Gnocchi al Funghi

Rocks. Semi-original recipe. big success. Semi-original means that I can't be bothered to look at a recipe BEFORE I go shopping, so I have to make do with what I can scrounge up in the kitchen.

I've had a gnocchi thing for a while, since Anthony in Toronto made us gnocchi with pesto two years ago. I am getting a bit sick of variations of gnocchi with pesto, however, so I finally pressed some buttons on my keyboard and found a recipe for gnocchi with mushrooms. (I've had a mushroom thing for as long as I can remember...I personally blame Santo of Santo's Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant for making such great Fettucine al Fredo, and teaching me how to make it when I worked there 16 years ago...)

Anyway, seeing that I only had half the ingredients, I made up my own version of the recipe, and it was a huge hit. The recipe goes like this: while gnocchi is boiling, fry shrooms/garlic in a pan, then add milk/cream and cheese - I used parmesan, the recipe called for gorgonzola. Then add S&P to taste and simmer until thickens/gnocchi is done. Drain gnocchi, add to sauce, and simmer until desired thickness of sauce is achieved. Leave out the chopped chives that the recipe called for (unless they are already to be found in one's fridge...)

Put in a bowl.

Eat, and be merry.

And now for the news in brief.

Between working a job and a half and trying to study for that stupid test, my hedonistic lifestyle has recently been seriously impeded. Very little time on the bike (compared with before) and generally not much to talk about except for a quick dash down to Kyoto the weekend before last.

Saw a few temples that were on my list. Had Starbucks. Seafood dinner with a complimentary squirt of salt water in the eye.

Time is short, and pictures tell a thousand words, so without further ado...

I know which of the above pictures I like better...


Shame we were too late for here Dad - temple in Ohara, north of Kyoto that we tried to go to.

Time Flies.

Wow, two weeks since the last post already - oops. Plenty been happening, but it'll have to wait until tomorrow. For those who really need to know, the short version is: WorkWorkStudyWorksutdyrideWorkKyotoWork.