Mortadella

Mostly, I think I try to be adventurous in eating. Except when it comes to seafood.
So once I tried a sandwich made with Mortadella. It was described as:

Genoa Salami, Mortadella, Cappicola Ham, Melted
Provolone, Red Onions, Sweet Roasted Red Peppers,
Tomato, Lettuce on Sour Dough

Sounds fancy? One would think...

But apparently Mortadella is bologna. It tastes just like it anyway. If you like that, this would be a great sandwich for you. Or really just buy some bologna cause it's gotta be the cheapest "meat" ever.

Enjoy this clip about bologna!

Cottage Cheese Goodness

Is this the first blog post you've ever read dedicated to cottage cheese?

When we were kids, my mom would make us a lunch that I thought was super special. Only as an adult did I realize how simple it really was.
She would place a pear half on a plate, then top that with cottage cheese. Then sprinkle on some grated cheddar and top with a maraschino cherry. Sounds weird? It was delicious! So refreshing and I loved when we would have that. Is this something others have had before or was my mom totally original?

I am not a hot dog fan and I never really have been. Another memory from when we were kids was when my family would go to RCWilley Super Saturday to have their free hot dogs, and I would end up eating a bun with ketchup and relish on it. But once in a long while, I'll brave a hot dog.
The first time I had cottage cheese with honey was on the Septic Dog. Our neighbors were bragging about their awesome hot dog concotions, so I put one to the test. I believe my hot dog had cottage cheese, avocado slices, olives, hard boiled eggs and honey on it. Note: this was BEFORE I got pregnant so we can't blame it on that! A true septic dog has more on it, but I think that is all I put. It was so tasty, and it was the first hot dog I had in years. (I'm pretty sure the one before that was a Yankee Frankee about 7 years ago. When in Rome...)

Since the hot dog incident, I've gone ahead and added honey to my cottage cheese pretty much whenever I have it. I'm lucky being married to Joe, and we have a variety of honeys to try. My favorite is the orange blossom. So if you've never tried it, drizzle some good honey over your cottage cheese next time, and it sweetens it up just nicely!

Chocolate Angel Pie

So at my house, this is really called Chocolate Mocha Pie, but I thought the Mocha would scare people away so I titled this post with the original recipe name. It really doesn't taste like coffee or else I wouldn't eat it. Instead, it tastes like rich, lucious heavenly chocolate with a crunchy meringue crust, and I always eat too much.

It's usually only made in December - once for my dad's birthday and once for Christmas Eve dinner. Since it didn't get made last December at all, Joe made some for my Dad (and a few other lucky souls) for Fathers' Day.

The recipe calls for making it in one 9" pie dish, but I loved Joe's alteration of individual slices and bites, with a big bowl of it for Dad.


The un-Joe-altered recipe can be found here.