The main ingredient in this is marscapone cheese (Or as I call it, Al Capone cheese). So if you don’t like some gangster cheese, you won’t like this. I was indifferent on this one. It was a simple tasty dish, but I was raving about it. Aya really liked it though and said it had a restaurant quality flavor to it. Ellie loved it and Aya loved it, so that makes me happy.
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I only picked this because it was in the budget cooking section of the magazine and I had all of the ingredients on hand except for one. I really wasn’t expecting to care for this much and was just looking for an easy weeknight filler meal.
But to my surprise, I really liked this. Super simple and easy, but it had great flavor. I wouldn’t make it for guests or anything, but it was a nice hardy winter evening dinner.
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Most of my experience with cauliflower is with dip on a raw veggie tray. Anything tastes good goobered up in a ranch veggie dip. I don’t hate cauliflower, but it’s not something I would seek out or get excited about. Aya loves cauliflower though. So much it’s in her top three favorite vegetables. Wanting to please Aya, I decided to give this soup a try.
When it comes to cooking vegetables, roasting is always the best way to go, in my opinion. Cauliflower was no exception. I was surprised how great it tasted roasted. And once it was blended and cooked in soup form, it was outstanding! The dried bread and bacon garnish added just enough extra flavor. We both really liked this.
I served it with turkey sandwiches and a spinach salad.
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This was great! Aya even requested it for next week. It’s really nothing special, but it was just a nice solid meal. It was enough for a few days and it reheated well.
Just be sure to include the enchilada sauce. I totally forgot to add it with two kids fighting for my attention. I wondered why it seemed a little dry. But I added it for day two and it made all of the difference.
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My sister-in-law has an aversion to meatloaf. Mainly because of the name. “Meat” and “loaf” are two words that shouldn’t go together in her opinion. It’s a valid argument. But I was convinced she had to like meatloaf. It was just a matter of coming up with a better name. Something that sounded more friendly, more appetizing.
I wondered about meatloaf cupcakes. That sounds better, right? Did something like that already exist? Yes, it does! I was surprised that my Google search produced many results for meatloaf cupcakes, and meatloaf muffins. Some with sweet potato frosting, some with regular mashed potato frosting. Mini muffins, to big muffins. The options were endless!
I decided to use a 6-cupcake pan and did a variation of Alton Brown’s meatloaf recipe. To get my mashed potato swirl, I stuffed the mashed potatoes in a Zip-loc bag, and cut off a of a corner. Then I just swirled it up like it was frosting.
Ellie was so excited for her meatloaf cupcakes. But when she realized they weren’t real cupcakes, she was not so thrilled. And a meat muffin didn’t sound anymore appetizing to my sister-in-law either.
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