Sometimes Simple Is Better

Supper, Friday December 27, 2019: stuffed mushrooms (baby bellas, goat cheese, paprika, salt).

Whatever you decide to put in them stuffed mushrooms are a sublime treat. Crab, crab and cheese, spinach and cheese. . . They are all good. They are not difficult. Mix up the stuffing, mush it in there, bake. 

Most recipes call for a little short of a dozen ingredients, many of them just spices, so they really are not a burden. Despite that I wasn't in the mood. I had surplus mushrooms, and a lot of goat cheese. Both of them can go bad quickly, so I decided to use them together. The two most important things that started me on this path were: I had a lot of goat cheese so filler (breadcrumbs) was not necessary; Alexis really likes goat cheese. 

Wash and stem the caps.

Sprinkle with a little salt

Mush in a ball of cheese.

Sprinkle with paprika (or cayenne, or tarragon, or. . .).

Bake.

Das it.

We did have other stuff for dinner but it all paled in comparison.

 

They Were On Sale

Breakast, Thursday March 08: salsa eggs (green pepper, scallion, salsa, eggs, cream, habanero jack);  hashed browns (with onion); sausage; guacamole-ish substance, yogurt.

It was the Avacados. It's their fault. Funny thing is that they are a small part of the meal. just the inspiration. They have been pricey lately, three bucks apiece. Yesterday they were 4 for 5. Alexis loves avocado so. . .

I make this guacamole-ish thing that is not quite guacamole and more like a pico. I use a commercial salsa that we like, add some more heat from one of our sauces, throw in some extra cilantro, onion, olive oil, maybe garlic powder, whatevs. Finally, add a bunch of DICED avocado. You want to be able to bite into unadulterated avocado. This means of course that you have to catch the avocado during the 15 seconds in which it it perfectly ripe.

I've taken to buying avocados when they are green and hard as the countertop. I keep one or two around to let them ripen at home. This prevents the "5 people squeezed this avocado in the store to test or ripeness and bruised it" phenomenon. This does mean that you are now in a long term commitment. 

Anyhoo, the rest o the meal just developed because of the avocado purchase.  I am rather proud of the sausage. Boston butts were recently deeply discounted. I bought a couple. I canned some, cubed and froze some, and made sausage. The nice part is I can control the spices, lower salt and hot.

I know the potatoes look burnt but they were just VERY brown. Alexis likes then very dark and crispity.

Busy Day

Dessert, Monday December 7:  kinda like a trifle (vanilla pudding with shredded coconut, mini morsels, whipped cream, maraschino).

This was a bowl of cereal, throw together some leftovers, grab a sandwich, kinda day. I did have a moment to make a request item.  Alexis rarely makes a request so specific. She wanted something that had pudding coconut and chocolate morsels. She had to work late so this is what she got for a late night snack.

Late Snack: Saturday November 5, 2016

A Little Nibble After An Evening Out: scoops with beans, cheese, salsa. and avacado.