The Laughing Cow Blue Cheese Martini

YOU GUYS!  I totally have to tell you about my idea. Ok, someone else has probably already thought of it, but I felt like freakin' Edison while I was in the kitchen last night making myself a cocktail.

I've been pondering lately what to do with my blue cheese Laughing Cow wedges. Not that I can't just tear off the foil and nom it is as-is, but I was looking for innovation.  And lo, the vodka gods... they spoke to me. They got really close and whispered in my ear, "Blue cheese-stuffed olives..."  all seductive-like.

BLUE CHEESE STUFFED OLIVES, y'all.

So last night I broke out my best martini olives, sucked out those pimentos and started stuffing. It was messy, but since Laughing Cow is already so soft and pliable, it went in pretty easy (I just used my fingers. *stuff stuff stuff*).  One wedge gave me about  6 big olives with a bit left over (which I ate, of course). 

I skewered a few of those babies and plopped them right into my martini and yea, verily, it was delicious.

The cheese dissolved just enough to make my martini blue-cheese essenced, though stirring with your olives will  quicken the dissolution of your cheese. I was worried about it dissolving faster and giving me blue cheese-vodka soup, but it didn't... stayed tidy inside the olives just like straight-up blue cheese does. And when I was ready to munch them, the flavor was just right. Not too intense, but blue cheesey and I didn't feel as guilty about having cheese in a beverage.

Vodka Martinis with Laughing Cow Light Blue Cheese-stuffed olives, my friends. I love you that much.