Caramelized onion and blue cheese bites

Last week i stepped on the scale and i was up 4 pounds.

I’m not going to lie….i’m on the scale every single morning….it’s habit now….and it is my reality check-in….

check check double check

especially since it took me 6 months of extremely hard word to lose 25 pounds.

So….with the last few weeks being a bit on the stressful side…..

and of course…..stress and i don’t get along at all…..

i put on my brave face….poured myself a nice glass of fine boxed wine and went to work.

No….i don’t mean my new job….what i mean is i went to work baking…because it’s what relieves my stress…

right along with drinking vodka from ball jars and sitting on the beach with my kids.

oh…and back rubs…but i forget what those feel like…..so i’ll just be happy with vodka and kids.

{not necessarily in that order …}

You might remember when i posted my Brie and Fig Bites from a while back……

those still are a fav around here…..but i wanted to make something that was a bit more on the

not~ so sweet side…….

kind of like Reality Bites.

I had been watching Rachel Ray a while back cooking up some burgers….

and who doesn’t love a good burger right…..

and when she started to caramelize onions for the burgers…..i knew that is what i was going to do with

my new bites.

caramelized onion and blue cheese bites.

Perfect appetizer and i swear your friends and family will love you……

maybe not necessarily your significant other when you wake up the next morning……

but that is not something i can help you with.

Oh….and these are so easy….you can do it with your eyes closed while drinking fine boxed wine.

honest.

All you need is:

*puff pastry {located in the frozen section next to frozen pie shells}

*2 tbsp unsalted butter

* 2 tbsp olive oil

*1 large onion {i use sweet }, halved and thinly sliced

*1 tbsp finely chopped fresh rosemary

*1 tsp sugar

*1/2 tsp salt

* 4 ounces of crumbled blue cheese

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

The puff pastry comes in sheets of two…..and this recipe only calls for using one…..so if you want to use

both then you will need to double up on the ingredients.

……..

Melt butter with oil in large skillet over high heat.

Add onions.

Have a drink of your wine.

Cook until onions are soft and just beginning to brown, making sure to stir them on occasion

for about 8-10 minutes.

Add rosemary, sugar and salt.

Reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook until the onions are soft and dark brown…..

making sure to stir them frequently…about 15 minutes…then let cool slightly.

In the meantime…..unfold your puff pastry sheet on to some parchment paper and place on a

cookie sheet.

Spread the onion mixture over the puff pastry sheet evenly…sprinkle on the blue cheese…and bake

until the dough is golden brown and the cheese is bubbling…about 12-15 minutes.

Have another glass of fine boxed wine.

Let cool and cut into squares.

One sheet serves about 16 and i use a pizza slicer to roll across and slice them.

Viola…….

and because you probably shouldn’t have one more glass of fine boxed wine…..

i will….you know….to be kind.

cheers.