Well, it’s official. I have the ‘crud’ that’s going around. Still no voice, the uncontrollable coughing kicked in last night, the plugged ears and headache today, and even LESS voice than I had yesterday. Whereas before I could talk kind of in a whisper, now nothing really comes out except for a few squeaks.
Sadly it doesn’t keep me from still trying to talk. I just cannot be silent. You know that vow of silence scene in Eat, Pray, Love? I would never make it more than 18 seconds.
So today I wanted to make an effort to rest (so far I’ve not been all that successful at it) so that hopefully by the end of the weekend I can beat this thing.
And by resting, of course one means tinkering in the kitchen…
I saw a traditional club sandwich over at The Pioneer Woman’s site today and it sounded so wonderful. Except for the bacon, the deli meat and the cow dairy cheese – all of which I’d end up having to pick off. 
But it did give me a spark of inspiration!
I’d purchased beets yesterday to roast for a salad but decided they had to be in sandwich form instead. Here’s how my thinking process went. First I wondered if maybe I should just do it as a wrap since beets are messy and stain everything within a 2 foot radius it seems. Then I was wondering whether I really wanted to use all those pieces of bread to make a club sandwich (especially since it had to be a serving for ONE and I knew this wasn’t something you could really stick in the fridge for later) so I decided to make it as a ‘half’ sandwich. Then I wondered what the heck I’d put between the other layers of the club’wich. Well let’s see, what goes with beets? Goat cheese – which I had. Hazelnuts or walnuts, which I didn’t have on hand, but hey how about some all natural peanut butter or almond butter? Oranges and apples go with beets – again, no luck. But I had apricot fruit spread. And so on and so forth… Convoluted, I know. It’s just how my brain works. (And I haven’t even taken any cold medicine yet!)
And you know what else worked? This sandwich!
Can you BEET This Triple Decker Crazy Club
In usual FitFeat fashion, this is definitely a “Build a Meal” not a recipe. The idea of this is to figure out what you have on hand, be bold in pairing things together and you might just love what you created!
I start by putting a bunch of stuff in a pile on the counter. Even when making a sandwich I make a MESS out of my kitchen.
Then I smeared some all natural peanut butter on half a slice of toasted Ezekial and apricot just fruit spread on the other:
In this layer went slices of beet. Then I ‘closed the lid’ and on the top of it I smeared a mixture of greek yogurt with a little dijon plus some sea salt and pepper:
I ‘massaged’ some olive oil onto arugula (mainly so it would break down a bit – on such a narrow sandwich, I didn’t want pieces of greens falling out. This makes them ‘stick’ in the sandwich a little better):
I layered on the arugula, some red onion pieces and some chopped fresh basil:
Next I smeared goat cheese onto the remaining halves of toast:
One half of the goat cheesed toast went face down and the top of it was smeared with a little more of the yogurt mixture, and then topped with some hard boiled egg slices:
Then the top was added along with 2 toothpicks to hold it all together for slicing:
Cut in half to make a tall tower and serve!
Did you follow all that wackiness? Ezekial toast, peanut butter, beets, apricot spread, arugula, olive oil, basil, salt/pepper, Greek yogurt, dijon mustard, red onion, goat cheese, hard boiled egg. Did I forget anything?? Is that a Crazy Club or what?
It was awesome! A little sweet/salty from the PB, sweet from the apricot, bitter from the arugula, kick from the onion, and creamy all over. I think this might be the most unique sandwich I’ve ever made! It was fun to look at and fun to eat!
What is the most unique thing you’ve thrown together with just whatever you had on hand? Did it taste amazing or did it get tossed?
Blog buds, I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday and an even more WONDERFUL weekend! Comment lots – I’m stuck here on the couch and need the ‘virtual conversation’! 
– Shari B. =)
(And thank you Ree aka Pioneer Woman for the inspiration to get me into my kitchen for some fun today!)
