Two things folks.
1. Life gets b-u-s-y!!! With a capital b. seriously. I've missed the bit of extra time to be able to blog my food adventures with you. With that being said....
2. Let's get back on track, shall we?
So, this weekend was allll about the fastest and easiest coughlaziestcough meals I could think of. Too much to do, I tell ya!
I wanted breakfast. So I looked on Pinterest. I don't know where you all stand on Pinterest, but if you think it's dumb...I think we might not be able to be friends...moving along.
I wanted breakfast. I wanted something that was present in my fridge. I wanted something semi-impressive, but really it would be a ruse because I wouldn't have spent anytime on it. So I saw this.
It is a can of crescent rolls. Shredded cheese. Scrambled eggs. Bacon (I used turkey much to my husband's chagrin).
What?!? It was so easy. Seriously. You lay all the crescents out long sides in the middle and the pointy sides out. Fill it with scrambled eggs, bacon, and cheese. Bake at 375 for 17-20 minutes depending on how browned you want it. Eat it with some hot sauce. Weird mixes of salty, sweet, etc. It was pretty delish if you're not tooo hoity toity about your food. Breakfast. Accomplished.
At this point you may be wondering why? Why is this blog titled "ode to the s'more" when not one mention has been made?!
We will get there. I promise.
On to dinner. Because any good day eats breakfast late and skips lunch and moves right on along to dinner. We had to eat quickly because we also had to prep for our EPIC S'MORES NIGHT and had just spent 3. Count em 3. Hours. Grocery+ shopping! (That was soooome trip - and I totally won the guess-how-much-our-bill-is-gonna-be game)
We bought these wonderful frozen potstickers about an hour earlier and we cooked those up. I had some leftover rice so I made garlic fried rice. Then I threw a bag of frozen green beans (the good and kinda snappy kind-maybe they are flash frozen maybe they aren't, but they are pretty dang good) and chicken into the wok and sautéed it up. And voila! Dinner is served and took...20 minutes, tops.
So friends. The moment you've been waiting for. Our friends, Sarah and Brendon invited us to a backyard s'more making and movie night. They invited a bunch of foodies and we all went to town.
Rules:
-S'mores cannot consist of graham crackers, marshmallows, or chocolate.
-an element must be heated over the open flame of a campfire.
-anything goes for flavors - sweet or savory.
After wandering and scratching our heads in Walgreens (after our 3 hour shopping trip where we proceeded to forget ingredients for this endeavor) we came up with this gem:
I realllllly have to hand it to my husband. He had a huge part in figuring out what we would do and I was SUPER proud of him. That's my guy!
While the next picture doesn't make it look amazing...it was pretty good. Pretty good indeed. Definitely unique. Also, messy!
Our friends Sarah and Brendon made:
Thank you. That was awesome.
Let's just highlight this cheese for a split sec. Creamy. Herb-y. Deeeelectable!! Mmmmm.
Next. Amy and Chris brought these awesome peaches. You heat em up. Some have patience to get the caramelization. Others do not. I will not tell you which camp I'm in, however, I bet you could take a wild stab in the dark and be pretty accurate ;). What could make this better?? Oh a ginger snap. Oh and maybe a scoop of oh gosh well I don't know, homemade candied ginger frozen yogurt?! Yeah, that'll do it! (No end picture because it got too dark and my phone died...boooo) Just imagine it. It was amazing.
And if that wasn't enough. Man. Someone did it. Someone upped this little gathering by about 1000 notches. Yeah. Sure he didn't follow the rules quiiiite to perfection, but it was well worth the rule breaking. A S'moretini. Yeah it's exaaaxtly what it sounds like. Marshmallow fluff vodka. Chocolate liqueur. Mini-mallows. Chocolate rimmed and graham cracker dusted. In a jar. Shut up, right now. Nailed it, Ben!
That concluded the s'mores fest, but not without the good old standby. The au natural of s'mores (yep, I hate that I said that too). Nothin' like a classic.
And Sean did a bit of a tasty experiment.
Bacon + all the other s'more ingredients = the best thing you may ever devour. Seriously, get up and go try it before winter comes! Quick!!
S'mores. Friends. Movies. This is the stuff summer is made of. I'm dreading winter's return, but I'm embracing and eating up every last ounce of summer. I'm taking a deep breath and saying a long good-bye as it's drawing to an end. Do the same, my friends.
Love,
Food.
What a great night. Thanks for blogging it and helping me relive the yummy memories.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how I came across this post, but let me tell you; WOW I just had the best night of my summer! (Living vicariously through you) Thank you!! And I didn't even have to consume the calories!
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