Chocolate and Zucchini?

Last night I dreamed I was trying to make orange rolls and cinnamon rolls out of the same batch (half and half), but I couldn't find any butter. I was so happy to be using my Kitchenaid mixer again! I feel a little guilty...it's just sitting in a box at the farm, probably rusting. If you can't tell, I miss cooking, especially baking.

If you haven't visited Chocolate and Zucchini (one of the sites listed in the links to the right) and you have any interest at all in cooking or food, you should definitely check it out. It's a food blog written by a French woman (in English--excellent English, I might add) who spent a couple of years in the U.S. and now lives in Paris. Her recipes sound soo delicious.

The May 28th recipe is cacao and zucchini absorption pasta--literally chocolate and zucchini! Cacao nibs aren't your typical chocolate, though, so don't be afraid. You can get them in specialty shops. I think the At Home store on the square in Fairfield even carries them. I'm also intrigued by the cooking method--instead of cooking the pasta in boiling water, you add a certain amount of stock and bake it, and the pasta cooks that way.

Personally, I think the recipe index is the best part. I've spent way too much time drooling over recipes I won't be able to make for a loong time. Like, apricot sticky toffee pudding, macademia maple granola, porcini walnut risotto, zucchini tart on a hazelnut-thyme crust...the list goes on.

Anyway, if you've got zucchini on your hands, this recipe sounds delish!