Today's Eats

Ahhhhh. Wednesday. Even being a stay-at-home mom I still love Wednesdays because it means we only have two more days until Sean can hang out with us. We don't get to see him as much as we'd like because he works late-ish and in a town about 40 minutes away. Wednesdays are nice because we're halfway through the workweek.

For breakfast, I had an egg, a slice of watermelon (which was slightly mealy, yuck) and a kaiser roll, or hard roll as they call them up North. My hubby is from NJ and up there a hard roll with soft, creamy, sweet butter is a breakfast item. The northern version of the biscuit I guess. My mother and sister-in-law would go on and on ad nauseum about the glory that is the hard roll and frankly I couldn't figure out the big deal. First, I didn't understand what they meant by hard roll. What popped into my head was a vision of a small french bread roll and for them to rave about eating this for breakfast, well, let's just say I wasn't rushing out to get one instead of a biscuit. Add this to the fact that they are forever talking about how much better things are up there than down here. Go back then! :) Well, last year, we took a family trip up North and visited a small, family-owned bakery that served hard rolls and I must tell you...it was the most phenomenal thing I've eaten. It was indescribable and we have been trying to duplicate it here ever since. Damn near impossible I tell ya. It must be the water because I just haven't been able to do it. A grocery store here sells kaiser rolls that come close though. If only I could get the butter consistency right because it's just not hitting the mark. All that to explain why there is a kaiser roll on my plate this morning.



Then my sister called and told me about a glorious tomato bisque she had made last night, using canned tomatoes. Being a soup-aholic immediately I thought, "I have canned tomatoes!" So I knew what I was having for lunch!



Oh, god, I love soup. I especially love to make it. You can make something quickly, with very little effort and good, wholesome ingredients. For this soup I used one 14 oz can of diced tomatoes and the juice, a tsp of chicken boullion, a 1/2 tsp of garlic powder and onion powder, sprinkled in some dried thyme leaves and basil, a pinch of salt, a pinch of sugar, and a 1.5 cups of half and half. Cook until warmed through. I served it with a salad topped with Newman's Own Light Balsamic Vinaigrette and a sourdough roll which ended up uneaten. See, here's my plate when I finished lunch:



Later in the day I ate two Newman's Own oreo cookies and chugged some milk from the container. Classy, right?

Sean's on his way home now with Chick-fil-a. I''ll try to get a photo up tonight if I can. If not, I'm having the Original Sandwich (1/2) some fries and a lemonade.

I love Chick-fil-a. If you don't have one where you live, I pity you. Seriously. It's that damn good. Chick-fil-a is to the chicken sandwich what Krispy Kreme is to doughnuts. So, so good. Sean will be lucky if he doesn't get bum-rushed at the door!