Quick Entree or Dinner..? Tasty Bruschetta

This week has been absolutely hectic at my new workplace. Although this was only my second week there, I have been flat out! I even stayed back until 7 pm on one day.. I've only ever worked back 2 times in my LIFE! I've been pretty much dumped into the deep end and had to figure out stuff for myself.

Anyways after that venting.. I've been trying to come up with some quick and yet tasty meals this week, I haven't really made anything blog worthy as it has mostly been savoury mince and McNuggets topped off with some sugar free ice cream.

Mr. BB texted me at work telling me he had a craving for Bruschetta.. (jokingly I asked if he was pregnant :p) So I swung by Coles at the Barracks to pick up some lovely fresh ingredients to make some for my poor starved Emo :D

Bruschetta

Sourced from various memories

1 Long Sour Dough Bread Stick

2 Vine Ripened Tomatoes

1/2 Red onion

2 Cloves of garlic

1 Large handful of fresh Basil

Bocconcini Cheese

4 thin slices of prosciutto

Fruity extra virgin olive oil

Balsamic Vinegar

Finely slice your onion and tomatoes to approximately the same size. Very finely chop the garlic and add to a bowl. Mix in some olive oil, optional balsamic and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.

Slice bread stick on an angle and sprinkle some olive oil onto both sides. Toast under the grill.

Finely slice or tear your basil and add to the tomato mixture. Arrange tomato mixture onto toasted bread. Place strips of prosciutto and sliced bocconcini on top.

Garnish with more olive oil, balsamic and basil sprigs. Serve Immediately.

Enjoy!

Sunday Morning Breakfast

Weekends are usually my time where I can enjoy my cooking.. It becomes less of a daily task and more of my hobby again.

I'm cooking a few things today so I wanted it to be quick and simple, so here is my breakfast.

Sunday Morning Omelet
Serves 2

Ingredients
6 Eggs
1 Vine ripened tomato
1 Onion
Mushroom
Salt & Pepper to taste
Chives to serve

With so little ingredients, you can always make this one up :)

-you can add any filling you like.. I like to sometimes add flavoured tuna.

Crack eggs into bowl and lightly beat. Finely chop tomato, onion & mushroom.

Fry filling first until cooked to your liking. Set aside

Fry 1/2 of lightly beaten eggs.

When the top is only very slightly soft, add your filling, you can see below that this is Mr. BB's omelet as there is no mushroom. I also have to add, please don't be greedy like me and add 5x the amount of filling to egg :)

Fold over and fry for an additional minute or two. The last bit of runny egg will seal your omelet.

Repeat for your #2 omlet

And Vio la! Breakfast in minutes :D

Serve with a crusty piece of bread and some earl grey.. Perfection!

One of those freaky days....

So, I had just finished watching "I am legend" for the second time- You know the one with Will Smith and the zombies..? I fell asleep straight afterward... I had nightmares of the 'Night Crawlers' - they were jumping all over me and I couldn't get away..

I later woke realising it was a dream.. BUT, could still hear the noises!! Honestly.. I was packing it! I woke up Mr. BB to save me from whatever was making the super loud, screeching noise.. He had no idea as to what it was either!?

After working up the confidence (Grabbing a HUGE vase- the biggest heaviest thing closest to me) to finally look out the window and it was a couple of possums making their mating call! I was embarrassed :(

I bet you are wondering where I am going with this.. Well, you know how you have one of those freaky days and everything just seems a bit weird... Well, I was making some roast capsicum to accompany some chicken kiev and the below is what I found...

I know what you're thinking- "What the hell is THAT!?". Well, that my friend's is a capsicum with a parasitic twin living inside of it..

Parasitic twins (almost like conjoined twins) occur when a twin embryo begins developing in the uterus, but the pair does not fully separate- or in this case, when it was growing on the plant, two capsicums were meant to be, but this was the result.

Freaky Hey! I had to share it. if it's as rare as it is with humans, then you may not ever see this again.. Enjoy the genetic freak! :D

You can read more about this here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_twin