Crepes... and then some

Today, I experimented with this recipe:  ZoomYummy: Crepes with cream cheese filling

I was very excited, knowing that I had two bricks of cream cheese in the fridge just waiting to go into our bellies Cream cheese is a MAJOR favorite of mine.  I am convinced it should be a food group.  Anyway, I start putting the ingredients on the counter... and realize we don't have enough milk.  I don't keep canned milk or anything along those lines in the pantry.  As I opened the freezer to make sure we still had some frozen fruit I could use, I spotted a viable alternative to the milk:  frozen breastmilk.
Now, before you gag, let's keep in mind:  these are to be eaten by me (who makes the milk, after all) and my daughter (who still drinks the milk), so really, nothing squig-worthy there.  I'd never serve anything with breastmilk in it without warning people.  While I don't find anything weird about it (after all, cow's milk does come from cows, so why should human milk be gross for any reason?), I can respect that others may.  So, that said, we went to work.
I also didn't have powdered sugar for the cream cheese filling, so I substituted with plain white sugar.
The results were FABULOUS.  I couldn't tell a difference regarding the milk, and my only possible complaint is that the filling was a touch too sweet, but really, I should have reduced the amount of sugar since it was regular.  Otherwise, it was very, very awesome.  I covered it in the fruit (which had thawed) and Kiddo and I inhaled it.  Definitely a nice mid-afternoon treat for us.  :-)

Cat's boozy spaghetti sauce

I felt the urge to play with my usual spaghetti sauce today.  It's not that I don't like it, but sometimes it's nice to change things up.  So here's what I concocted with ingredients from my pantry, freezer, and fridge.  Oh, and it tasted AMAZEBALLS ;-)

INGREDIENTS:
1-2 lbs. ground beef (depending on how meaty you like your sauce)
Dry white wine
Minced garlic
Bunch of green onions, chopped
0.5-1 lb. sliced mushrooms
1 medium onion, chopped
Stewed tomatoes (about 2 tomatoes, or 1 can)
1 jar of Newman's Sockarooni sauce
Whole peppercorns
Crushed red pepper
Oregano
Salt, to taste

DIRECTIONS:
1.  Brown the beef.  Do not drain.
2.  Add the veggies and seasonings minus the salt.  Add about 1 cup of wine (add more for a richer wine flavor)  Simmer for 10-15 minutes (until veggies are cooked over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
3.  Add the sauce.  Also add more wine if you don't want a super-thick sauce.  Simmer for about 5-10 minutes.
4.  Serve over pasta.  Enjoy!