girls night in.

wednesday night is man night. this is the night that chris, mogan, raul and les, and occasionally kelley, meet and talk man secrets.

tonight alisa and i took advantage of not having any boys and made a fabulous dinner.

in our csa we've been getting portabella mushrooms. they're huge and ridiculously tasty. so we decided on portabella mushroom "burgers" with coleslaw.

alisa made the coleslaw which from my angle was made like this...

there is some amount of the following ingredients. i'm sure you can just mix it together until it tastes right...

red cabbage
carrots
mayonnaise
apple cider vinegar - not too much of this, i'm guessing, or it'll be too runny
salt n' pepp

so good.

i took care of the rest.

portabella mushroom 'burger'

hamburger buns - ol' standby
(actually this time they were really doughy and dense - yeast was probably dead, my bad)

i roasted some veg - zucchini (my new favorite thing), onions, fennel.

you need to marinate the mushrooms!

2 cloves garlic, chopped.
2 tbl balsamic vinegar
6 tbl olive oil
thyme (didn't use it)
salt n' peppa.

put mushrooms on sheet pan and slather up one side with the delish dressing. roast for a little while then flip and slather other side. we roasted all the veg and the mushrooms on one pan since we don't like to do dishes.

slice buns. add fixin's. serve.

easy as pie.

follow up with a leisurely cigarette break on the balcony.


in other news i made these granola bars and you know, they were really good. my co-worker, mary, loves them so i bring them to the markets for her. they're really easy to store. the only thing is is that i added dark chocolate bits but they melted so it looks all smushy. it still tastes good though. i'm not sure when you would add chocolate so it didn't melt. i'll let you know what i figure it out.


sending my best.

love,
keighty