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" The stove has arrived! And it is beautiful! (And despite appearances below, it does fit perfectly in the space. I just hadn&amp;#039;t pushed it all the way back to the wall when I took this photo.)  If you&amp;#039;ve forgotten (there&amp;#039;s no way I could!), my electric range exploded a few months back, shooting sparks and flames out of the stovetop and into the kitchen. Luckily, the only damage done was to that night&amp;#039;s dinner, my nerves, and the ugly old vinyl flooring. In the months since, Rich and I have embarked on a DIY kitchen makeover, painting the cabinets and installing new hardware, ripping up the vinyl flooring and laying down Pergo planks, and replacing the fridge and range. It&amp;#039;s been a lot of work\u2014more than we anticipated, really\u2014but everything is finally coming together. More about the stove. And about life without one. I haven&amp;#039;t baked in months. I prayed for sunny days because that meant we could use the grill. I have explored the many ways to cook in a convection toaster oven. And I&amp;#039;ve probably put on a few pounds from all the takeout we&amp;#039;ve been ordering. But now the stove is here. So the night it arrived, I filled up my giant stockpot with water, shook in some kosher salt, and set it on the smooth glass cooktop to boil. For the first time in weeks I was making pasta, a dish that simply cannot be made in the toaster oven!  When I saw that cool red glow under my pot of water, it nearly brought a tear to my eye. Hooray! I thought. I am back in action. Unfortunately, the cupboards were relatively bare, since we&amp;#039;d been trying to eat what was in the house while we were renovating. However, I did come across a plastic container of Grandma Mannarino&amp;#039;s sauteed green peppers in the freezer. And I also found a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes. So I got creative and added both to one saucepan, crushing the tomatoes a bit with my potato masher. Since Gram&amp;#039;s peppers are already quite well seasoned (I believe she cooks them with onions, garlic, and plenty of olive oil), I didn&amp;#039;t add anything else to the pan. Once the pasta was done, I tossed it with the pepper-tomato sauce and added some grated cheese. In the meantime, I cooked up some sausages (chicken for me, pork for him) and slit open two whole wheat Italian rolls for garlic bread. Speedy Garlic Bread Mash together 1-2 tablespoon or so of salted butter, 2-3 garlic cloves through a press, a glug or two of olive oil, and a few chopped fresh basil leaves, if you&amp;#039;ve got it on hand. Spread on bread and bake or broil open-faced). It was the most delicious meal Rich and I have had in weeks! All because of that shiny new stove. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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