a number of the residents not surviving the trauma."
The trustees informed residents and staff that the primary reason for closing the home was the £235,000 cost to deal with safety improvements and several millions of pounds of infrastructure investment needed in the long term.
However Mr Brophy explained the friends had recently employed a professional building surveyor, who in fact suggested required works for a long term vision could be completed at a cost of £18,500 - a mere fraction of the quoted costs.
During the meeting, which took place in New Greens Residents Association, county councillor Dreda Gordon was appointed as the group's chairman.
The Gordon family have been prominent members of the Maryland community for generations and Councillor Gordon started school there in January 1957.
She said: "Maryland has emotional ties for me. My family and I grew up on Batchwood Drive and we used to attend church their every Sunday. I have lots of memories there."
As part of the plans to preserve the hall, The Friends hope to set up a new charity and a voluntary building maintenance team, who would maintain the structure and infrastructure of the building.
As part of their application to the district council the Friends explained Marian Hall could help take on extra pupils if the proposed expansion of Garden Fields JMI School, which is also located on Townsend Drive, goes ahead.
The last celebration of mass will take place at Marian Hall on Saturday, which Councillor Gordon said would be 'very emotional.'
Councillor Martin Leach is also supporting the campaign and said: "The Marian Hall has been a valuable asset for local people for decades both as a spiritual place and also as a community centre.
"I wish the friends every success with their application and hope that they succeed."


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Jennifer Heng
The first step
After undergoing two abortions as a teenager due to fear, ignorance and lack of support, Jennifer Heng struggled with the guilt and shame that came with the experience for years. She went on to spend most of her teenage and early adult life feeling lost and hopeless. It was only in her late 20s, through embracing religion, that Heng had a change of perspective.
Giving back
Since then, Heng started thinking of setting up a centre to help women with unsupported pregnancies. With the support of Highpoint Community Services Association and DaySpring, she opened DaySpring New Life Centre in 2014 and currently serves as its director. Formerly a senior pastor, Heng was one of the 13 finalists for the Junior Chamber International Singapore's Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award this year. She was also named an Honoree in the Moral Leadership category.
Food for thought
"Though my work now focuses on helping a specific group of people in need, I find again and again that many of our beneficiaries have dysfunctional, broken and challenging family backgrounds that contribute to the situation they find themselves in."


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Do you know the joke about the guy who goes to the doctor and is informed he needs an operation that would cost $25,000? When he asks if there are any cheaper alternatives, the doc responds, "well, for $75, I can touch up your X-rays."
That's Barack Obama's approach to healing the Dems' affliction when it comes to dealing with religious conservatives on social issues. He's not looking to change the substance, only the appearance.
In introducing Obama, GMA's Robin Roberts did describe him as "one of the Democrats' rising stars." But I think that might be some kind of required FCC label, so we'll cut Robin slack. Particularly so in light of the very probing question with which she ultimately hit Obama, and the telling response she elicited.
The topic was the Dems' uneasy relationship with religion and religious voters, and the speech Obama gave yesterday exhorting Democrats to "compete for the support of evangelicals and other churchgoing Americans."
Frankly, I expected Roberts to accord kid-MSM glove treatment to Obama. But after some nice chit chat, she landed this blow:
"We saw, of course, in the last presidential election moral values very much on the minds of voters who went to the polls. But it's also, when evangelicals talk about the way Democrats traditionally vote, when it comes to gay rights and abortion. So it's not so much the family values that you talk about, but about how Democrats vote. Does there have to be a change there?"
Obama: "There are going to be differences and issues and not all these issues that touch on religious faith are easily resolved. I mean, the fact of the matter is that there are going to be contentious debates around abortion and gay marriage and that's part of our democratic process. My simple point is to make sure that we don't get so locked into a particular perception about how one party or the other thinks that we miss the enormous complexity and diversity of religious views across the country."
Translation: "When it comes to social issues, we Democrats are going to keep voting like the liberals we are. But we have to figure out a way to change the religious voters' perception of what we're up to."
Give Barack high marks for candor, however unintentional, and kudos to Robin for cutting to the chase.
Finkelstein lives in the liberal haven of Ithaca, NY, where he hosts the award-winning public-access TV show 'Right Angle.' Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Uh Oh! George Soros Paid for Ad Featuring Newt and Nancy Pelosi Shilling For Al Gore's Global Warming Scam
Well, looks like Big Government "progessive" Newt Gingrich has stepped in it again folks. As his fellow traveler Barack Obama would say, he's "acted stupidly," with his latest freaky attack on Mitt Romney.
You see, a bit back George Soros made a comment that there was little difference between Mitt and Obama. Now Soros isn't stupid. He knew exactly how that would play with Conservatives.
Folks like Rush Limbaugh constantly say you can tell who the left fears the most by who the attack the hardest. According to a study done by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, Mitt Romney is getting by far the most negative press of the GOP field. Unless there is some sort of unwritten rule that exempts Mitt, or, God forbid, Rush is wrong, it sure looks like the left is more concerned about Mitt than anyone else. You certainly do not see the left attacking Newt Gingrich.
The problem with Newt's attack is while Soros was running his head to Reuters, it's hard to find any direct ties between Soros and Romney, though Newt sure would like you to think there is.
There actually IS a direct link between George Soros and Newt Gingrich though.
We all remember this betrayal of Conservatism and the American people by Newt. [one of many]
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