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Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

Eggplant Pizza

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Eggplant Pizza

Miami Beach adventures and NYC visitors knocked me straight out of any routine.  Grocery shopping hasn’t been a real thing in quite some time. Instagram activity is slow and FoodFash activity is even slower.  And when I ever so subtly mentioned to my mother than I’ve been living off of frozen dumplings.  That gasp…  It was time to shop the perimeter.

Sliced Eggplant

Eggplant, tomatoes, and basil sandwiched with a couple of cheeses and sprinkled with salt, garlic powder, and pepper.  I used this post as my eggplant cooking guide and made the rest up on the fly.

Sliced Tomatoes

The only thing I wish I would have done differently is double the amount of tomatoes stacked on each piece of eggplant.  Next time, eggplant pizza, next time!

Coconut Oil & Maple Syrup Sweet Potato Coins

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Coconut Oil & Maple Syrup Sweet Potatoes

After eating the same-ish lunch as much as possible over the past month, I decided to experiment with sweet potato coins at home.  Directionless, I peeled and sliced one large sweet potato and threw into a pot of salted, boiling water for 20 minutes.

Sliced Sweet Potatoes

While the potatoes were boiling, I mashed two tablespoons of coconut oil into one tablespoon of maple syrup with a fork.

I heated an enameled cast iron pan over medium-high heat.  After then, after draining the potatoes, I coated each side of a coin with the oil/maple mix and sprinkle of salt and set them gently in the heated pan.  It only took a few minutes on each side to to get nice and brown before they needed to be flipped.

Coconut Oil & Maple Syrup

As I placed the seared coins on a serving plate and sampled a piece, I knew I’d make these again, for company.

Grown Up Grilled Cheese

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Grown Up Grilled Cheese

A grilled cheese is the perfect platform for all sorts of goodness.  Hearty wheat bread, extra sharp cheddar, caramelized veggies – this wasn’t the kindergarten kind.

Grilled Cheese Prep

I purchased a mini whole wheat boule at the grocery store on my way home from work.  It was cute and screamed portion control.  Truth be told, I would have finished whatever sized sandwich that was placed in front of me.  So tonight, the mini-er the better.

Grilled Cheese with Veggies

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Polenta Pizza

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What a Monday!  It’s week three at the new job and I couldn’t be happier.  I’ve been getting these bursts of adrenaline and excitement that I don’t remember feeling consistently since 2007 when I worked as a project engineer on this building.  Let me just tell ya, it’s exciting to be excited about {real} work again!

Sliced Polenta

And this excitement, rather than taking away from, is flowing directly into FoodFash.  I drove home with atypical energy for 6-ish o’clock and a huge grin {one of those ear to ear kind}.  I knew from the moment I walked in the front door that I was going to own the polenta pizza I had been dreaming about for days.

Grilled Polenta

I made my own sauce, acknowledging that I prefer my marinara over most.  And then I whipped out the new cast iron skillet that ordered through Gilt a few weeks back.  I stacked and baked and topped and ate.  I was satisfied, completely.

Polenta Pizza

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