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Dear ListServe Members:

Happy February!  Won't you be our valentine?

Help us celebrate by honoring our favorite sweetheart, Danielle Gannon and
her well-known Dad, Rich Gannon.  For the entire month of February, we will
donate 15 % of the sales from Danielle's Chocolate Cake to the Celiac
Disease Research Center at the University of Maryland.   Voice your support
for Rich Gannon's efforts on behalf of Celiac Disease and pick up a bag of
this yummy chocolate cake that's named after his daughter.

Other promotions for the month of February include a new line of rice
crackers from "Hot Kids."

#332.  Hot Kids Sesame Rice Crisps  $1.99  (regular price:  $2.29)
#333.  Hot Kids Natural Rice Crisps  $1.99  (regular price: $2.29)
#332.  Hot Kids Cheese Rice Crisps  $1.99  (regular price:  $2.29)

Also on special, along with this tummy-warming recipe below:

#437.  Tinkyada Vegetable Rice Spirals   $2.99   (regular price:  $3.29)

Cheese and Sausage Pasta Bake
4 slices bacon
1 1/2  lb. turkey sausage
1 large onion, chopped
1 tsp. dried thyme crumbled
1 tsp. dried rosemary, crumbled
12-oz. bag. tri-colored spiral pasta (#437), cooked al dente, drained and
rinsed with cold water
2 large carrots, peeled, thinly sliced, steamed for 3 minutes
2 cups broccoli florets, steamed for 3 minutes
6 oz. package of reduced-fat garlic and herb cheese, room temperature
1/2  cup evaporated skim milk
1 cup gluten-free chicken broth
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese (reduced -fat cheese is fine)
3/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
1, 28-oz can Italian plum tomatoes, drained and chopped
1/2  cup grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Cook bacon and sausage in heavy skillet until bacon is crisp.  Drain bacon
on paper towel.  Finish baking sausage in 375  degree oven, cool and slice.
Sauté onion in bacon fat or olive oil.  Add spices and cook 2 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Butter a 9-x-13 inch baking dish.   Combine
herbed cheese, milk, and chicken broth.  Add pasta, vegetables, onion
mixture, sausage and bacon.  Fold in Jack and blue cheese, tomatoes and half
of the Parmesan cheese.  Check seasonings.  Transfer to pan.  Top with
remaining Parmesan cheese.  (Can be prepared to this point one day ahead.)
Cover with aluminum foil and bake 30- 40 minutes.  Serves 6-8.

Happy Valentines Day!

Beth Hillson
The Gluten-Free Pantry
Phone: 860-633-3826
Fax: 860-633-6853
www.glutenfree.com

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