Italian Night - Bruschetta with Gorgonzola Cheese and Honey

Ingredients
36 slices (1/2-inch thick) baguette bread, about 1 loaf
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
8 ounces Gorgonzola, sliced
3 tablespoons honey

Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Arrange the sliced baguette on a baking sheet. Brush with olive oil. Bake until the bread is pale golden and crisp, about 10 minutes.
Arrange the cheese on the toasts and bake until the cheese is melted, about 3 minutes.
Drizzle the toasts with honey. Place on a serving platter and serve immediately.
Critique
All I can say about this recipe was I want more!  Another very quick and easy appetizer that looks fancy without having to do much.  We actually doubled this recipe which was a good thing since we basically devoured them as soon as they were ready! The Gorgonzola cheese is pricey and it's better to slice the cheese with a non serrated knife to stop the cheese from crumbling.


We got the original recipe here. 

Asian Night - Lettuce Wraps

For March's cooking night we made PF Chang's Lettuce Wraps and they were SCRUMPTIOUS!

Here is the recipe for 6-9 servings

Ingredients
9 tablespoons oil
6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
3 cups water chestnuts
2 1/16 cups mushrooms
9 tablespoons chopped onions
3 teaspoons minced garlic
12-15 leaves iceberg lettuce

Special Sauce
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups water
6 tablespoons soy sauce
6 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
6 tablespoons ketchup
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3/8 teaspoon sesame oil
3 tablespoons hot mustard
6 teaspoons water
3-6 teaspoons garlic and red chile paste

Stir Fry Sauce
6 tablespoons soy sauce
6 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar

Directions

• Make the special sauce by dissolving the sugar in water in a small bowl.
• Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil.
• Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you're ready to serve.
• Combine the hot water with the hot mustard and set this aside as well.
• Eventually add your desired measurement of mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to pour over the wraps.
• Bring oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan.
• Saute chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or done.
• Remove chicken from the pan and cool.
• Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.
• As chicken cools mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to about the size of small peas.
• Prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.
• When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.
• With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of vegetable oil.
• Add chicken, garlic, onions, water chestnuts and mushrooms to the pan.
• Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes then serve it in the lettuce"cups".
• Top with"Special Sauce".

Critique:
These were very easy to make and really tasty.  Some of the ingredients were a little more difficult to find, but that's because we looked at Wal-Mart for them.....side note always go to Harmon's or Smith's for more of the specialty items.

We found the recipe here.