So this year has been a little lacking in the get-up-and-go department. Oh, I have big plans but I just haven’t had the energy to get anything accomplished this past weekend. On New Year’s Day my friend Lindsey came by.
She baked an awesome pear and cranberry cobbler and brought me this cute book, Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids. She had bought me the original SCMG cookbook for adults last year and I absolutely love it and I can’t wait to give this one a try.
I’m really excited about it, especially the banana split pancakes, cinnamon toast soldiers with mostly mcintosh sauce, miraculous mile-high strawberry fudge ice-cream pie, peanut butter-pretzel bonbons, and the holy moly! strawberry jam roly-poly (as seen above). They all look so delicious. Not sure where to start!
I did manage to make some spicy goat cheese spread for her visit. I love this stuff- I continued to eat it the entire weekend.
Spicy Goat Cheese Spread
A log of plain goat cheese (I used a large one)
2 heads of garlic
A can of diced green chilies
Roasted red peppers (usually in a jar) diced, about 1/2 a cup
Chili oil, about 2 Tbsp
Olive oil for drizzling
Crusty bread or crackers
Cut the tops off the heads of garlic (don’t remove skin), place cut side up in a muffin tin and drissle with olive oil. Cover tightly with foil and roast in a 350 oven for about 30 min, until the cloves inside are slightly caramel in color and are soft. Cool until easily handled and pull out each clove with a fork and mash slightly. I like eating large cloves of garlic so its up to you how fine you want them.
In a small bowl mix together the can of green chilies, diced red pepper, chili oil and garlic. Place your goat cheese in a shallow baking dish or glass pie plate. I like to cut mine into discs and spread them out so they all get melty. You can leave it as a whole log but sometimes the center will still be cool. Spoon the peppers and oil mixture over the cheese and bake until warm and melty, about 15 min. Serve with slices of crusty bread or light crackers.
Hope you enjoy and have a good Monday!
