Fancy English Muffin Pizzas

Todays lunch is english muffin pizza, but with some new ingredients:

Ingredients:

1 english muffin

2 slices of salami

store bought pesto

shredded parmesan or asiago cheese

banana peppers

Directions:

Toast the english muffins until they're crispy. Take them out and spread the pesto on each half. On each half, put a slice of salami, sprinkle some cheese, add a few banana peppers, and sprinkle some black pepper and granulated garlic. Re-toast until cheese melts.

Chick Pea and Tomato "Salad"

I guess this is a salad. It's just kinda stuff tossed in a bowl. Tasty, however.

Ingredients:

1 Can of Chick Peas

Handful of Cherry or Grape Tomatoes

A hefty pinch or two of shredded parmesan or Asiago

Juice of 1/2 lemon

splash or two of white or red wine vinegar

Olive Oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Put stuff in bowl. Stir with spoon, eat with face.

Cheese, Gromit.

Not much on the cooking front here. It's hot out, we've been moving, and we had a brief roadtrip to WI. So nothing new on the cooking front. My guess is that will be the theme until it cools off again, but we'll see.

I do, though, want to just give a quick shout out to fresh mozzarella. I've been adding it to my grilled cheeses and it's soooo good. Also, love chunks of fresh mozz in chili or spaghetti. I don't like the super wet kind, but when it's a little firmer, it's fantastic.

I also like to get a loaf of good bread, cut it in half width wise, take on of those halfs and cut it length-wise (so you've got something like Stoffers french bread pizza), drizzle a little olive oil, put on a bit of chopped garlic, fresh sliced mushrooms, some red onion, and some green olives, sprinkle a little sea salt, then chunks of fresh mozz, and put it in the oven for a bit. So freaking good.