Cowboy Sandwich and other Nom-de-plumes - Blog'fest Day?

I apologise to anyone that was under the misconception 

that this was purely a sewing/crafting Blog -

if it wasn't for Blogtoberfest it might have remained the occasional 

crafty post orientated Blog 

but when you're committed to writing about something everyday 

it doesn't actually leave a lot of time to create stuff

except

Cowboy Sandwiches

we love a Cowboy Sandwich round here!

These things cover the 5 food groups in one sitting 

and should be enough of a feed to cover 3 meals in one sitting...

if you're not a vegetarian (sorry Stella)

or a pig (buuuurp!)

With not much of the day left and having spent the majority of it 

sewing with & for others 

a photo of yesterdays lunch was as good as it was going to get,

which in itself is nice but not really worthy of more than a passing comment 

but then I got to thinking 

about the name

Cowboy Sandwich

I've no idea where it came from...

I'd like to think it was a name we came up with to try and get the boy-child to eat

but in reality 

it just arrived....and stayed.

Got me to thinking does anyone else name their food or other things so they are immediately identifiable to family members....?

Trying

I'm trying not to eat meat.

Over the years I've become lazy with what I put in my mouth. 

I prepare & eat the same meals with no desire to do either really, so as with smoking I just stopped.

Again, like giving up smoking I've had to remove meat from my consciousness - so Dan's head chef and I do my own thing.

I'm taking it slowly, one day at a time, I haven't rushed off and bought up every vego cook book or printed reams on the subject, rather I'm approaching this intuitively.

I realise I require certain minerals & vitamins to stay healthy so I include these in my diet.

It turns out there's nothing to be scared of - it's been easy & enjoyable so far.

One of my favourite meals is this 'pizzary thing' which I've made for Dan and I on occasion - not sure the girls are up to tackling the combination of ingredients (that's a whole other post!)

  

 While preparing it for our lunch today, Dan asked "is that the yummy thing you make'?  Being a meat & 3 veg (3x a day if he could!) type of bloke I was overwhelmed with the desire to squeeze him - I restrained myself and instead gave him the bigger of the two.

I'm also trying to be more generous & understanding and with that in mind I will share with you what goes into;

'The Yummy Thing'

Start with Flat Bread spread with tomato paste or pasta sauce.
Lay on half of the bread in this order-

• chunks of Avocado
• sliced Capsicum
• tiniest bit of sliced onion
• sliced mushroom
• sliced zucchini
• cubed Feta (Danish is my favourite)  

Pre-heat oven to 160C. Slide in and leave for 8mins (check if worried). Slide out. Fold over. Cut. Eat.

 

A random act

Out of the blue my friend asked if I'd like to fly south

to visit a winery

with a group of women I'd never met before

to share their company over lunch

before flying the 400klm home -

I said yes!

I'm not a huge fan of food photos especially when the food looks disgusting having said that I'm shamelessly going to share a couple of my foody shots 'cause I really want to show & tell that I ate Truffles (the dark stuff in my soup) and comment that I don't know what all the fuss is about

and have a look at the tea bag! I was so impressed that I borrowed one of the girls 'used' tea bags so I could keep mine intact - it was a really nice cuppa too!

I'd show you the main (fish) & dessert (apple & rhubarb crumble w/- custard) shots but they're not very attractive.

The food, the company, the flight, the weather, the fact that my friend picked now to ask was all perfect!