Day 2: Sweet Aaaaaand Salty?! In one place!?

     So earlier today I decided that I was NOT going to eat at work since I only had a four hour shift. But of course, I was hungry. I am ALWAYS hungry. Ask anyone I know and they'll even say (probably) something like, "Oh yeah, Jennifer is ALWAYYYYYS hungry! It's kinda crazy." Then throw a weird look your way and then it's all downhill from there.

Anywayyyyyyys.

So I grabbed some Joe (Joe = Coffee for the N00BS out there) at the local Coleman residence (my best friend Andrew's house) and then proceeded to the local grocery store, aka, Loglis. I was going to make a sandwich that wasn't too heavy (since I would be sleeping afterwards) or expensive to make.

    So since I knew I wanted to make a sandwich, the first food that made my mouth water was pineapple. I grabbed some pineapple and I had a Pauly D. moment so I said, "OH YEAH PINEAPPLE YEAH!" and went on with my business. I grabbed some fresh mushrooms and baby spinach from the produce area. I then went to the cheeses. (By the way, I LOVE CHEESE.) I wanted some Gouda but I couldn't find it, so after pacing back and forth in front of the cheeses, I came across Edam cheese from Holland (which I had never heard of >>*New Food*). The package said, "great for sandwiches," and I said, "We will do great things." Then came the bread choice. I was thinking maybe a dark rye but that just wasn't appealing to my eyes. I grabbed some San Francisco Sourdough Bread and proceeded on my way. From the bread I decided I wanted a little bit of meat for the sandwich, but nothing that takes too long to cook. So I grabbed a thick slice of pre-cooked ham that was cooked and packaged.

     From there I proceeded to check out. I had a budget of $20 dollars and just made it. I usually over-spend, so that was definitely something to be proud of. I went on my merry little way and headed on home.

Now for the fun stuff!

*Raises Eyebrows*

     I started cooking right away by sauteeing my mushrooms in butter the way they should be. I added a little salt and pepper, even though they didn't need it. While those started to cook I started slicing up a little bit of onion and a few cloves of garlic. I put a little bit of olive oil in the pan and then went in the garlic and then the onions. I started cooking the onions until they became slightly translucent. From there, I added the mushrooms and their buttery goodness to the onions and garlic. I chopped up some of the pineapple into little bite-size pieces and added those to the mixture. I had a few limes in the fridge already so I added half of a lime. I then chopped up some of the pre-cooked ham and added that to the mixture until it got warm and cozy with its bunk-mates.

The end result (in the frying pan) looked like this...

(: Look at the color! :)

But I wanted to make a sandwich. REMEMBEERRRR????

I toasted 2 pieces of the sourdough bread in the toaster and meanwhile had a hell of a time slicing the cheese. Once I was done with those tasks I got down my lovely Pocahontas plate from the cupboard and placed the 2 pieces of toasted bread on the plate. Then, I added a layer of the baby spinach and a thin slice of the Edam cheese. I spooned out a little bit of my Sweet and Salty mix on to the bed of spinach along with a little bit of the juice from the mixture. I added one more thin slice of cheese and the other piece of toasted bread.

Thus, the end result.

*DRUM ROLL PLEASE!*

BAM!!!

It might look good, but does it taste good?

     The answer is... Yes, I took a bite and it had the perfect crunch along with the perfect amounts of my sweet and salty mixture. They complimented each other quite well and with every bite I could taste the salty cheese and the sweet pineapple, along with the mushrooms, caramelized onions, and all of the other tasty goods.

It was easy.
It was affordable.
It was colorful.
It was energy efficient. *wink*
And best of all...
It was TASTY.