The Kitchen Whisperer

My weekly menu is out. My goal is to help inspire you and to break out of that rut of Taco Tuesday, Wing Thursday and Pizza Friday.  Go beyond the ordinary and go for something new!

Shall I save you a plate?

I have this obsession with combining zucchini and chocolate in desserts.  It just “makes sense” to me even though the first time I told Mr. Fantabulous years ago that I was making chocolate zucchini cake the look on his face was priceless.  He done thought I went mad.  Then he followed it up with Ewwwwwwwwwww that’s foul! even before I mixed up the batter.   When we first started dating zucchini was one of those foods that if I gave it to him his face would squinch up like someone stuck a skunk in his face.  Well wait, any NORMAL person’s face.  See Mr. Fantabulous actually likes the smell of a skunk.  No seriously he does!  Weird huh?  While I’m gagging, eyes tearing up and running for the hills he’s actually sniffing in deep.  Apparently though he’s not unique as I have a girlfriend that is the same way.  Say what?  Exactly what type of people do I surround myself with?

Now through the years he’s actually grown an appreciation for it.  He likes fried or baked zucchini strips.  He’ll eat it in pasta and various other dishes but in desserts. Yeah I can’t get him past that hurdle.  But that’s okay we can’t all like the same thing, right?  Plus that just means it’s more for me!!!  Ever since I shared with you my Zucchini Chocolate Muffins and that amazing Chocolate Zucchini Brownie with Old Fashioned Chocolate Frosting you guys have asked for a gluten free version that still tasted as awesome.

I’m thinking mission accomplished!

These Chocolate Cheese Crack Cookies are seriously addictive.  I mean SERIOUSLY addictive!  Thus it was only befitting they be called Crack Cookies.  Cheese and chocolates aren’t a new thing but putting them in a cookie like this with peanut butter… oh dear GOD I wanna kiss myself!

Wait hold on.. lemme go kiss the mirror!

That picture, huh?  I know right. You wanna kiss me too, huh?  Yeah you better not.  Mr. Fantabulous doesn’t share.  LOL

You know you want a bite…

It’s time for another installment of my Weekly Menu.

Talk about such an emotional week! Oy!