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Cozy Food Friday

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another great cozy mystery!

DEATH OF A COOKBOOK AUTHOR

Book 10 in the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktail Mysteries

by Lee Hollis

Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell will be cooking alongside top chefs at a cookbook author's party. But a killer plans to ruin her appetite . . . 
 
When Hayley's idol, cookbook author and TV personality Penelope Janice, invites her to participate in a Fourth of July celebrity cook-off at her seaside estate in Seal Harbor, Maine, Hayley couldn't be more flattered. She just hopes she can measure up. With a who's who of famous chefs whipping up their signature dishes, this holiday weekend has all the ingredients for a once-in-a-lifetime culinary experience.
 
Instead, Hayley gets food poisoning her first night and thinks she overhears two people cooking up a murder plot. The next morning, a body is found at the bottom of a cliff. Tragic accident or foul play? To solve a real cliffhanger, Hayley will need to uncover some simmering secrets—before a killer boils over again . . .
 
Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley’s kitchen!

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MY REVIEW

When I hear there is a new Hayley Powell Mystery available, my hands start to itch from wanting to hold it, and my toes start to wiggle at the thought of reading it. DEATH OF A COOKBOOK AUTHOR was totally worth the wait!

 Having been invited to participate in a celebrity cook-off, protagonist Halley Powell spend most of her time in this book out of her normal environment. The only down part of this was a 99% lack of Hayley’s best friends Libby and Mona. If you’re reading this Lee Hollis, please don’t do that to me again!

An absolutely excellent mystery, DEATH OF A COOKBOOK AUTHOR was a fast moving, I-don’t-want-to-put-this-book-down story. Twists, turns, and surprises were on just about every other page of this book. There were times when I found myself holding my breath for what felt like chapters. The only reason I didn’t pass out from a lack of air was because I was laughing out loud during the other parts! So very well done!

As always, you’ll find seven wonderful recipes from Hayley. Fourteen if you count the cocktails that go with each dish!

Hayley Powell diehards, you don’t want to miss DEATH IF A COOKBOOK AUTHOR. If you haven’t read this series, it really is time you started. You’re totally missing out on so many good reads!

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On To The Recipe!

HAYLEY'S ZUCCHINI LASAGNA

Photo property of epicurious.com

Photos  found via Google Images, and its contributors, with many thanks. 

Your finished dish will vary in appearance.

Ingredients

2 zucchini, chopped

1 yellow onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 tablespoons olive oil 

1 32-ounce container of ricotta cheese

2 16-ounce tubs of fresh baby spinach

1 egg

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

16 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

2 25- ounce jars of your favorite marinara sauce, or homemade

1 12-ounce box of no-boil lasagna noodles

Preheat your oven to 400°F.

Directions

   Add one tablespoon of olive oil into a large skillet and heat on medium heat. Add your spinach, and cook until it is soft and wilted. Remove spinach to a separate bowl to cool. 

   In the skillet, add the rest of the olive oil and cook the zucchini and onion 7 minutes on medium heat, or until soft. Then add your garlic and stir another 30 seconds, or until you can small the garlic. Remove from the heat and set aside. 

   Combine your egg, ricotta, cooked spinach, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Stir to combine and set aside. 

   Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish and layer tomato sauce, noodles, ricotta mixture, zucchini mixture, and mozzarella cheese. Continue layering in that order, ending with mozzarella cheese. 

   Place the baking dish on a cookie sheet to catch anything that may drip and cover with aluminum foil. Bake 45 minutes, remove foil, and bake 15 minutes more, or until the cheese is melted and starting to brown. 

   Remove from oven and let it sit at least 15 minutes before serving. 

I'll admit, I'm not a fan of zucchini or spinach. But my mouth was watering the entire time I was working on this post!

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Please keep reading to check out my 

installments of 

Book Beginnings on Fridays

and

The Friday 56

Both the BB and 56 are from

DEATH OF A COOKBOOK AUTHOR

Book Beginnings on Fridays is a meme hosted by Rose City Reader

Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading.

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that's okay.) *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you. *Post it.

My Book Beginnings

Hayley stared numbly at the inscription that had been scribbled inside her book cover only moments before.

She couldn't believe what she was reading. 

Friday 56

"No. She's not dead. Yet."

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