31 May 2008
Okay, everybody, get out your calendars and pens, because you'll want to mark down today as the day I had my Best Idea Ever. Would you be surprised to find out that the Best (and messiest, as it turns out) Idea Ever was a sandwich?
So, last night I threw a bunch of things into a glass pot and baked it for a while. Zucchini and peas, diced tomatoes from a tin, onion, garlic, herbs, and tomato paste. I topped it with slices of fresh mozzarella for the last ten minutes of baking and had some of it over pasta for dinner. The veggie mix was fantastic -- much better than I had expected, even. But I don't really like pasta. I always think I do. . . but I usually don't. So I had been scheming about how to use the leftover veggie mixture.
Enter the farmers market this morning and a bag of the freshest, most delicious ciabatta rolls I've ever seen. Suddenly, my Best Idea Ever began to take shape. When I got home, I sliced a roll in half and buttered both sides, placing them on a hot iron pan to warm up. I heated up some of my veggies (with a generous portion of the mozzarella on top) and a couple of Quorn 'chicken' nuggets. Assemble: Bottom of roll, layer of vegan cream cheese, Quorn nuggets (split in half the flat way), veggie mixture with mozzarella on top, fresh (and local!) spinach, top of roll.
I wouldn't usually bother to write a post about a mere sandwich, but this was one of those meals that left me completely satisfied -- full, but not grossly full, totally relaxed, and thinking that life is pretty fine. No medical bills, no ailing computer, no deadlines. Just sunshine and weekends forever.
Isn't it wonderful when things come together like that? It sounds delightful.
posted by Debbie at May 31, 2008 08:14 PM
Wow, that sounds so good!
posted by Nancy at May 31, 2008 10:38 PM
Sounds great - you made me drool :)
posted by oladios at June 1, 2008 10:09 AM
Love reading your blog. I just posted a tutorial on mine and have put a link to your super zipper tutorial from July 06. It is brilliantly done, thanks for that!
I know nothing about Minnesota apart from your log and Lake Wobegon as I live in England. One day maybe I will get to visit.
posted by Angela at June 2, 2008 04:22 PM