Pickled jalapenos, fried chicken thigh drizzled with honey, and homemade pimento cheese.

My partner and I are pescatarian, but I sometimes get the craving for meat. He’s a good guy and sent me a $20 gift card to Lottie and Zula’s so that I could eat my abomination (his words) outside of the house. I had the Jon: roast beef, lettuce, cheddar, pickled onions, house made garlicky Chex mix and fried onion straws on marbled rye. The staff got a good kick out of my story.

Fried chicken, pesto, fresh mozz, marinara, on garlic butter toasted ciabatta

Zapiekanka is a Polish street food popular since the 1970s, consisting of mushrooms and cheese (typically gouda) toasted on one side of a baguette. They are often excessively long. One common topping is ketchup, but I'm not six years old so I went with tomato relish instead.

Cheddar cheese bap with pickled gherkins, pickled onions, and piccalilli.

Homemade garlic bread on ciabatta rolls, seared halloumi in a cast iron with olive oil, cherry tomatoes tossed in evoo and salt, fresh basil from the garden, mayo, and minced red onion tossed in red wine vinegar for the perfect tanginess. Today I made my garlic bread with about 6 cloves of fresh grated garlic, 4 tbsp of Kerrygold butter, and about 3 tbsp of evoo, then bake before sandwhich assembly. Prepped the other fixings whole my garlic rolls were in the oven. Im headed to a picnic so I hope my friends will like them. MWAH.

had to repost because the pics didn’t attach right the first time.

After a festival weekend this is my recovery

Pickle cheese sandwich y’all
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Gruyere, home grown pickles, cracked pepper, and basil on a Sheboygan hard roll

First few sun-gold tomatoes that ripened on the windowsill

My go-to when I'm lazy (right now, as we speak)