Simply Decadent...

Happy Wednesday everyone...hope you're having a great week so far:)

So since we had Pumpkin Polenta with Spinach & White Bean for dinner last night (which took all of..hmmm...10 minutes to make!  Love that recipe!), I decided to show you what we had for dinner one day last week while our computer was acting shady;)  And I LOVED this recipe because it was super simple, but made for a seemingly "fancier" Tuesday night dinner....we had Pear-Cheddar Turnovers with Hot Bacon & Spinach Salad...

You used puff pastry (in this case: pastry shells, as that was what I had in the freezer), rolled them out and sealed them around diced pears, cheddar cheese & tarragon....

15 minutes in the toaster oven and out popped these golden brown delights!  The pears & cheddar made a great sweet & savory center, while the pastry made them seem so decadent for something that was whipped together in under a half hour!

And I just HEART all forms of spinach salad and this side dish is no exception:  crisp bacon, craisins and scallions mixed with a little of the bacon drippings and a squeeze of lemon juice.  Seriously: TOO. DARN. GOOD! :)

And while we're talking about decadent:  Just check out this macaroon my friend got for me:

Insane, right????  And I thought those sweet potatoes were boulders:)  And this just happened to be the world's most PERFECT coconut macaroon!  Slightly undercooked to give off nothing but a sweet coconut flavor (WITH NO FILLERS!!!  SOOOOO IMPORTANT IN A GOOD MACAROON:)  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!  Thanks, M! :)

And with all that goodness...I shall leave you for the day:)  Have a great one!