Portobello Heaven

One of the gifts Gennifer got me for Christmas was this cookbook.

It is not affiliated with Trader Joe's, but was created by two women who shop at Trader Joe's and have created these wonderful dishes using their products. They collaborated to make this book.  It is a beautiful book, with full color photos, and chock full of simple dishes to prepare, using simple ingredients.  Last night I made the baked portobellos. 

Place your portobellos, gills side up (not the way you see them on the cookie sheet here), sprinkle with salt, and bake in a 400 degree oven for 8 minutes.  After 8 minutes, slide cookie sheet out, place a piece of Havarti cheese on top of each mushroom, and sprinkle with sun dried tomatoes.  Return to oven for two more minutes.  Meanwhile, pour off 1 to 2 T of oil from jar of tomatoes.  Chop 1 to 2 T of fresh basil and mix with reserved oil.  This will be poured over tops of mushrooms when done.  When mushroom comes out of oven, top with micro greens, and drizzle with reserved oil and fresh basil over top.   Place mushroom over bed of baby greens.

During last two minutes of baking mushroom, I popped a couple slices of good sourdough in toaster oven, and basted our eggs to top toast with.  Top toast with egg, and served this with half of a fresh avocado.
I cannot even tell you GOOD this was!  I mean, it was GOOD!!!  Not kind of good, a little good, or okay.  It was HEAVEN!!!!    I used the farm fresh eggs that my neighbor gave me, and there is nothing like the taste of a fresh egg either.  Since I am on Weight Watchers, I counted out my entire meal at 9 points.  2 for the egg, 2 for the toast, 1 for the butter, and 1 for the sun dried tomatoes packed in oil, and 1 for the avocado and 2 for the cheese.  The lettuce and micro greens are free, the mushroom is free.  That is high, but I had 9 pts left for the day, and decided to use them.  You could just have the mushroom, and it would only be 3 pts!!   It was filling, and delicious!   I will be making this again, and soon.  It would go nicely with a piece of grilled salmon, and would be a nice thing to serve for a ladies luncheon.  It is quick and easy to prepare.  Go buy the book, you won't be disappointed.  Gennifer has made several things from her book, and has said that each thing was delicious!  Buy the book!!! 
In other news...yesterday was a bit of a rough go for a certain brown haired, brown eyed, dimpled dumplin' I know.  He woke up extra early, and had a little melt down after school.  Gamma said he couldn't go outside to the front yard. I know...AWFUL.   This is where he melted, and finally fell asleep.

As soon as he fell asleep, I moved him to the sofa, where he slept for 2 hours! 
I am on day 4 of Weight Watchers.  It is going well.  I am making healthier choices, and trying to keep full.  Yesterday for about an hour though, I wanted to EAT!  I had some boring munchies, and then went ahead and made my dinner before Mr. G got home.  I couldn't wait another minute.  He wasn't home til 7.
Yesterday I fixed a tasty sandwich.  Shaved turkey on 10 grain toasted bread.  A slice of cheese, a dollop of guacamole, topped with a handful of baby spinach.  I toasted the turkey and cheese, then added the guacamole and spinach.  Served with orange slices.  Delicious!

On Saturday I found this cute little children's table and chairs.  The table is the perfect size.  The chairs are really old, preschool chairs.  They are metal with a wooden seat, and wooden slats in the back.  It had a bad dig in the wood on the table top, and was painted all white.  I repaired the hole in the top, and repainted it all in heirloom white.  I am thinking of painting the wood seat and slats on the chairs in barn red, and the table top in barn red.

Mama's afghan is coming along.  I added a new color.  A pretty turquoise that I will just put in here and there.  I love what this new color has added.  I am actually quite a bit further along on it now.  I took this photo the other day. 

My son, Drew has moved back home for a bit.  Drew is a musician.  He comes with 2 acoustic guitars, an electric guitar, harmonica, bongos, keyboards, amplifiers, mic stand, and his newest acquisition.....a complete set of drums!!!   His instruments have been relegated to the garage!!!   On Sunday he had a little jam session with a friend of his.

Christopher came over to jam with them for a little while too.

That's it for today.  It looks like another beautiful day here in the IE.  I am going to the yarn shop after taking Noah to school.  Two of my favorite hours of the week!!  Go make it a great day!