#cooking reference

Youtube keeps showing me cooking videos lately, and this recommendation made me instantly think of you.

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Ingredients:

- everything bagel (1)

- mushrooms (sandwich main-ingredient amount, roughly two handfulls) (I used what I had leftover from a mixed package from the asian grocery store [the thin ones that look like enoki but brown] but I'm sure any mushrooms would do. Especially oyster mushrooms)

- cream cheese (enough to spead on one side of the bagel)

- sushi sauce

- sriracha

- chopped green onion greens

- salt

- cooking oil of choice (I used vegetable)

- minced garlic (one spoonful)

Directions:

1. Wash mushrooms & toss into a small saucepan. Cook on medium heat until some of their water has cooked off, then add the oil, garlic, and several generous shakes of salt. Agitate frequently while cooking

2. Put the bagel in the toaster. Once it's done, spread cream cheese on one side. When the mushrooms are cooked through and soft and the garlic is fragrant, spoon them out over the cream cheese.

3. Squirt a few rings of sushi sauce and sriracha over the mushrooms, then top with chopped green onions. Place the other half of the bagel on top and wrap the sandwich with a paper towel to contain its excellence

4. Best enjoyed while slightly tipsy, all at once, standing at the counter. I paired this with whiskey & Malta India on the rocks

So, who doesn’t love peaches? And who doesn’t love the syrupy, spiced goodness of peach pie? It’s even better in oatmeal!

Ingredients:

1 peach (can be a bit firm or super soft, it’ll be cut up and the sugar will soften it a bit)

Roughly 2 tbs sugar (I usually just add until it feels right)

Around 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (again, it’ll feel right)

A dash of ground nutmeg

1 cup quick oats (you can use any kind, I just use quick oats because energy is limited for me)

1-3/4 cup milk or water (I prefer water for a thinner oatmeal)

Prep:

1. Put your milk/water into a saucepan and put it on the stove to boil

2. While your liquid is boiling cut up your peach, you can skin it if you want, I personally like the texture and taste of the skin

3. Add sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to your peach (you can just put it in the bowl you plan to eat in)

4. Stir it together, make sure everything is all sugared up so it’ll make juice while your oatmeal cooks

5. Once your liquid boils add your oats

6. Let them cook to the desired consistency (I prefer thinner, waterier, it goes better with the texture of the peach)

7. Once your oatmeal is done turn off the stove and pour the oatmeal over the peach

8. Stir, so the oatmeal and peach is mixed well and you can get peach with most bites

Extra ideas:

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