I'll give you a topic...discuss.

I felt bloggy (you know, when you want to write a blog but don't know what to write), so I asked Kevin for some inspiration. "Tell them about your food!" he said..."You mean how I heated up frozen dinners for us tonight?"..."Well..."

I did heat up frozen dinners tonight, but I also cooked a little to go with their pitiful selves. We don't eat frozen dinners every night and I DO love to cook..I don't have any pictures to share tonight of my food (I will soon!), but I do think I'll share a recipe I love (and that I kind of made up...I know. It's a big deal.)

So, you know what spanakopita is? If not, it is a delicious Greek pastry-phyllo dough filled with spinach, feta, dill and a few other things depending on the recipe. It is WONDERFUL and one of Kevin's favorite foods. And they look like this:


(these are not mine....someday i will share my pictures with you!)

What could be tastier than this crunchy, ooey gooey cheesy spinachy treat?...crunchy, ooey gooey CHOCOLATEY spanikopita. That's right....spanikopita minus the "span"..ich. One night I had some leftover phyllo dough and some really yummy chocolate-banana spread from World Market (one of my favorites) as well as some ripe bananas. So i just replaced all the spinch, feta, etc and used this--and TA DA!! Dessert spanakopita was born. I tried them out on Kevin and he loved them! I later let my parents and sister taste them (they were considerably more nervous than Kevin was) and they loved them too...so I think they are here to stay!

Now, spanakopita are fairly easy to make. To make dessert spanakopita, I simply used about a teaspoon of my spread and a banana slice inside each one. I'm sure there are multiple spreads and delicious things to put inside the dessert version (I suspect Nutella might be what I try next...how can anything made with Nutella be bad?)! You know what goes best with dessert spanakopita? Vanilla bean ice cream (or plain vanilla if you ask Kevin) and coffee. Yummm....I want some NOW!

So where do I go to get food inspiration? All kinds of places, but Allrecipes and The Pioneer Woman are my favorites.

I love cooking--it is a great creative outlet and stress reliever! I think everyone needs those...and it gives me an excuse to play with my food and not always follow the directions on the box. And if I can't find some good recipe to make or model after, the Pioneer Woman always offers up a good laugh (just click the link to be redirected).And she gives me homeschooling hope. But that is a topic for another day!