Recipe Trial Report

Just wanted to report on a couple of recipes that I tried this week. One was a classic lasagna recipe http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2010/03/classic-italian-lasagna.html. It was a little bit time consuming, but it was yummy! I only made one change. When I blended up the cooked onions, garlic, and mushrooms, I also threw in some cooked carrots. I figured if I could sneak vegetables into Logan somehow, it would do his body some good! And, he ate the lasagna and didn't even know the carrots were there. :)

The second new recipe that I tried out was the peanut butter mousse that I mentioned in an earlier post http://www.stephanieskitchen.com/. It was scrumptious and rich. I also made the chocolate cupcakes to go with it. They were all right, but nothing to get too excited about. I wished my mousse was a little stiffer. I'm assuming it was my fault - maybe I didn't get my whipped cream to a stiff enough peaks stage. Don't know.

If you do end up trying this recipe, I have a couple of suggestions/tips. First of all, when you fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture, it doesn't seem like it will really mix in. It does. Be patient. I had to take a couple of breaks from folding because my arm was tired, but in the end, it did turn out nice and smooth. Also, I think the perfect way to use this mousse would be in a trifle of some sort. I think I would use either small squares of chocolate cake or brownies, the pbutter mousse, and little chunks of Reese's peanut butter cups. Garrick and I ate the cupcakes with some extra mousse in a bowl, so it reminded me of a trifle. This dessert would be super rich, so you'd want to eat it in small portions, but it would be taaaaasteeeeeeey!