As I mentioned on Friday, my weekend was sandwiched between an AWESOME Zumbathon on Saturday morning (Oh MAN, did we sweat or WHAT, ladies???) and a Body Jam/Bokwa combo class with some HIGH ENERGY and AMAZING instructors! I'm a little stiff from head to toe this morning, but it feels phenomenalJ
But have no fear, that doesn't mean the weekend wasn't without some yummy treats, including dinner on Saturday night at one of my favs: Molto Bene. It was Scott's first trip and had to laugh that KATIE had made it there before he didJ hahahahahaha
Since Molto Bene serves options for both small AND large plates, you have the opportunity to taste a lot without having too much of anything (which I HEARTTT!). We started with house made potato chips with fontina cream to dip...
We liked those, but not as much as the MEATBALL TRIO!
A chicken meatball in roasted red pepper sauce, a meatball in tangy tomato sauce & a rice ball in pesto...all of these were absolute perfect bites and each of the sauces really put them over the top. I can't say which was the best cause we loved them all (although I think the chicken/red pepper sauce combo was the most surprisingly delicious!)
And we didn't love THAT as much as our absolute FAVORITE app that we were STILL talking about yesterday: The chickpea fritters with lemon aioli dipping sauce...
They were light, yet super crunchy on the outside and creamy hummus on the inside. DIVINE!
And even though it PAINED ME not to order the PERFECT ITALIAN CHILI Saturday night (already have it in my plan for our next night there!), we were sooooo happy with our 'small plate entree' choice of ricotta gnocchi with crumbled sausage in a sage/brown butter/cheese sauce...
This reminded me so much of the ragu from JNA Culinary Institute...as to say: It was PERFECT. Slightly spiced sausage, tender veggies in a flavor PACKED sauce all surrounding the pillow-y gnocchi. We were only SLIGHTLY regretting we didn't order the LARGE PORTION!J
And for some reason I was just wishing for CLASSIC PIZZA, and even though they had a great offering of lots of toppings, I was happy to just go with the old standard...
Sometimes the classics are just the bestJ
And ready for one more thing that was COMPLETELY off the charts??? We were handed their menu of homemade desserts, and while the WARM bread pudding (not to mention zeppoles & 'gelato bombs') always sound delicious, my eyes just went STRAIGHT to the olive oil cake with mixed berries & ricotta mousse...
Maybe it was the SPRING-like weather on Saturday, since I would not normally order the 'berry dessert,' but this cake did not disappoint ONE BITE (trust, cause there wasn't a bite leftover). The cake was SWEET, super dense yet still tender and the fresh, chopped berries on top added just enough extra sweetness. It was happy, happy, happyJ
And we kept the Italian theme going on Sunday night when it was TIME to break out my good ole recipe for BACON SAUCE!!!
Which is as DROP DEAD AWESOME as it soundsJ
I feel like I try to keep everything I need for it on hand...
...just in case the mood ever strikes me to whip this up...
...or, in the normal case, until I have enough bacon that needs to be used up for this quick sauce.
We are talking a THICK and luscious sauce where EVERY bite is punctuated with BACON! Does life get any better??
No. It really does notJ
And the hardest part REALLY was waiting for the bacon to crisp up, the rest is smooooooth sailing. Try this the next time you want to give your Sunday gravy a BOOST!J
...I had to make one more stop on my way home yesterday to pick up THIS:
Ben & Jerry's "Core" is their new line of ice cream, each with a CORE of either chocolate, NUTELLA, caramel or raspberry jam. I KNOW!
We had the other 2 flavors last week...
...and while I'd say they're ALL FABULOUS, a tie for #1 between the Peanut butter FUDGE and SALTED CARAMEL CORE were just too tough to beat. If you find these: TRY THEM! That is all the endorsement they needJ
OK...that's enough from me for one day! Have a great Monday, everyone!J
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