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Arugula Salad

You need:

2 - 3 cups arugula, rinsed and drained
4 oz creamy goat cheese
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups fine bread crumbs
1 tbsp EACH
Parsley
Sage
Rosemary
Thyme (yeah, like the Simon and Garfunkel song)
Olive Oil

1. Separate goat cheese into 4 one ounce sections. With hands, shape cheese into medallions, approximately 1/2" - 3/4" thick. Set aside in fridge.
2. In small bowl, beat eggs.
3. In a seperate bowl, combine bread crumbs and herbs.
4. After 5 - 10 minutes remove cheese from fridge.
5. Heat up a small sauce pan or deep fry pan.
6. ONCE PAN IS HEATED, add olive oil. The oil should be about 1" thick. WATCH the oil carefully, do not let it get too hot.
7. Coat each medallion in egg and then transfer to bread crumb mixture. MAKE SURE that the cheese is completly coated. I like to double coat with egg and bread crumbs.
8. Carefully place cheese in oil and allow each side to cook for 1 - 1 1/2 minutes. Be careful when you flip them, they might break.
9. Arrange arugula on salad plates. Each plate should have about 1/2 cup on it.
10. Transfer cheese to a paper towel to absorb the excess oil and then place on arugula.

ENJOY WARM!

I got this recipe from somewhere on the food network. I think it's Jim Croce's wife who started it. I changed it a little, she says to submerge the cheese in oil but frankly, I think that's excessive.

Ok, it's getting a little creepy

Tomorrow is dinner with Jeff's parents, yes, things are moving quickly... and I volunteered to bring dessert as well as make my amazing arugula salad when I get there. It'll go really well with the salmon I think we're having. Yum! I love salmon and I haven't had it since I went to April's for dinner this summer... (funny, April is in EVERY one of my stories...)

Anyway, I wanted to actually make the dessert rather than just buy something, I thought it would be nicer and well, WAY less lame. So I decided to bake a pie.

I have never baked a pie before, let alone an apple pie. You know, it's actually rather complicated.

Anyway. I guess I wanted to give off some kind of happy homemaker vibe, (Patti Azzara MASTER ILLUSIONIST!) even though I DO love to bake. So. I made a pie.

It looks really good. I actually took a picture of it.

But seriously, I am BAKING PIES FROM SCRATCH for this guy. And you know, I feel really good about it. Just thought I'd share.