Showing posts with label Cheese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cheese. Show all posts

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Country Ham Breakfast

Actually, it was for dinner, served with creamy White Cheddar Grits and Red Eye Gravy. It all began while I was minding my business (actually calling on accounts, well I had one more stop left), when I saw a sign in front of Ingles Supermarket that read, "Strawberries 2 one pound packages for $3" and my focus suddenly shifted. I adore strawberries and had to have them immediately, at that price, so I took a little break from work and went in to purchase strawberries. The strawberries were beauties and I inspected half the display until I found two packages of almost perfect berries.. Then I began to wander around and laid my eyes upon a country ham display and the rest is history, so to speak.

This meal reminds me of my childhood and all the wonderfully delicious breakfasts and dinners we enjoyed growing up. My mother always prepared hot meals for us daily, which, I didn't realize was a really big deal. I now appreciate the fact that she went to such lengths to ensure that we had "real food" during each meal.


Sheila Denise

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Cinnamon Chipotle Salmon with Rosemary Parmesan Hassleback Potato


Don't you just detest it when you consider something to be fool-proof and you're proven wrong? This usually happens when I'm eating out and thinking I'm making safe menu selections. This happened to me at lunchtime today and man was I disappointed. I ordered a BLT Salmon Salad--fool-proof right?? Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. I feel that you have to work really, really hard to screw up a piece of salmon, but I was the recipient of such really, really hard work. It was an absolute disaster, it was overcooked and presented so poorly that I didn't even bother to taste it. I'm not one who gives second chances often, so I decided to just bypass lunch. I think I was more disappointed in the presentation than the overcooked state of the salmon. If I can't get past the looks, it doesn't get past my lips (cute huh?). I drank Diet Coke for lunch and looked forward to the two hour drive home to make my own salmon for dinner. I had a canister of McCormick's Cinnamon Chipotle Rub that I was curious to use and I'm so glad I chose to try it with salmon.

Sheila Denise