We live in the Chicagoland area. We have two baseball teams, THE WHITE SOX and the Cubs. It always bothers me when people say “oh, I’ll just root for whichever team is winning.” WHAT? You have to be one OR the other!
We are Sox fans. And in 2005 we won the World Series! Sadly, my husband was on a business trip, I was home, Hannah was asleep. When we won, I was just jumping around my living room by myself! It was an awesome time.
So needless to day, we are EXTREMELY happy that the Cubs are done!
Breakfast:
- 1 english muffin
- 2 ounces sliced apple (not sure what it was, it was on the $1 rack – gala maybe?)
- 1 ounce of gouda with mustard seeds (AMAZING!)
I am in love with this cheese! Look at all the mustards seeds:
I toasted the english muffin first, then placed the sliced apple on top and added .5 ounce of shredded gouda cheese on each half and put it under the broiler. The english muffin was crunchy, the apples softened slighly and the tang of the cheese was an incredible combination!
Off to get ready to meet my mom for lunch and a movie. She just got back from a trip to Italy, and I am anxious to hear all about it! See you after the movie!
Prosciutto
I love prosciutto – never really had it til I met my Italian husband though! That sounds really good!
AND I have four cast iron skillets! Two dedicated to the grills and two for indoor cooking.
Don’t have a panini press though 😀
I don’t know if you like prosciutto or not (how one couldn’t I just wouldn’t understand), but anyway, here is a simple sandwich that is quite similar:
Slice some crusty bread about 3/8″ thick (or use another English muffin!). Lay on a few slices of some La Quercia Prosciutto style ham (from Norwalk, Iowa!). Peel and then slice the apple about 1/8″ thick and lay the apple slices on the ham. Shave some aged white cheddar cheese over this (doesn’t take much as the aged cheddar is a bit tangy), then cover with another slice or two of ham. Add another slice of bread and brush some tasty olive oil on the outside of the sandwich.
Pop this into a panini press, wait about a minute and you are done.
If you don’t have a panini press, you can use a couple of cast iron skillets. Heat them both up, put the sandwich in one of the skillets. Put the bottom of the other (hot) skillet on top of the sandwich to smash it down a bit and toast it some.
If you don’t have two cast iron skillets, you should be ashamed. Anyway, if you don’t have any cast iron, use your broiler or a toaster oven.
Have fun with your mom!!