Bleck. I’ve been in a crummy mood all day. My retainer fitting properly finally means it’s actually working, which means my mouth is hurting. Additionally I’m irritated with myself for not starting Biochem work. I know the longer I put it off the worse it’s going to be but I’m a week in and it’s feeling a little daunting. Plus I was so excited about these filled Mini-Wheats, but when I ate a small bowl this afternoon they hurt my mouth.
Bleck.
I know something guaranteed to put a smile on my face was a blogger-approved dinner.
Caramelized Onion Mashed Potatoes from Emily at The Daily Garnish,
and Mom’s Sweet and Spicy Barbeque Baked Beans from Jenna at Eat, Live, Run.
The guacamole gravy? That was all me!
It ended up being a very tasty meal.
A time intensive(ish) one as well, the potatoes required a good hour of hands-on time while the beans were baking in the oven. As I was removing the caramelized onions from the pan genius struck, and guacamole gravy was born. I kept a few onions in the pan over medium heat and added a chopped avocado and a bit of evoo. Once everything was warmed through I deglazed the pan with some mushroom broth. A bit more broth and some mashing, and the best potato topped ever was born!
It was great to get back into the kitchen and make my husband a nice hearty (vegan!) meal. Sidenote – that’s not to say the husband didn’t help cook this meal, mashing potatoes is hard!
What is your favorite kind of gravy?
Eating Chalk 
Looks delicious! Love the post title – too cute. 🙂
Your dinner looks great! I’ll have to check out those recipes. It must have been something in the air because I made mashed potatoes for dinner last night too!
I agree with you about the new mini wheats! I bought a box a week or so ago because I thought that they might taste like the mini wheats in England that are filled with a raisin type filling. I love those mini wheats so much and whenever my family heads to the UK we buy about 20 boxes! Yes, we like food from England more than the US!
Yes, yes, yes! We’ve been looking for the raisin-filled ones for years. I’m basically devestated that these aren’t more like them.
If you are ever in the UK, I would recommend that you get a few boxes. My brother is heading overseas this week and when he go he takes an extra piece of luggage so that he can bring back all of our favorite English goodies! 🙂
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