Day167 - A picnic. Well, why the hell not.

Sunday, June 15, 2008: Mint Chocolate Cake.

Today at a Father's day picnic I had this totally yummy crazy cake that Troy's uncle Butch baked. Check it out and weep my friends:




It is chocolate with a peppermint icing topped with a hard chocolate shell. It is something like a large peppermint patty. So freaking good. I was too full, so Troy had to finish it. I think if I finished it all, bad things would have happened. This proves that Troy's family is littered with talented bakers. I am a lucky girl.

Today was also the first day that I got to take a ride in the finished truck. Yep, it took awhile. This is me checking out Troy pumping gas.



This guy wanted to go for a ride too.




I think Troy's pap was probably the happiest for the ride. I think he loves it more that I do.

Day134 - The Polish do it in the kitchen.

Tuesday, May 14, 2008: Our Kitchen: Chrusciki

We love sourdough turkey sandwiches. It's not very good for our diet, but I don't think that I can eat deli turkey any other way. Mmmmm, especially with multi-grain cheesy poofs. Love it.

The downside of the wonderful sourdough - besides processed white flour - is having to walk through the bakery dept. to find a loaf. When we went there today to rescue their very last sourdough, we found these suckers - Chrusciki, Polish Cookies, also known as Angel Wings:





They kind of taste like cannoli tubes. I never had them before, and I wasn't in love at first, but over the next couple of days I started to crave them. If you can portion control yourself, there not terribly bad for you either.



Yum. I know. Fried dough with powdered sugar - how can you beat it?

Day19 - You are flat out fantastic.

Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008: My kitchen: Flat bread Pizza

I am a major fan of pizza mostly because of the cheese. I don't think anyone has invented a meal that is so versatile, great for: parties both laid back and formal, late night post-bar, early morning post-hangover, lunch, dinner, mid-day snack. Really, it requires no silverware or plates. 

And cheese! Jesus, there is almost nothing better in this world than cheese. Sharp or mild, soft or hard - it doesn't get any better.

But, one slice of cheese pizza has approx. 400 calories! depending upon the restaurant. That is just plain!!! I can eat a whole pie on my own on a good day, especially Facia Luna's fresh tomato/italian sausage pie. Jeez, that is a little slice of heaven right there and I can't imagine what it is racking up. And who isn't in love with the all out gluttony that is Cece's Pizza. There you are encouraged - dared even - to try and defeat their business model. Imagine. It is so easy to be fat in this country.

Sorry to totally rant on dietary concerns and scold a bit there, I'm really sensitive right now to calories and the like. Eat whatever you like, life is short and you should enjoy the shit right out of it.

Anyway, back to the task at hand. We came across this great recipe for a low-cal pizza, it's about 330 calories for a whole pie which is the size of a large burrito wrap. 

Cook 1 medium onion and 2 gloves of garlic in some olive oil. After 7 minutes when the onions become translucent and 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar (my fav) and 1 cup of mushrooms. Cook until all liquid is gone. 

In the oven place an oval flatbread wrap or a whole wheat tortilla and bake for 5-7 minutes at 350. Next spread onion/mushroom/balsamic mixture on top. Add 1 roma/plum tomato and 1 oz. of goat cheese (we used feta) to each pizza and toss back in the oven for another 10-15 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Pull out and toss 1/4 cup basil across the two.

This was FANfuckingTASTIC. I was delightfully full after eating it, all though I suppose if you are not you can start off with a salad before hand. Or add some grilled chicken to the top.

I would easily give this a 5/5. I actually kind of prefer it to regular pizza because the feta cheese certainly gave it a punch of flavor that is not present in the lovely but bland mozzarella. We used a red onion and that added a layer of sweetness that a plain yellow onion wouldn't ordinarily. What I'm getting at it that it was a flavor explosion. Literally. The wheat bread was sweet and crunchy. The vinegar pungent. The tomatoes soft and yummy. You see what I'm getting at. This was G. R. E. A. T.

Well enough of that. My mouth is watering and it's just getting to be too much.

Without basil. I think basil tastes like summer.




With basil - extreme close-up.

Don't you just want to reach out and grab that mushroom. I know - the screen just isn't giving it up.