A-Twitter At Lunch
My version of Twitter would ask, “What are you eating right now?” Just so no one feels sorry for me that I work from home and generally eat the leftovers, I’m eating a delicious salad. I topped baby spinach leaves with some smoked trout that is mashed with chopped shallot, lemon and a little Dijon mustard/yogurt mixture. I’ve topped that with chopped apple, marcona almonds and crispy fried onions (an imported, step up from the canned grocery store variety). And finally, a squeeze of lemon. I get the smoked trout from Newman’s Seafood at City Market. A little goes a long way so it’s an economical protein to make a salad a main dish.
In Twitter-speak, what am I doing right now? I’m rolling with it, literally. I’m on a roll kick this week. (My crock-pot cooking phase was so last month, and I promise to get back to you with a recipe for slow-cooker chipotle chicken). I’ve been a customer, neighbor and friend of St. Honoré Bakery for years but am only recently getting acquainted with their delicious rolls. I made myself a brie and cucumber sandwich on a fresh, soft walnut roll yesterday. A scrambled egg with cheese on half of a bacon roll was heavenly this morning. How about with tomatoes and spicy mayo, late this summer?!? Turkey and avocado would be great on their cranberry and hazelnut roll.
Another recently rekindled crush is a tuna melt. Top the olive roll or the Miche-Banal bread from St. Honoré or a slice of Pearl Bakery ciabatta with Oregon line-caught tuna fish (I buy cans at City Market on NW 21st or Food Front on NW Thurman), sprinkle with a great cheddar cheese and broil until bubbly. (High-quality, canned or jarred albacore tuna is one of Oregon’s food treasures – the difference is amazing). We drank a Buisson-Charles Meursault with a tuna melt this week because that is what we had on hand, but a Gueguen Chablis ($22) or Thibert Père et Fils Macon-Prissé ($20) would be great too.
A bakery fresh roll might be a little thing in the scheme of things, but it makes for some living large.
