Earlier this week, my sister Barbara and I attended the Opening Day of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Kacey Musgraves gave a concert afterward, and although we had to walk through a little rain we had a lot of fun!
When Barbara and I first arrived at the HLSR grounds, we took a quick tour through the exhibit hall. We got a hydro-massage, which felt terrific!
Then we watched a demonstration of some pretty little textured plates. When we saw all the things that could be grated on those little plates, we knew we needed some of our own! These can be used to grate hard cheeses, chocolate, ginger, nutmeg, and for my lunch today - garlic.
First, I unwrapped a triangle of Laughing Cow Light Swiss Cheese and placed it in a glass bowl with a little almond milk. This needs to be warmed up, so you could do it in the microwave or like me, put the bowl on top of the warm toaster oven.
Next I preheated my cast iron skillet over medium heat while I sliced up some onion and grated a clove of garlic on my new grate plate. (It worked grate!) When the skillet was hot, I sprayed a little cooking spray on the surface and sauted my onion and garlic together for a few minutes.
While that was going on, I spiralized one zucchini.
Then I added the zucchini to the skillet with some Trader Joe's Everything But The Bagel Seasoning.
As the zucchini noodles cook they release moisture and soften into a very nice noodly texture. Cook this for a few minutes, until the noodles are as done as you like them.
Then I added in my softened Laughing Cow Cheese and Almond milk mixture and stirred it around until the cheese looked to be evenly distributed.
Finally, I stirred in one serving of shredded chicken and let it all heat up together.
When I put everything into the 2 cup glass bowl, you can see that it made a generous amount.
Delicious. I'm sure Kacey would approve.
