wonderpot!

You guys, I came across a bunch of "wonderpot" recipes on Pinterest and I was so intrigued.  They are "pots" of food cooked together all at once on the stovetop.  Some of the photos made them look so yummy and I'm all about easy family meals that are made more or less from scratch.  I kept my expectations low and decided to make the Spinach Artichoke wonderpot because I was so curious. 

Well, as expected I was correct to keep my expectations in check.  This was pretty plain and bland.  Not horrible, though.  I sprinkled some shredded mozzarella on mine and that helped a lot.  I think the main problem here is that the dish is virtually fat free, vegan, and low in salt.  That combination is bound to be pretty not-so-great in my opinion.  But I will say it was very fun tossing everything in the pot and only having to worry about stirring every now and then.  It was very low stress but just domestic enough to hold my interest.

I actually still have some curiosity about these recipes and want to explore other, higher fat wonderpots.  Something with meat and/or cream would be ideal.

What about you?  Have you seen these pins going around?  Are you going to try one?

Link to recipe is here. 

Choc-Cherry Brownies

Chocolate can be a real brat! (Another B word would also be appropriate here).
Talk about moody and temperamental.
Just the other day, we'd been getting along fine - and then it decided to have a major sulk, and sat in a huff in the bottom of the bowl, oozing disdain.

So, what to do with sulking chocolate? Brownies.
Brownies are always happy. Brownies make the world a better place.

Just take the seized chocolate (because, yes - that's what I'm anthropomorphizing here!)
and ignore the fact that is all huffy; continue as normal....

Choc-Cherry Brownies
Recipe by Tea, Cake and Create


Preheat the oven to 180'C 
Grease and line a brownie baking pan. 

Ingredients:
400g chocolate - broken into small even-sized pieces 
50g butter
80g flour
100g glace' cherries, roughly chopped
100g flaked almonds
100g caster sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1tsp vanilla extract



Melt chocolate and butter together (use a double boiler or the microwave on low power.)
Set aside to cool. 

Beat the eggs and sugar together until pale and creamy. 
Pour the cooled chocolate into the egg mixture. Add the vanilla extract. Beat on low speed until incorporated. 

Sift in the dry ingredients. Mix briefly. 
Fold in the cherries and flaked almonds. 

Pour the batter into the prepared brownie pan and bake at 180'C for approx 35 - 40min - a skewer inserted into the centre of the brownies should come out with sticky crumbs stuck to it. 


Allow to cool in the pan before removing and cutting into squares.

Chocolate seized? Celebrate with brownies!
; )

xxM