Running thru life... Fire Works Pizza

 Saturday night Joe and I headed out on our date night.

Joe had a frustrating day with homework while I had spent the day running around and was starving!

We decided to check another restaurant on our list:  Fire Works Pizza!

It has a location in Leesburg and Arlington.  

We opted for the Leesburg location since we went to Arlington two weeks ago.  

Of note-  Fire Works Pizza does not take reservation and often the wait is any where for 30 minutes to 1 hour.  They have a bar that you can wait at but it is very small.  

We showed up around 7:30 pm and we sat by 8:15 or so.  

It is a very small place!

All organic/local meats and veggies.  Local beers, wine, and organics also.  

Which I love!

Joe and I heart fresh local food.  

I order the Smokey Blue which was Blue Cheese, Onions,  Tomatoes, and balsamic vinegar.

Most excellent.  The small pizza 10 inch are 12-14$ while the bigger pizzas 14 inch are 16-18.  

Joe and I both had a 10 inch.  Joe finished his while I had half a pizza left over, which will be my lunch time snack today and tomorrow.  =0)

Joe made his own pizza which is placed two different kinds of onions and two different kinds of sausage.  He states "This is the best pizza ever!"

We gave it a rating of Good +

Our rating system is as follows (with restaurants in each category- most are on the TOP 50 VA Restaurants!)

Excellent-   Has good to LightFoot,  Evo Bistro, and L'Auberge Chez Francois, Maple Ave

Good +    Restuarant Eve, Eat Bar,  Alto Plaza,  Graffiato

Good  Rustico,  The Majestic, Seasons 54

OK-  La Bergerie,  Lebanese Taverna,  Carlyle, Jaleo

Not good-  Passion fish

Basically anything that is good and above we would eat at again.  

We will now add Fire Works Pizza to the list....

Our next stop Duangrats

Running thru life... Cupcake time

I received a Peanut Butter Filled Brownie Cupcake recipe from a co-worker that I was dying to make.

After all, Peanut Butter and Chocolate together is the best combination in the world!

Ingredients:

1 package brown mix

1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

3 tablespoons cream cheese, softened

1 egg

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon confectioners' sugar

Instructions:

Step 1:  Prepare brownies batter according to package directions; stir in chocolate chips.

For filling, in a small bowl. beat peanut butter, cream cheese, egg and sugar until smooth.

Step 2:  Fill paper-lined muffin cups one-third full with batter.  Drop filling by teaspoonfuls into the center of each cupcake.  Cover with remaining batter.

Step 3:  Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the brownie portion comes out clean.  Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.  Dust with confectioners' sugar.  Store in refrigerator.  

Results!!!

 I doubled the recipe and made pretty big cupcakes. I ended up with about 20 of them.  

It is delicious!!!!

I will be saving this and using it for many years because it was super easy and super yummy!!!