Sunday meal

This past sunday, we had planned to go to the Farmers' Market under the JFK Expressway* and then make some soup with our finds.  Although neither of those things happened, we did patronize the Baltimore Food Co-op^ and proceed to create a 3-course meal!  Here's what developed:

(A) Several-layer Spicy Bean & Cheese Dip
     Ingredients:

• Black Bean Refried Beans w/ Jalapenos^, 1 can  (can't remember the brand, sorry!)
• Salpica jalapeño jack queso dip^ 
• Green salsa^ (can't remember this brand either *pout*)
• Red salsa (whatever had been in my fridge for a while)
• Organic Valley shredded mozzeralla cheese^
• Hot peppers (mixed variety), chopped

• Garden of Eatin' Blue corn tortilla chips^

     Directions:
     1) Put beans in dish --> Microwave until lukewarm --> Stir
     2a) Place half of beans in glass pan/dish --> Add layer of queso
     2b) Layer some more beans --> Add layer of salsa(s)  (we did one side green and one red)
     2c) Put on more beans or queso if you want --> Cover with shredded cheese
     3) Microwave dish until the top layer of cheese is melted
     4) Sprinkle hot pepper mix on top, to taste
     5) Dunk chips in dip --> Bring to mouth and chew

(B) [Pre-]Battered Cod, with Roasted Cauliflower

     Ingredients:

• WaterfrontBISTRO Cod fillets [frozen]
• Local Cauliflower^, 1 bushel (? is that even the correct term ?)

     Directions:
     1) Remove greens from + chop cauliflower
     2a) Place cod fillets on oven-safe tray
     2b) Place cauliflower on same tray + season w/ salt and pepper
     3) Follow directions on cod box (essentially: bake at 425ºF for a while, flip fillets)

(C) Reeses-infused Brownies à la mode
     Ingredients:

• Reeses peanut butter cups  (we used the slightly-mini but not mini-mini size--because they were on post-Halloween sale--but any composition would work)
• Gluten Free Pantry Chocolate Truffle Brownie mix^
• Eggs, 2 large
• Butter, approx. 3/4 of a stick (but don't quote me on that)
• Haagen-dazs Coffee Ice Cream 

     Directions:
     1) Chop Reeses cups
     2) Follow directions on brownie mix box
     3a) Stop following directions on box when it says let cool fully.
     3b) Instead, let cool as long as you can handle, but brownies should still be warm.
     4) Top with ice cream


Everything was awesome, obviously.  And everything was gluten free!!  Even though the bean dip says 'spicy' and has a lot of hot peppers in it, the 4 of us who ate it did not find it that spicy (but keep in mind, we all like spicy food).  I also highly recommend the waterfrontBISTRO-brand cod fillets; I've also had their panko-crustred shrimp, but thought the cod cooked better.  Pretty sure I got both from Safeway.


*open Sundays 7am-noon, thru Dec. 18th
^ Items with this symbol were purchased at the Co-op