Stuff we bought!

Today at the market, we went a little wild :P I got enough green beans and mushrooms to last me through the apocalypse and some super cute little tiger zucchinis. I also got some assorted squash, all of this freshness for the Pioneer Woman's veggie lasagna, which I am super excited to cook. Erica got some cute little baby eggplants we will figure out some dish for and some great smelling Malawi coffee from Z-Coffee stand, which was gracious enough to give us a cup of 100% Kona coffee... Talk about tasty coffee! We got lunch at Croissant Gourmet, and we got some pastries to-go for later today :) We finished our trek at The Wine Room, and got the help of David who was more then willing to help us wine noobs out with finding a great wine fit for the lasagna night. We are definitely going to make it out there more often!

Our stash from left to right: mushrooms (which were so hard to find!), baby eggplant, squash and tiger zucchini, green beans, candied ginger (I'm going to make some amazing scones with those this week!), our fancy wine and coffee!

Croissant Gourmet's bear paw and classic croissant.

Turkey and swiss sandwich on a classic croissant :D YUM!

xo- Amy

p.s. We are watching our friend Ian's munchkin Frodo, a little Chorkie (Chihuahua- Yorkie) who drives Zeke crazy. Poor Zeke, only a few more days of being not an only puppy!  

Winter Park Farmers Market

Tomorrow morning we're headed to the Winter Park Farmers Market! We have our eyes and hearts set on some tasty and beautiful eggplants, mushrooms and squash they've got out for sale :) I'm planning on making The Pioneer Woman's veggie lasagna on Sunday. I've also got a few other tasty dishes I need some fresh veggies for. I'm also craving some of "Croissant Gourmet"'s croissants. So buttery and flaky and yummy. Also, picking up a bottle of good wine to go with the veggie lasagna, I'm thinking a white but I will ask the people at The Wine Room for their suggestions. I'll post pictures of our finds tomorrow afternoon after a long day of running around Orlando like crazy people!

xo-Amy

Om Nom Nom

On some BBQ sliders. From left to right: brisket, pulled chicken, burnt ends. So amazing. The guy even put some slaw, pickles and jalapenos on to make them even more fantastic. Their potato salad is also one of the best I have ever had, and that mac-n-cheese was so creamy and cheesy and delicious, I am so glad I have left overs for lunch today! So without further a-do, heres the gloriousness in picture form!

xo-Amy

Also, today

I got on a Club sandwich kick and decided to whip some up (if you can call toasting bread and cooking bacon whipping) and made some awesome club sandwiches. They were giant and pretty. Then we devoured them on our back porch in the gorgeous Florida sunshine and heat. By the way, the best Clubs have fresh avocado and lots of mayo on them.

p.s. anyone know if Club is supposed to be capitalized? Or am I being a crazy person?

"Contents" :
6 slices of bread (your choice) toasted
a little >1/3 lb. thin thin thin sliced ham
a little >1/3 lb. thin sliced turkey
5 strips of bacon
small handful of baby spinach (washed)
5 tbsp. fat free mayo
1 small avocado (fresh) sliced

Steps to construction of glorious sandwich:
-start cooking the bacon (follow package instructions) so you can assemble the other things while it is cooking.. when it is crispy, place it on a plate with a few paper towels to absorb the grease
(I also cut the bacon slices in half, so they fit on the sandwich without spilling over the edges... I'm OCD like that)
-toast the bread
-slice avocado into strips
-wash spinach
-when the bread is done toasting, slather each slice on one side with mayo
-put the ham on the bottom slice, as well as the spinach
-put 2nd slice mayo side down, then mayo the other side
-place turkey on sandwich
-put avocado slices on top
- place the bacon on the last slice of bread (mayo side)
-carefully flip the past piece of bread on
-Voila! Cut into quarters (or half if youre picky ;) ) and enjoy with a good drink like we did!

xo-Amy