Chocolates New Fling

Not sure if you’ve noticed lately but chocolates a bit of a floozy; she always has a new lover. Last year she was seen on the arm of bacon and the year before that chiles. This year I’m pretty sure she’s shacking up with mushrooms. Why? I’ve just seen it in too many places lately. Example: Vosges features a relatively new Organic Enchanted Mushroom candy bar and L’Ecole now has a Chocolate and Porcini cake with olive oil ice cream on their lunch menu…hmmm

Broccoli and Bacon

This was one of those dishes that just happened. I needed to use the bacon I had in the fridge and the broccoli in my fruit/veg bowl was staring me in the face. Its pretty delicious and not greasy at all. Adding he bacon last helps this.

2 heads of broccoli

4-6 pieces of bacon

1 cup of beef broth (use water if you dont have)

- Fry the bacon in a large frying pan until its crispy  - dont over cook! Set aside on paper towels to remove grease

- Cut the broccoli heads in florets. Poor grease out of the frying pan and place florets in on medium heat. Pour in a cup of beef broth and place lid ontop. Steam broccoli for 10 minutes.

- While broccoli is steaming, cut bacon into large pieces and set aside.

- Drain broccoli and toss in a bowl with bacon pieces.