20th July, 2010 - Posted by carsi - No Comments
Check out this Statesman article about how East Austin is seeing an increase in environmental improvement projects like walking trails, new sewage lines, and cleaner public areas. The article states that the city will have almost doubled its expenditures on East Austin public works projects at $47.9 million annually in the 2009-11 fiscal years, up from $25.7 million annually from 1998 to 2008. The reasons for this increase include an influx of new, more affluent residents who have been communicating more with City Hall about their environmental agenda for the area. The change is not without its tensions, though, as longtime residents are hesitant about the projects, and some would prefer that money be spent elsewhere.
Wednesday night, the City will be sponsoring a meeting for people living in the Montopolis neighborhood to discuss proposed amendments to their neighborhood plan document. The meeting is at 6:30 in the auditorium of Austin Community College’s Riverside campus, 1020 Grove Blvd. For more info, call Maureen Meredith at the City of Austin at 974-2695.
20th July, 2010 - Posted by katherine - 2 Comments
Last week I tried another recipe from my vegetarian cookbook and it turned out pretty well – how can anything with a lot of cheddar cheese not turn out well though? I modified the recipe slightly.
Ingredients:
- 4 1/2 cups broccoli heads
- 8oz ricotta
- 1 garlic clove, diced
- 6-8 tbsp Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 c cheddar cheese
- 6 flour tortillas
- 1 cup veggie bouillon
- 1 jalapeño pepper, diced
Directions:
- Bring a pan of salted to a boil and blanch broccoli for 1 minute, then rinse in cold water and drain
- Cut off stems and peel broccoli and dice the remaining heads
- mix broccoli with garlic, pepper, ricotta, cumin, and half of remaining cheeses
- fill tortillas with mixture, rolling them up and arrange in oven-proof dish. Top with remaining cheese and bake in preheated oven at 375 for 30 minutes
