Comfort food

It’s 9 pm and usually I’d be heading to bed but I can’t turn off the news.  I think I may be up all night. My heart rate is sky high.  There’s only so much chocolate can do.  So I guess I will multi task and share some pics.  Food as a means of comforting?  YEP.

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Cashew hollandaise don’t mind if I do.

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Sooooo, these avocado and quinoa fritters were good but I’m not sure if they were worth the time and energy it took to make them.

They are from this cookbook, A Modern Way to Cook.

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My photos could use some work, but the iPhone can only do so much.

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I ended up adding heaps of quinoa more than the recipe calls for to make them work which I’m thinking may be due to the bigger than average size of avocados I used.  Maybe the (UK based?) cookbook author isn’t familiar with the CA avo scene.  You can’t really form guacamole into a shape, and that’s kinda what I was doing…anyway, the kids took long naps so it was okay, and the good news is it made a TON so now we have avo fritters for days to come.

Speaking of things in excess…

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The kind staff of TJ’s didn’t judge me even a bit for reserving all this.  And now I have even more chocolate (on top of my birthday and Halloween stash) to help me through this election.

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Peanutty contraband.  PS I’m going to have an allergy update for you guys soon (his IgE went up for both cow dairy and peanuts – womp womp).  Until then.

One recipe that I think you guys should try out is this pinch of yum broccoli salad with orange miso dressing.

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I used fresh squeezed oranges instead of juice and happily devoured the leftovers the next day for lunch (which is saying a lot since (a) I’m not a leftovers person and (b) I always want my same massive avocado kale and macadamia nut salad for lunch and nothing else is ever as good).

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Which is your favorite?  Which would you go for first?

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Comments (5)

  1. Jan

    Dark chocolate with nuts!!!!

  2. Mom

    The toffee in the top right corner 😊

  3. Ttrockwood

    Via my sharp see’s candy identifier i don’t see my most favorite one there- the “chelsea” which has fudge inside, so i’ll take the molasses chips!
    And, ummmm, you’re gonna need more chocolate. Like a good four years worth….. :/

  4. Eveline

    Just wanted to say a quick thanks for the broccoli salad recommendation! Made it yesterday and it was a huge hit (even with my husband who says he doesn’t like broccoli). I’ve been relying on your salad expertize for a while now, I think we might have similar tastes 😉

  5. Elise (Post author)

    UGH. I know. I think I’m just now coming out of my post Tuesday depression. More chocolate necessary…

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