October 17th: Chicken watchamacallit and cupcakes with bacon

Verdict:
Keep: Cheesy Chicken Watchamacallit
Try Again Toss: Pumpkin Cupcakes with Bacon Icing

Seriously: cupcakes with bacon icing. Have you heard of chocolate-covered bacon? I have not tried this, but how could it not be good? In PEI this summer, Greg and I had chocolate-covered potato chips, which I think are comparable. It's that incredible blend of salt + sweet, and in this case, sugar + meat. What's not to like? But, to dessert in a minute.

First, supper. Tonight I repeated a recipe I made two years ago, when O was just a babe. Ah, memories.... Focus, Kirsten, focus. From October 2008's Today's Parent: Cheesy Chicken Watchamacallit. Kind of a ridiculous name, but basically it is a simple chicken + cheese + mushrooms + noodles + a tiny bit of spinach casserole. And it's really good. The recipe makes two pans, one to freeze for later, but I'm not much of a freeze for later girl, so I halved it and made one, for supper and several lunches. Yummy stuff, and we'll keep the recipe.

Paired with a salad, supper was done.

Then, dessert! From October 2010's Chatelaine: Pumpkin cupcakes with maple & bacon icing. Blast it, but I didn't have enough maple syrup for the icing, as I had used it all up in some granola I made in the afternoon. More on that later this week. So my icing is really just bacon icing, which is not so bad. It's actually a little disconcerting to bring a cupcake to your mouth and inhale the scent of cooked meat cold. Sorry if I'm grossing some of you out; I know you don't all eat bacon. Casey, can I expect a random visit from you tomorrow? I think I like these cupcakes. I ate one late tonight and I'll see over the next couple of days whether or not I want to try the recipe again.

P.S. 24 hours and three cupcakes later, it occurs to me that cupcakes with MEAT on them should probably be refrigerated. Doh! Will not be keeping this recipe after all. Too much of a headache to try to find room in the fridge.