incoming . . .

so in continuing our quest for a larger culinary experience . . .  aren't we sounding all pretentious . . .  we are back to one or two new recipes a week.  tonight's experiments were polar opposites on all four quadrants.

one is relatively wholesome and the other decadent to the nth degree.

one is an enormous do-again while the other, a decided flop.  (we have a much better very similar recipe that can be served over grilled bread or angel hair pasta.)

one is thrown together in a singular giant step.  the other requires a slower building process.

one has a bite.  the other melts in your mouth.

on the slurp scale of one to five, here we go.  main dish category.  although we love pasta and basil, and tomatoes and mozzarella, this was a one slurp.  sorry but it was boring except for the mozzarella pearls i may or may not have been tossing in my mouth like so many peanuts. 

nope, not inventive enough to do again.  sorry.

dessert category, are we ready?  carmelitas.  are you familiar with these goodies?  no photo usually means they were gone before the shutter could snap.  not exactly true in this instance but exactly how much gooey-ness can two people consume in short order plus we had to save some for k2 who has a night class after work on tuesdays.  slurp scale?  off the freakin' sugar induced coma charts!!!!!!

and that my little foodies, is that.