My superquick, super delish v-day dessert
Take a package of chocolate shortcakes…
…add generous scoops of ice cream–your fave. I used Calder’s chocolate chunk chocolate.
Mix in 4 marshmallows into a pot of homemade chocolate ganache over low heat and stir until the marshmallows are mostly melted and incorporated.
Top with something crunchy–toasted walnuts or almond slivers, salty roasted peanuts, coconut, graham crackers…more chocolate!
Eat….mmm.
Cut up one small onion, one medium summer squash and two cloves of garlic. Mix together with a cup of sharp shredded cheddar, a tsp of salt, a half tsp of black pepper and a tablespoon of ancho chile powder.
Cut the tops off two large poblanos, clean out the seeds and insides and then stuff as much of the squash mix as possible. Pour a bit of tomato or enchilada sauce on the bottom of a small pan, place peppers on top. Pour any leftover squash mix over the peppers followed by more tomato sauce until peppers are fully covered.
Cover with tinfoil and bake at 425 for 40 minutes. Uncover, sprinkle with more cheese let bake another 5 or until cheese is melted and gooey.
Enjoy! Serves two.
The UnBaked
I know what you’re thinking: oh geez. Here we go again. Yet another post where she tells us about how she hates to bake but then bakes (delicious, delectable, decadent) desserts anyway. I just can’t take it anymore. I just can’t handle this gastronomical rollercoaster!
Well, never fear. Because this time it’s different. I promise. I’ve changed. I’m a new person. And I’ve done that for you. I promise that I will be everything a baking-hating person should be. In fact, not only do I hate baking but I, in fact, did not bake last night.
Oh sure, I mean, there’s an image of a deliciously rich dessert attached to this post. But I didn’t bake it. Honest. Would I lie to you? I told you, I’m a whole new person. No baking and I mean it. These bars are actually unbaked. For all you Twilight fans, that means this dish is like the Edward of the dessert world. But healthier looking. Read the rest of this entry »
According to a super-scientific quiz on Facebook, I am well prepared for the inevitable (Inewitable!) zombie apocalypse and will survive for at least a month, probably more. And you know why that is? Because I watch my zombie movies. I will even admit to seeing Zombieland twice in the theaters. What can I say? I have a thing for watching Woody Harrelson kill zombies. Between that and my numerous viewings of Shaun of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead and many others, I know the rules of surviving a zombie horde: don’t get attached, don’t get eaten, don’t go in the basement or upstairs, to defeat the zombie you have to remove the head or destroy the brain and of course, rule number one: cardio.
Thankfully, all you’ll need to defeat these zombie cupcakes with is a hearty appetite. And maybe a pitchfork. Or a regular fork. These cupcakes were originally done by the Sweetest Kitchen and after I saw them, I figured—hey! That’s a cute cupcake trick that I can actually do! My friend Lindsay can decorate awesome cupcakes. Me? Not so much. I’m a pretty good cook and an okay baker but decorating? Not so much. I lack the artistic talent to do anything beyond rudimentary. So I was very excited to find these cupcakes because not only do I have an obvious, alarming and awesome affinity for zombies, but these are a tasty, fun and festive way to celebrate Halloween. Read the rest of this entry »
eat mor chikn: chicken and avocado panini
Farmer Lauren had a chicken, e-i-e-i-oooo, and with this chicken she made a sammich, e-i-e-i-ooo, with an apple slice here and an avocado there, here a spice and there a slice, eveywhere it’s nice nice, Farmer Lauren had a chicken avocado paniniiiiiiiii.
This is one of those recipeless recipes. Pretty much you can insert just about anything you think sounds tasty. Like the rest of my life, I didn’t have a plan…I just went with what I had. Read the rest of this entry »
Onion and bacon tart, in pictures:
Make a little bed out of puff pastry. Bake until…well, puffy, about 15 minutes at 350F.
Sauté one giant onion, sliced, a few cloves of garlic, sliced, and a few sprigs of thyme, not sliced, in some olive oil and butter, cooking slowly for about a half hour until thoroughly caramelized, like this:
Roast bacon in the oven at 400F for about 15 minutes. Drain and lay over puff pastry crust.
Layer caramelized onions over bacon
Garnish with goat cheese.
Cut and serve with soup
Ta da.
This is going to be a short post.
I just had to share it with you.
First, a layer of French vanilla ice cream.
Then some pomegranate glaze (leftover from cheesecake!).
Then more ice cream.
Then a heaping spoonful of chocolate sauce (I use melted chocolate plus a bit of milk).
More ice cream.
Then pomegranate and chocolate together.
Sprinkle with nuts.
Stare at it.
Eat it.
Yay.
Mini Pies: It’s a good size. Really.
In honor of Josh’s birthday on Monday, I made pies. Little tiny pies. Our family is having a birthday lunch for him today and I asked him if he wanted a cake, cupcakes or miniature pies and he went for the miniature pies. Because let’s face it–everything is cuter when it’s tiny.
Now, I have to give credit for this to bake-tastic blogger Bakerella, whose Easy as Pie post gave me the idea and made me think, “Hey I could do that.” Normally, the thought “Hey I can do that” combined with actual baking is a dangerous, dangerous thing that just leaves my kitchen covered in flour and me swearing that I will never bake again and stick to what I do best, which is…well, as yet undiscovered, but will most likely be something covered in barbecue sauce. Read the rest of this entry »
Homegrown Festival!
We had a lovely time wandering the second annual Homegrown Festival…and apparently, so did a lot of people, because it was packed! We didn’t sample much, mostly because of long lines and..well, many many people, but we did try out Project Grow’s tomato tasting booth, and shared a delicious oreo cheesecake from my favorite local cheesecake place, Old World Bakery, which is located in downtown Ypsilanti. We spent most of our time wandering around, looking, reading and enjoying the fabulous weather. Excellent festival indeed. Click the link below for a few pics:
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Me Want Cookie or How I learned to stop worrying and love the (banana chocolate chip) bar
So this post is a shout out to Jill, of U-M’s Family Medicine Dept., who very sweetly gave me a book on cookies. No, no, the book on cookies. Better Homes and Gardens’ Ultimate Cookie book to be precise. 500 cookie recipes. Five. Hundred. Cookie. Recipes. Right now at this very moment, Cookie Monster himself is attempting to break down my front door. (“Cookies are a sometimes food” my butt).
So as a thank-you to Jill, I decided to (have Josh) pick a good looking recipe out of the book and make it, so that Josh could bring it in and Jill et. al could enjoy the deliciousness of the gift. And because thank-you notes are better dipped in chocolate and banana. Read the rest of this entry »
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