Thursday, September 11, 2014

Bittersweet Bistro's Chocolate Mousse


Had a nice dinner at Bittersweet Bistro in Aptos last month, a favorite "special occasion" restaurant of my family. We like sitting out under the heat lamps on the dog-friendly patio. We celebrated Oreo's fourth year with us by, perhaps a bit cruelly, eating delicious food (like that chocolate mousse!!) while all Oreo got was a dish of plain beef from the doggy menu...

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Fresh Herb Instant Mac 'N Cheese

At the store today, I was stopped by a display of Annie's products and picked some up. My man only likes the white "cheese" kind, so I got that for dinner and a box of bunny pasta with cheddar for myself (because it's cute and I like to eat cute things). When I got home, I found out how special this random purchase was. Apparently Annie's just sold out to some big company, disappointing E because he grew up eating that stuff, and of course it can't possibly stay the same under new ownership. So we are now planning on going back to the store tomorrow and stocking up on Annie's more-natural-than-Kraft mac 'n chee before the switch over.

I wanted to share how I fancify a box of mac 'n cheese with herbs. Of course, made from scratch baked mac 'n cheese is amazing, and I have to try my friend's margerhita pizza recipe someday, but sometimes (ok, a lot of times) I am a lazy person. And I don't care much for plain boxed mac, so I like to add herbs (dried is okay) to shake things up and add a new flavor. Check out the instructions below.