Bodega's Blue Chips

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There is this little bar by my place called Bodega.  They make some pretty good stuff, and every evening on my balcony I can smell their garlic fries drifting over.  Well, I have mastered the garlic fries, but recently I was there and had the most amazing munchie food ever.  You don't need a recipe, just the ingredients:

Bodega's Blue Chips

spread out on a platter to put under the broiler one bag of unsalted kettle potato chips.
Sprinkle on a package of blue cheese crumbles and bacon, which you can make very quickly and easily in your over, here's how:  Line a cookie sheet with foil,  put bacon on cookie sheet, putin the oven,  turn the oven on 400. set the time r for 20 minutes.  About half way throu, drain the bacon grease from the pan.  Continue to bake at 400.  Perfect and quick.
Put the pan of chips, cheese and bacon under the broiler just long enough to get teh cheese gooey and melty  Take out of the oven and top with sliced green onions.
Indulge, enjoy, repeat.

Homemade Candy Bars

 

If you are a regular consumer of store bought candy bars, then this may take an adjustment, but, try it because it is delicious, amazing, and sort of healthy even!  I plan to make these again experimenting with diffrent types of nut butters.  Next on the list, peanut butter.  I absolutely LOVE peanut butter.

Homemade Candy Bars

In a food processor, mix together well:
4 1/2 cups raw cashews
1/2 cup agave nectar
1 Tbs. cold water
1/4 tsp. salt
Press into a pan lined with parchment paper and put in the freezer.
This is the nougat layer

Next, make the caramel layer:
Combine 3/4 cup raw tahini
3/4 cup maple syrup or agave
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4- 1/2 cups + shredded coconut
mix until well combined.
Press onto the nougat layer and put back in the freezer for one hour.
after the hour, cut into bite size pieces.
Melt chocolate chips in a small saucepan while stirring until completely melted and smooth.  drizzle over the cut and seperated candy pieces on parchment paper (don't use a wire rack, they will stick.  I found that out the hard way.) Put back int he freezer unti lchocolate is set,  Unfortunately, these don't survive long out of the freezer, but that shouldn't be a problem, they are so yummy you will have them gone in no time.