Self Discovery

I have learned one thing over the last few weeks, and that it that I am definately blogging to cook not cooking to blog.   As I stated at the beginning of this project, I am not a writer.   I enjoy writing if I am bestowed the time to to do this , but with no time or real motivation it's much harder than I expected.  I have been cooking through my absence from blogging however.  The food part is the passion, so I haven't given up on that.  My intent was to sit here on day an catch up on everything I have cooked in the last few weeks, but that would only be hum drum for you to read if it's posted that way.  So that said , here I go on today's food and hopefully I will catch up along the way.

Today the freezer yielded some fresh Chorizo and I planned this meal out with my colleagues this afternoon.  I decided to give a twist to a Garlicky Bean Burrito recipe from Everyday magazine.  I started by cooking the crumbled chorizo and garlic in olive oil, and then I added the white beans and chicken broth and cooked until the means were mashed and heated through.  This filling then gets added to either flour or corn tortillas and then lay the rolls in a baking dish, pour a bottle of Salsa verde over the top and then top with your favorite mexican or spanish cheese ( tonight I used cheddar, but pepper jack or manchego would be great!)

My office is having a family game tonight tomorrow and I decided to make some desserts tonight.  I went back to my baking bible - The Great American Bake Sale.   I made the Great American Brownie, which is pretty much a basic classic brownie, pretty similar to the Katharine Hepburn Brownie I have previously made.  I also baked another favorite, Toffee Turtle Bars, as I know my friend Papo is a caramel fan .  I changed up this recipe and left out the nuts, and the chocolate topping, and I made more caramel for the topping.  Instead of toffee bars, they turned out like yummy chewy carmel bars.  Hopefully everyone will enjoy and a fun time will be had by all!

In the meantime, if anyone who wants to pay me to write about food so I can find more time to do this, feel free to let me know and help me get discovered!  I am thinking I might love test kitchen work.