Nikki's Famous Stuffed Mushrooms

Bacon Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
4-6 strips of bacon,1 small onion, finely chopped (pre-chopped onions work just as well)
20-25 large mushrooms

Directions:
1. Fry and crumble the bacon, reserve the fat.
2. Remove and finely chop the mushroom stems.
3. Saute onion and mushroom stems in bacon fat until tenter. Drain off excess fat.
4. Mix crubled bacon, onion and stems with softened cream cheese until the mixture is workable. 5. Stuff each mushrrom and back at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Finish under the broiler just until tops are golden.

Mozzarella and Tomato Salad (Insalata Caprese)

1 lb buffalo mozzarella

3 large, ripe, fresh tomatoes

Basil leaves, fresh

Salt and Pepper, freshly ground

4 table spoons EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil)

2 tablespoons White Wine Vinegar

1 tablespoon Capers, rinsed

Slice the mozzarella and tomatoes thinly and arrange as desired. Scatter over the basil leaves and season to taste with salt and a generous grinding of black pepper.

Whisk together the EVOO and white-wine vinegar in a small bowl, then drizzle over the tomatoes and mozzarella. Scatter the capers over the top and serve.