Two Times Two

Somehow I finished everything I had to do early this morning so that left the afternoon to my favorite thing ever....cooking! Being that I only have a limited amount of ingredients and too lazy to brave the cold for groceries I knew it was going to be tough. After spending thirty minutes navigating through my recipe favorites I found two recipes that fit the bill. Spicy Polenta Crackers and Cashew Garlic "Butter". Two separate recipes..two separate tastes..I knew this was going to be fun.

I first set out to make the polenta crackers since I was starving and knew what to do with the extras.

While baking the crackers whipped up a Cayenne Polenta Cake with an Chive Egg Spread on top.
The flavors made it quiet the gourmet lunch :)


I decided to make a spin off of the original recipe and take out the butter and whole wheat flour. To replace them, I added olive oil and more polenta.

Lets just say they did not come out as expected...It was me vs. the non oiled pan and we know who won.. Although they aren't the prettiest thing ever, it was love at first bite. Definitely a crisp more then a cracker. I made mine with cayenne, oregano, Tuscan sun dried tomato olive oil and basil. I bet they would be even more amazing with cheese!

After I took a break and played with Lulu, I got back to "work" and made some buttah! I previously soaked the cashews for three hours then threw them into the food processor and gave them a whirl. I altered the recipe a bit by adding basil, parsley, sun dried tomatoes and an half of a garlic clove.

(Please excuse the old jar)
I'm planning on using it on rosemary sourdough toast or on top of spinach linguini. If you told me this was made with nuts I seriously wouldn't believe you. You gotta try this recipe!

While mixing this together I got the crazy idea to make Raw Whipped "Cream" next time. Hmm maybe on top of a polenta hotcake with figs? Yum!

Going out for some pumpkin frozen yogurt...you know chocolate chips will be involved :)
See you bright and early!