Mr. & Mrs. Puffy Bear and the disaster that turned into a delight

Puff pastry is becoming one of my go to's for fun food. Certainly not something one should eat every day, but once and a while...

I love savory biscuits and pies. Ham and cheese anything sounds good to me. So I made Mr & Mrs. Puffy Bear. You can tell the girl from the boy because she has a bow in her hair.

And the boy has a very trendy pointed head hair style.

I also made little ham and cheese turnovers decorated with a lovely flower.

Ack! What a disaster! The cheese leaked out even after my careful pinching at the seams.

Fortunately crispy cheese with puffed pastry is quite the ticket in Yummyland!

German Potato Salad

Inspired by Lil'chan, I decided to make a hot potato salad for lunch. The moment after I took this photo to your left I realized that I wouldn't be using bacon  and perhaps not onion either, but both are good additions.

What I did use was:

3 white potatoes
2 small shiitakes
1 red bell pepper
8 black olives
1 carrot
1 medium fennel
2 Boar's Head all natural beef franks

I cut the ingredients in mouth-sized pieces (except for the mushrooms and fennel which I diced). The potatoes were boiled in salted water for 20 minutes or so. The red peppers and carrots were par boiled separately until done. The disced franks were pan fried with the shiitakes. The fennel wasn't cooked.

When everything was ready, it was mixed in a big bowl with the dressing.

The dressing is a basic oil and vinegar dressing with  a tablespoon of mustard. I like Dijon.

The verdict:

Before eating, he said, "I'm not hungry. I just ate breakfast a few hours ago."

During eating, "Hey! This is good! A really nice flavor!"

SCORE !!!

Which Would You Choose?

Happy Full Moon!

The bunny in the grass? (top right) The fish in the kelp? (bottom right) The snake with the stratosphere clouds? (bottom left) Or the artfully displayed ham moon with puffy clouds? (top left)

Hang On Big Guy

What Does It Look Like?

I've got three of these puppies, all about eight inches in diameter. And to think I nearly yanked those yellow wilty plants out of the garden a month or so after I transplanted them. Sometimes doing nothing pays off.