{"id":1513,"date":"2010-07-27T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/27\/have-you-ever-2\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T19:40:59","slug":"have-you-ever-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/27\/have-you-ever-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you ever &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3029.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_3029-300x225.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8230; made pasta? I&#8217;ve only recently discovered the joys of making pasta at home instead of buying the dried versions at the store. You may have seen <a href=\"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/01\/warm-weather-meal\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>, where I made some traditional pasta. However, the other day I decided to branch out a bit, so I made spinach pasta, using fresh baby spinach. Okay, I dusted it with a bit too much flour to keep it from sticking together, but most of that brushed off. <g> But look how bright the green is! It&#8217;s so much prettier than the spinach pasta at the local grocery store. But the biggest thing is that it tastes <i>so<\/i> good. We had some last night, and we&#8217;ll be having more tonight. It freezes beautifully and then only needs a couple of minutes to cook, straight from the freezer. Yum!<\/g><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; made pasta? I&#8217;ve only recently discovered the joys of making pasta at home instead of buying the dried versions at the store. You may have seen this post, where I made some traditional pasta. However, the other day I decided to branch out a bit, so I made spinach pasta, using fresh baby spinach. 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