Curried Mussels

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup minced shallots (or sweet yellow onion finely chopped)
  
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 3/4 cup dry white wine
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 pound of mussels - cleaned and debearded
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons minced parsley
• 2 tablespoons chopped green onions

Cooking It Up:

1. In a large saucepan, cook shallots and garlic in simmering wine until translucent.
2. Stir in cream and curry powder. When sauce is heated through, add mussels. Cover, and steam mussels for a few minutes, until their shells open wide. With a slotted spoon, transfer steamed mussels to a bowl, leaving the sauce in the pan. Discard any unopened mussels.
3. Whisk butter into the cream sauce. Turn heat off, and stir in parsley and green onions. Serve immediately.

Serves 2-3

Mosaic Dip

This is a Moxie's restaurant copycat recipe. It is SO good!! Hubby and I are both huge fans of this dip and order it whenever we have a date at Moxie's, so we decided to try making it at home!

The Shopping List:
1 tomato, chopped up (or a half a container cherry tomatoes)
2 garlic cloves, crushed (I use jarred)
1/4 cup sweet onion, finely chopped
Pinch of salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 1/2 cups mushrooms, finely chopped
2 tablespoons cream cheese
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup goat cheese (or a bit more if you LOVE it the way we do!)

Mix the tomatoes, garlic, onion and pinch of salt in a small baking dish (8x8 or a bit smaller). Make sure you finely chop each ingredient. That's your first layer. Set aside.

Add the olive oil to a frying pan and cook mushrooms about 5-10 minutes or until tender. Add the soy sauce. Turn off your stove and add the cream cheese.

Spread the mushroom mixture on top of the tomato mixture. Top with the goat cheese (crumble on top)

Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for about 15 minute. Remove and serve with warm naan bread or pita.

Makes 2-4 servings

Bloomin' Pizza Bread

This is a take on the Bloomin' Onion Bread; also found via The Girl Who Ate Everything. If you like pizza, you will enjoy this - a different option; and an easy finger food that is great for movie night!

For the ingredients, use your favourite pizza toppings - have fun with it!

Ingredients:

1 round loaf of sourdough bread
Mozzarella cheese thinly sliced
Turkey pepperoni
Onions thinly sliced
Green pepper thinly sliced
Mushrooms thinly sliced
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Parmesan cheese
Marinara sauce for dipping

Directions:

Slice the bread lengthwise and crosswise; without cutting all the way through.

Put thin slices of mozzarella cheese and the other ingredients in between the slits; place on foil and pour butter, garlic powder and italian seasoning mixture over top. Sprinkle the top with Parmesan.

Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 15 mins; then uncover and cook for another 5 mins depending on your oven, until the cheese is melted.

Enjoy!

LLW