Tonight, I made myself the. most. delicious little dinner. Although I was out all day shopping for my Halloween outfit with Ruthie (I am going to be Little Bo Peep!), I was not very hungry when I got back to my flat. Thank goodness for the cherry bomb peppers I received from David and Denise at Leaning Shed Farm and Denise’s idea to stuff them. Cherry bombs are pretty small (about twice the size of a cherry), but they stuff well and can be filling!

I made 4 cherry bombs stuffed with local sauteed cabbage, rice and smoked ham.

  • Cut a circle around the top of the pepper, pull the top off by the stem then make sure all the seeds are out! Set aside.
  • Chop up one cabbage leaf into small pieces and sauteed it in a tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat for about 30 seconds.
  • Threw in one handful of cold, pre-cooked rice and let it heat for about 20 seconds.
  • Dice up some smoked ham and tossed it in, too, just until it was heated through.
  • Stuff the peppers with the rice mixture. I pushed the filling in with a chopstick to make sure it was packed!
  • Roast at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

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Please, please be aware that cherry bombs are HOT! I made the huge mistake by gutting them and then touching my face and ouch! – it burned! And it is still kinda burning! Haha. Such a blonde!

For dessert I chopped up a Seedling’s apple and drizzled it with warm caramel, courtesy of Gabriel, who is my knight in shining chef’s hat! Then I topped them with nuts, again courtesy of Gabriel (ain’t he amazing?!). The result was heavenly.

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Which brings me to my lesson on how (not) to eat like a lady: Lesson one: Your hand should always be covered in caramel if you are eating caramel covered apples with nuts. Always. Your mouth and chin should also have caramel on them. No exceptions! You should also have a spoon handy so you can ladle up as much gooey, buttery caramel off your plate as possible and shovel it right into your mouth!

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Dev xx

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