Disappearing Peanut Butter Oreo Brownies

At the supermarket the other day I found something amazing: Peanut Butter Oreos!  That's right, Oreo cookies with peanut butter filling.  I knew I had to buy a package and I immediately had plans to make something with them.  I decided to take my brownie recipe and toss a few of the Oreos into the mix.  The result was a gooey, yummy brownie that had people helping themselves to second, third, and fourth portions.

Beet Risotto with Feta and Sage

I loooove beets.  From the outside a beet looks like your average root vegetable.  Then you slice into it and see the deep purple-red color that's marbled with an almost wood grain pattern to it, and you can tell it's something special.  Raw, a beet has a slightly bitter aftertaste that I think is a little like the dirt it was plucked from.  Roast it and it becomes sweet, but not cloyingly so.  The one drawback of working with beets is that it will dye everything it touches, so be careful to wear gloves and choose carefully what surfaces you allow it to touch.  This "negative" trait is also a positive one when you want to make a food dyed red (like red velvet cake...ew) without using artificial colorings.  I bought some beets from a farm stand they have in my neighborhood and knew immediately what I was going to make with them: beet risotto.