Get In My Belly: The Perfect Cheese Plate

Welcome to Get In My Belly! You know what I have a hard time doing? Prepping for get togethers. It's not that I don't know how, or that I am bad at it, so much as I tend to go overboard. This results in me being more tired than happy during said get together. Solution?

Stick with me here.

A Wine and Cheese party is not labor intensive by any means, just requires a bit of thought and a trip to your local Whole Foods or what have you. Selecting a good wine can be as easy as asking someone in the store or a google search, but what about "cheese plates"? Everyday Food Blog takes the somewhat unknown territory of cheese plates and breaks it down for the every man (or woman). Here is the very basic break down:

1. Choose the right cheese: no kraft slices, please.
2. Pick the vehicle: I think the baguette slice is the luxury car in this case.
3. Make some sweet selections: fresh fruit probably better than candy.
4. Just add crunch: being nuts doesn't count.
5. Get a board: is serving on a surfboard cool or weird?
6. Consider timing: room temp is better, but no one is that picky.

A Wine and Cheese party is excellent when you want to focus more on the party and less on the clean up. Bonus points because you look fancy and grown up to your friends and family. Besides, if you can't live off cheese, fruit, and bread, you are not the kind of people I want at my party anyways.

Have you had a Wine and Cheese party before? Was it a success or did your guests think you were lazy? Comments are always welcome!

Get In My Belly: Pepperoni Pizza Cauliflower Casserole

Welcome to Get In My Belly! Today I want to share a recipe I found on Pinterest that was kind of a surprise for me because it doesn't involve bread, sugar, or frying. Shocker.

Doesn't that just make you go mmmmmm?

It's a Pepperoni Pizza Cauliflower Casserole, and it's probably something I'm going to make on a regular basis when I have my house. The ingredients aren't in any way hard to come by, the bake time is about 20 minutes, and makes 4 servings. Also, you can dress it up with other things besides pepperoni, just use the puree recipe as a base and go from there.

This would be a great quick dinner to make ahead of time, then just pop in the oven when you get home, or for those potluck events everyone makes potato salad for. I'm sure we could all do with eating more veggies, and this is a sneaky way to get yourself and your family a nice dose without feeling like a starved hippie. There is cheese!

Does this sound like something you'd like to eat? Are you more of a carnivore or herbivore  Would you try to make this yourself? Comments are always welcome!

Get In My Belly: Individual Peach and Honey Crumble

Welcome to Get In My Belly! This is a post meant for a Tuesday, but yesterday I was home sick. Don't worry, you won't catch it over the internet. Today I want to share with you a recipe I saw on one of my favorite sites, Baking Bites. Do you love peaches? Do you like honey?

Then I found a winner for you.

It's an Individual Peach and Honey Crumble, and by gosh does it look yummy. The recipe doesn't have any sort of exotic hard to find ingredients, assembly is painless, the bake time is less than an hour, and it's enough for 6 servings. It doesn't say you need to share these 6 servings, however. Peaches are seasonal fruits you can find May - August (at least from what I've seen). Can you use canned peaches? I don't see why not, but if you can get them fresh, why go for the canned substitute?

This would be amazing for that end of the summer barbecue or anytime it strikes up your fancy. I know for me, summer has been a bit of a deterrent for using the oven, but that really has been the issue of not having an A/C. So help me, if I had central air, I'd be a baking fiend for this recipe. Who doesn't like little individual desserts? 

Does this sound like something you'd like to eat? Are you into baking at all? Would you try to make this yourself? Comments are always welcome!

When Did I Make An Official Posting Schedule?

I played around a little, and asked for feedback, on what sort of categorized set up I'd like to do for the blog starting post 100. I got some good comments, and came up with this:

• Motley Mondays: A round up of what I’m expecting to happen during the week and whatever else is in my head that I feel like sharing.
• Get In My Belly: Tuesdays are about sharing the food porn. Baking or cooking, I’ll share my favorite recipes I found on the internet since last we met, and share my own successes.
• Cheese with My Whine: It’s Wednesday, and you know what? I’ll have something to complain about.
• Thanks A Million: Let’s even out yesterday with what I’m feeling thankful for this week. No, it won’t ALWAYS be my husband. Sorry James.
• Geek Out: Is it tech? Is it pop culture? Does it have to do with fangirling? It's here.
• Creative Writing: Saturday is about sitting down and doing a little anything goes writing.
• Sunday: Day Off. Come on, I need one day to myself. Don’t worry, Motley Mondays will fill you in on anything you missed.

I'm a little apprehensive about making any of these entries video blogs. The time may come where I feel more like talking then typing, but that's going to be down the road. 

Always feel free to comment, critic, or make suggestions. Thanks for reading!