Homemade Ravioli

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Welcome to the FIRST post of the Saving Second Base project!

The Story of Judy and Toni and their Homemade Ravioli

Contributed by Ash Dugan

Two women whom I admire and care deeply for have each struggled with breast cancer. My mother-in-law, Judy, had it before I knew her, while my husband was in high school. Her dear friend and my adopted mother-in-law, Toni, had it just last year. I was not a part of the battle with either of them as one was before I joined the family and one was hundreds of miles away from us. However, I have heard the stories, I have seen both their sons deal with the fear and hurting, and I have known what it feels like to be afraid for someone you love.

Both of these women love cooking. These women cook very differently. I have learned a lot about cooking from both of them. My favorite memory together with the two of them involves cooking.

Every other Christmas we travel to Oregon to the house my husband grew up in and spend a wonderful week with family. This is a family of MANY traditions, some of which I have pushed my way into and some I haven’t quite grown to understand and love. However, there is one tradition that I have been a part of since it began. Each year at Christmas we, and a few of our family’s closest friends, all get together for an evening. The boys watch football and the girls make homemade pasta. The girls I am referring to are the core group of Judy, Toni, my sister-in-law Molly, and myself, the others vary from year to year. My father-in-law prepares a venison filling for the raviolis and Toni prepares a more classic filling (recipe unavailable as Toni never uses recipes) for the raviolis. We prepare the dough, knead it (often enlisting the help of the boys during commercials), and then use a serious team effort to make the pasta with the Kitchenaide attachment. And by team effort I mean that we often make the dough so long it requires three of us to hold it, which of course only adds to the fun. The raviolis are then created with the various fillings and cooked. When completed we spend the entire dinner time debating which type of ravioli is better and if it was better with white sauce or red sauce.

Last year I was six months pregnant and as an avid football fan, used the pregnancy as an excuse to escape to the living room and watch football with the boys. At the end of the evening I knew I had missed out. A few hours with Judy, Toni, Molly, and our friends laughing, gossiping, and enjoying each others company is not something I should ever take for granted.

Recipe: Homemade Ravioli

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Flour
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Olive Oil
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 ½ Tbsp Water

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients and knead until smooth and pliable. Add more flour if dough is too sticky. Follow the directions on your pasta maker to make the noodles the proper thickness for ravioli.
  2. Create lengths of noodle that are 4-5 inches wide. Lay the noodles on a well floured surface (counter, cookie sheet, table, etc.). The noodles will have to be filled as you go along, i.e. it easier to make a length of noodle, create the raviolis, and then make the next length of noodle.

Recipe: Mike’s Sausage Ravioli Filling

Ingredients

  • ½ lb. Smoked venison sausage finely chopped
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese
  • ½ cup Romano Cheese
  • 8 oz. Ricotta Cheese
  • 1 Egg

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients together, adjusting cheese quantities as needed to get a consistency thick enough that it could be formed into small balls.
  2. Place a Tbsp of the filling about every two to three inches along the length of the pasta.
  3. Fold the pasta in half lengthwise, cut the raviolis, and press the edges down with a fork.
  4. Cook raviolis in boiling water until soft (they will cook faster than store bought raviolis).

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Thank you so much, Ash, for contributing this story and recipe.

Want to know how you can help? or be a part of this project?

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  • We’re going to post at least one recipe and story every. single. day in October on A Southern Fairytale and on Once A Month Mom and then we’ll compile all the stories and recipes into an e-book that can be purchased and EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY cent will be donated to the Susan G Komen Foundation. (Tricia and I are not taking a single solitary cent for any of this)
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    And remember y’all… Save a Life, Grope Your Wife :-)

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11:09 PM ByFiled UnderSaving Second Base

I love Lotus.

I have mentioned this many. many. many times.

I think  that the impossible has happened.

Someone check and see if Hell has frozen over because honestly, I didn’t think I could adore Lotus more, and yet now,  I do.

Look what she has created for the Saving Second Base Project:

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I love this picture more than I can say.

If you want to post this 150X150 on your blog…. that would be quite spectacular and boobtacular and even more.

I can’t offer you any incentive for doing it.

I can only offer you the knowledge that you’re helping a really good cause.

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Okay, apparently the text box didn’t work. Bad online instruction :-(
Let’s try this:

Leave a comment here that you want it, and I’ll email you the code.
If you’re a person who can help me with a text box for the code… {bats eyelashes} I’d be grateful!!!

Loter, I loves you.

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The past two Octobers I’ve hosted a monthly posting of stories and letters from people who’ve been affected by Breast Cancer called Blogging For Boobs

(I highly recommend clicking that and reading through the posts, they’re simply amazing)

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I was sitting thinking about how to make my 3rd year of Blogging for Boobs even better, more powerful, more impactful.  Most of y’all who follow(ed) along know that my mom was born with brain tumors, my MIL is a two time breast cancer survivor, we lost my SIL to cancer, my Grandfather to cancer and this summer my FIL was diagnosed with lung cancer.  I am a bit passionate about supporting Cancer Research and doing whatever I can to raise awareness and money.

Well, my prayers were answered when PING a DM  from the darling Tricia the author of the delicious Once A Month Mom blog.  She wanted to know if I wanted to partner with her this year on a project for October, National Breast Cancer Month.  The more we skyped the more enchanted I became both with her and this idea!

I’m so excited to announce that Tricia and I are partnering on a month long project that we’re calling:  Saving Second Base: A Breast Cancer eCookbook Project! (nod to my friend Dragon for the suggestion!)

(I’m working on a graphic right now but, I’m trying to find a tasteful picture of hands or arms over breasts that I can use in B&W with script and have all rights to..with credit to the photographer, of course)

Okay, more about the project, which I am SO excited about!

Saving Second Base: A Breast Cancer eCookbook Project

We are looking for recipes and stories/memories accompanying those recipes that are special to, from, or remind you of someone whom you have known or loved that have survived or passed away from breast cancer. We will be using these recipes/posts throughout the month of October on A Southern Fairytale and Once A Month Mom.

In addition, at the conclusion of the month we will take each of these recipes and create a commemorative ecookbook that you can then purchase for yourself or as a gift to the loved one and/or their family. All PROFITS from the sale of these ecookbooks will go to the Susan G Koman Foundation. Tricia and I will keep NONE of the proceeds, not a portion, not a percent, not a brass farthing (I know brass farthing!!! But, it just sounds good). :-)

We hope that you find that this is a memorable way to honor those in your life and to relive some of their (or your) favorite culinary creations. Here is how you can contribute:

  1. Include an original recipe. It can be one of the following: a recipe of theirs, a recipe of yours that they loved, or a recipe that makes you think of them/remember them when you make it.
  2. Write a food related memory or story about someone that has survived or passed whom you knew or were close to that had breast cancer to go with the recipe.
  3. Include a picture of that person, a picture of you with that person, a picture of the recipe, or another photo that would be appropriate.
  4. A one-two sentence bio about you, include a URL if you have a blog.
  5. Email all of the above to breastcancerebook@ gmail.com

Note: Those entering will be asked to sign a publication release for print of the commemorative ecookbook.

If you have known a loved one with a love for the kitchen that has survived or been a victim of breast cancer I hope that you will consider joining us by contributing a recipe and story, visiting during the month of October, or by purchasing the ecookbook in November!

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