I've heard the Husband say at least twice how much he enjoyed his roast beef sandwich for breakfast this morning.
I generally figure every morning that I'll be having a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast. Easy-peasy, you know. Some mornings I surprise the Husband and me by making a hot breakfast. I hadn't planned on it today but I started flipping through a cookbook because I decided to weed out the cookbook collection. After all how many cookbooks do I need when I'm not one to follow a recipe the way it's written?
I didn't know I had a Costco cookbook (I wonder if I got it for free). It has lots of cool photos illustrating short and delicious-sounding recipes from big-time chefs such as Mary Esposito and Jamie Oliver. I found a recipe towards the end of the cookbook that inspired today's breakfast. Coincidentally, the Husband walked into the kitchen as the oven light bulb lit over my head.
The poor Husband. I often, if not nearly almost, don't consider that the Husband is still waking up when I ask him hard questions, like this morning: "Doesn't horseradish mayonnaise sound good? Would you like a roast beef sandwich with horseradish mayonnaise for breakfast?"
"Roast beef sandwich for breakfast," he repeated. He's thinking it's not a breakfast food. He'd like the sandwich. He knows he would.
"We have horseradish mayonnaise?" he asked. I tell you, I literally saw a question mark over his head.
"No, but I can easily make it. We have horseradish and we have mayonnaise. What do you think? A roast beef sandwich for breakfast. I can add an avocado to it."
"Mmm. We have roast beef?"
"It's in the freezer."
"Meat takes a long time." He kind of looked disappointed.
"It's cooked already. I saw the container of roast beef in the freezer the other day. A few pieces left. I pop them into the toaster oven to defrost. What do you say?"
"Sure, I'll have a roast beef sandwich for breakfast."
The result was a roast beef-farmer's cheese sandwich on sliced sourdough bread, on which I spread a horseradish, avocado, and minced red onion mayonnaise mixture. Next time I'll skip the mayonnaise. I also added an overflowing handful of baby lettuces for good measure. Yummmm.
I ask you: When was the last time you had a roast beef sandwich for breakfast?
I can eat anything at any time and I have, in the past, had some very odd things for breakfast but so far never a roast beef sandwich :)
ReplyDeleteThe Husband and I may have embarked into an era of lunch (or dinner) for breakfast, which is fine with me. I got into the habit of cooking breakfast for dinner when the Mama was alive because we didn't eat breakfasts together.
DeleteYumm . . That sounds so good.
ReplyDeleteMushing avocado, horseradish, and minced red onion (with or without mayonnaise) is a delightful mixture.
DeleteSu-sieeemac! This is hilarious!!! I can deeply relate to this sentence: "The poor Husband. I often, if not nearly almost, don't consider that the Husband is still waking up when I ask him hard questions" LOL!!! And I don't think I have ever had a roast beef sandwich for breakfast!
ReplyDeleteDo I hear a roast beef sandwich for breakfast in the near future for you? :-)
DeleteYou are so funny! I too can eat almost anything for breakfast. I'm hungry as soon as I wake up, just give me some food!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenny. That sounds like a song to the music of "Hair!" :-)
DeleteMany moons ago I decided that having specific things for specific meals was rather boring. If I want to have porridge for supper, then so be it. :)
ReplyDeleteI wonder who started the trend of such and such food for breakfast, that for lunch, and this for dinner. I suppose cookbooks reinforced the dogma. Hmmm, got me wondering.
DeleteWhy not have a dinner sandwich for breakfast! There is no rule that one can’t. I will stick to my toast and honey though😋
ReplyDeleteSo true, no rule at all. At least one we can hear. :-)
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