Move Over BLT! I've Got Goat Cheese AND Roasted Garlic!

KELLY * August 3 * DINNER

So, this is likely going to short, but sweet. All I have to say is THANK YOU AMANDA LOTZ! Apparently a perk of this blog is that it makes people tell us about recipes. I would like to give a huge thanks to Wes for showing Amanda the blog which resulted in the email that then provoked tonight's dinner. So, if you recall, I gushed over the BLAGT last week. Yes, our tomatoes were substandard this week (Romas from Florida via Whole Foods not gorgeous and luscious beefsteaks from Fournie Farms), BUT as Dr. Lotz suggested the resultant sandwich was NOT. (You can tell by all of capital letters that I mean business.) Anyway, this was one fabulous goat cheese, tomato, and roasted garlic sandwich. Our particular sandwich was built the following way:

* 2 pieces of sourdough bread lightly toasted (Whole Foods)
* 2/3 of a GIANT clove of elephant garlic - roasted at 425 for about 30 minutes or so (CSA)
* 1T or so goat cheese (Trader Joe's)
* 3 slices of Roma tomato (Whole Foods)

Spread the garlic on one piece of bread and the goat cheese on the other and place the tomato on top of the garlic.

On top of tomato drizzle a mixture of balsamic and olive oil and then dress with salt and pepper.

Dr. Lotz's specific advice was to "then make a dressing of 1T balsamic, 2t EVOO, 1/4t kosher salt, and 1/4t pepper, and drizzle evenly over 1/2 inch beefstake slices (enough dressing for 6 sands), get really fancy and add basil leaves."

We winged it a bit, but DUDE!!

All I know (realizing I said that already) is that Liz took her first bite and started giggling like the cat who ate the canary. I think that meant that she liked it and not that she ate a canary. Anyway, thoroughly enjoying all varieties of the BLT! GO SUMMER!

Oh, and Liz had a small golden beet salad (just boiled beets from the CSA with the same dressing drizzed over them). I, however, have still not come over to the side of the beets. I'll just sit here and relish the thought of the Lotz (which is what I shall call the sandwich from this point on).