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Drunken Goat Grilled Cheese

Posted on February 16, 2014 by LFFL

Made with sourdough bread, drunken goat cheese, baby arugula, butter, and roasted shallot mayo.
Roasted Shallot Mayo made with shallot, garlic clove, olive oil, salt & pepper, and mayonnaise.

Well, this was my first time having drunken goat cheese. Even though I had never heard of drunken goat cheese before, I already knew where I’d easily be able to locate some—at the health food store.

Whole Foods has hundreds of every type of cheese imaginable. When I went to the cheese department to ask for it, they gave me a sample of it. I could really taste the wine inside the cheese. It was marvelous—then again, I’m a cheese lover through and through after all.

Roasting the shallot and garlic in the oven for an hour caused the kitchen to have that strong garlicky smell just permeating throughout the house.

I ended up with WAY more arugula than what was required for two sandwiches. There was only one size arugula container for purchasing. I had no other use for the rest of it and I certainly didn’t want to make 30 grilled cheese sandwiches!

The recipe didn’t specifically say to spread both sides of both slices of bread with the mayonnaise mixture, but you’d probably want to in order to get that crisp golden brown color on each slice as it’s frying side down in the skillet.

Recipe for—Drunken Goat Grilled Cheese

So, if you have nothing else to do today, try a sample of drunken goat cheese at your local store and then wander home and make a grilled cheese sandwich out of it.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Make sure you can put the rest of the huge batch of arugula to use for some other reason if the only possible size that you can buy it in is a large batch to begin with.

My Comfort On A Cold Day

Posted on December 9, 2013 by LFFL

A 6″ x 5″ x 2″ Cinnamon Roll, a Five-Way Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Hash browns with cheddar cheese, and French Vanilla Cappuccinos.

Well this is going to be my comfort food for the day. This should last me all morning for breakfast and maybe even lunch. Thank goodness for local diners!

I refuse to leave the house because the streets are slippery, there’s snow on the ground, and mainly because it’s like 8°F outside! I abhor this weather. I’ll take 150ºF over this nonsense any day.

It’s a snuggle kind of day under a throw blanket on the couch with flannel pajamas and hot food and drinks while watching television and DVDs.

It’s been so cold lately that I think I’ve now seen every episode of:

Criminal Minds
CSI: Miami
Looney Tunes (the early cartoon years)
Law & Order: SVU
The First 48
Breaking Bad
Perry Mason (the black & white days)
Twilight Zone (my love for the genius Rod Serling)
All my peeps on the Food Network (I could stare at food all day)
Modern Family
Oh—I’m now one of those people who is deep into Scandal. Talk about an addicting television show! My word! I’ve missed several episodes though and will be forced to get the DVD series, I’m sure.
And, of course, last night I had several different channel options to choose from to watch the new Bonnie & Clyde movie. Who knew it’d be on so many different channels at the exact same time. Take your pick.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, snuggle on the couch in your comfort clothing with your comfort food while watching your favorite comfort TV shows and movies.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Always make good use of cold days if staying indoors. Warm weather will be here soon enough—no, not really, more like 4-5 months. I CAN’T POSSIBLY WAIT THAT LONG!!!

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A Cafe I Should Have By-Passed

Posted on October 29, 2013 by LFFL

Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Hash browns, Biscuits & Gravy, Pancake, and Cinnamon Sugar Toast.

Now this is one café I could have done without going to altogether! I tried this café on the advice of a couple of ladies (whom I did not know) who said this was an absolutely great little diner to get some good eatin’.

I had never heard of it and didn’t even know where it was located—but I found my way. Boy, did I ever!

Dead flies on the window sill are always a plus.

Not a smile to be found.

Empty-ish.

The café was pretty much empty except for the neighborhood regulars—who, surprisingly, can eat subpar food. I couldn’t even eat all mine—it was so NOT good. Only the cinnamon sugar toast made me smile a tad.

As you can see from the windowsill, there were two dead flies who seemed to have found themselves a permanent burial site as well. That’s always a plus. (I noticed this as I was eating my delectable breakfast, no less.)

Nobody that was there was happy to be there—or at least as you can tell from their faces they looked unhappy or grumpy.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, try a new little café in your part of town—even if only to give you the knowledge of how great or not it is. Maybe you can save a friend from a similar fate.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Not every little café/diner that someone else thinks is over-the-top fantastic is going to be that way to you.

Grilled Cheese Drivin'

Posted on July 1, 2013 by LFFL

5-Way Grilled Cheese Sandwich with American, Swiss, Monterey Jack, Cheddar, and Parmesan cheeses on thick-cut egg bread.

Ohhh the CHEEEEESE!! Who doesn’t love a grilled cheese sandwich?! Say what, say whaaat!

I always seem to have every intention of getting to-go/take-away food for eating at home—but my food never seems to make it there. Apparently, I will always set up my car as a dining area before I set off driving.

So I made my 5,327th pit stop to my hometown diner. What else is new? But because I couldn’t wait to get home to eat my 5-way grilled cheese sandwich like a normal human being, I opted to eat like an animal instead.

Hence, crumbs were everywhere—the entire car seat, floor mat, my shirt, and my jeans had thousands of crispy bread crumbs all over the place. But I didn’t care. Being in the moment is all that matters when you’re clearly a food addict enjoying yourself.

To sink your teeth into 5 different cheeses at once—ooooooooo and double ooooooooo!

So, if you have nothing else to do today, slap 5 different cheeses onto some bread and make your own grilled cheese sandwich in a skillet, on a grill, or in a panini maker and experience the joy that I did.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Keep a mini-vac in the car for clean-up for the times you’re clearly not in control of yourself around to-go food that was technically meant to be eaten at home as a more classy and sophisticated individual.