Tell Us What You Think!

Dear Friends, The Smallest Bite needs your feedback! I am trying to compile some sampler/customer testimonials to use for TSB's upcoming website. Your opinion could be famously published on our site (with your permission, of course)! If you have tried our chocolate truffles, please tell us what you think here:

The Smallest Bite at Hope for the Earth!

Date:	Sunday, April 25, 2010
Time:	12:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:	Hope Street-Between Rochambeau & 5th Street-East Side of Providence

The Smallest Bite will be celebrating Earth Day on Hope Street on the East Side of Providence!

A new delicious batch of organic, free trade, dairy-free chocolate truffles will be there to sample and purchase!

Take a walk, ride your bike or skateboard!
Bring your kids, bring your friends, bring yourself!
Enjoy live music, circus performers, craft workshops, sidewalk sales, chocolate truffles and MORE!!!
See you there!

P.S. The rain date for this event is May 2nd!

The Smallest Bite Goes Live (ish)!!!!

www.thesmallestbite.com

Good day Folks! We have a webpage! It is soon to be filled with delicious morsels! Stay tuned!

The Officially Licensed Endorsed Product Logo for The Smallest BIte!

It's official friends. The Smallest Bite is now a logo. Don't worry, it shall also remain a blog about food and love and memories. And soon, The Smallest Bite shall become something more, something delicious, something everyone can enjoy. Please keep reading and telling your friends and family about The Smallest Bite. You will be rewarded with good karma and perhaps...chocolate?

Ladies and Gents...we have a winner!!!

The Smallest Bite's Recipe Contest ended this past Monday and it's time to reveal the big winners! Remember that there is a Delicious Prize for every winner that they are sure to enjoy as much as I enjoyed seeing the photographs of my recipes! Thanks to all of the viewers who submitted photos! And now....the winners!








1st Prize
Maren Oslund








2nd Prize
Maren Oslund









3rd Prize
Maren Oslund

Congratulations to my new friend, Maren Oslund, for winning the first contest from The Smallest Bite! Maren's photos were great and she and her family liked the recipes she cooked! Now, it may seem a bit strange that Maren won all three prizes, but rules are rules! She had the first 3 submissions to the contest, so I felt it fair to award her all 3 prizes for her hard work! Let's hope Maren likes Delicious Prizes times three!

Hot Dog Cheesies 2.0

The Blue Plate Special above features an updated version of another childhood favorite from the 1971 published "Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library" under the category "Recipes Children Can Make"...These recipes weren't difficult and were relatively safe for kids to make under adult supervision. Eating the products of these recipes however, was a different story....Now I realize that "things" were different in the 70's, but someone, somewhere HAD to know how unhealthy is was to eat a hot dog, melted butter, processed American cheese and white bread ALL in ONE bite. But again, nostalgia takes me over and I feel the need to unearth this tasty dish from it's artificially colored grave and give it life once more. It's a quick recipe and goes very well with another favorite, tater tots. Yum!

Hot Dog Cheesies 2.0

*makes 8 servings (adults can eat 2 of these...easy.)
Preheat oven to Broil-Low or 550 degrees

8 Tofu Pups (or Hot Dogs/Franks for you purists..but for goodness sake, at least buy Kosher or All Natural Dogs)
8 Slices of Seven Stars Country White Bread (or another whole grain sandwich bread)
1/4 cup butter-melted
Yellow Mustard
White Cheddar Cheese-sliced
Toothpicks

Boil your Pups/Dogs in water for 4-6 minutes. While they are in the hot tub, lay out the bread slices on a baking sheet and spread one side with mustard. When the dogs are done, drain them of water and place them diagonally on each slice of bread. Cover each dog with a slice of cheese and fold over the bread into a triangular shape. Fasten with a tooth pick (try to get the toothpick through both sides of the crust, it won't slip through that way) and brush the bundle of goodness with melted butter. Broil until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Serve with tots!

A Gratin to Remember...

While we are nearing the end of the winter season, some regions in the U.S. are still coping with the impending bad weather, Snowpocalypse and Slushfest 2010. All of these low temperatures and precipitation provide us with the best excuse ever to stay home, hunker down and bake up a mean casserole that'll stick to your ribs and tastes great with a good IPA (I prefer Dogfish 60 Minute). Pour yourself a beer and prepare yourself for hearty deliciousness!

Butternut Squash and Mushroom Gratin Bake

1 Medium Sized Butternut squash-peeled and diced into 1 inchish cubes
3 whole Portabella mushroom caps-diced into 1 inchish pieces
2 cups cooked brown rice-well drained
1 1/2 cups milk (preferably whole or 2%)
2 cloves garlic-mashed with the flat end of your chopping knife (or chopped/diced just enough to open the clove and let the flavors loose)
3/4 tsp dried thyme leaves
A pinch of ground nutmeg
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 cup grated Asiago cheese
1 cup Panko bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 375

-First, steam the diced squash in a small amount of water until you can easily put a fork into the center of the squash. Drain the water and set aside.
-Heat the milk, garlic, nutmeg, thyme and black pepper until slightly bubbling, NOT boiling. Strain the mixture and reserve the flavored milk in a bowl for pouring later.
-Grease or spray a glass baking dish. Add cooked rice, steamed squash and diced mushrooms. Mix vegetables and rice gently, so as to not break up the squash too much. Pour flavored milk over the mixture. Evenly distribute the bread crumbs over the mixture. Repeat with the asiago cheese.
-Bake at 375 for 12 minutes
-Broil on low for 5 minutes to brown the cheese and bread crumbs to perfection

*Pour yourself another beer and eat a big bowl of this stuff. A game of Scrabble makes for an excellent dessert substitute afterward...let's make some memories people!