Hi guys! How was your
weekend? Ours was great! My mom was here, and I always like it when
she comes to visit. We ate a lot, as
usual. We didn’t create any new and exciting
recipes though. It was more like we just
ate a lot of Oreos;)
Today I am going to talk a bit about my fruit spreads. When we set up at Farmer’s Markets, it is
always pretty entertaining to listen to people walk by and tell whoever they
are with what they think I am selling without slowing down to check. I usually here “what’s that?”….”I think it’s
honey”, or “salsa”, or once we even heard an older gentlemen tell his wife that
we were selling peanut butter. Yep sir…I
am selling 9 different kinds of peanut butter!
And some of it is red, like BBQ sauce;)
I guess it would be hard to figure out what I am selling if you don’t slow
down to look.
We also here a lot “what do I use this for?” when people are
inquiring about the fruit spreads. I
always give the same answer…..”we use is just like a jam or a jelly, but we
also heat it up and pour it over ice cream, over pancakes or waffles, or we
stir it into oatmeal and yogurt. I also
bake with it!” I am going to punch
myself in the face if I hear myself say that one more time. I have got to branch out because I am pretty
sure I sound like a broken record.
I was thinking of other things I could tell people to do
with my fruit spreads. Obviously, I have
a ton of ideas, but I need quick and easy ideas to give people at Farmer’s Markets. Last night, I tried out 3 different sandwich
combinations that all turned out amazing.
I think that telling people that my fruit spreads are great on
sandwiches is another really good avenue to try. Let me show you the sandwiches I made…..and
they are all grilled with gooey cheese so that is automatic deliciousness.
My first sandwich combination actually comes from my BFF
Jennifer. She told me that she puts
Ginger Pear spread and Cambozola cheese on her hamburgers. I thought that sounded kind of weird. But I tried it on a grilled roast beef
sandwich and it was ah-may-zing. The
sharp ginger flavor works really well with roast beef and the creamy blue
cheese couldn’t be better on this sandwich.
My second combination is extra sharp cheddar cheese, Whiskey
Apple Spread and turkey. I have told you
before that I am a fan of apples and cheese together and the addition of turkey
to this sandwich makes it crazy good.
This one ended up being my favorite.
My last sandwich combination is Provolone cheese, County
Fair Peach spread, Dijon mustard and ham.
Also amazing.
For the peach and ham sandwich, I used a sourdough bread
slathered in mustard and peach spread.
I added Provolone and ham and grilled this bad boy.
When you make any kind of grilled sandwich, you have to
spread softened butter on each slice of bread…on the outside, obvs. Don’t take the easy way out and just toss
butter in the pan. Not the same thing.
This is a picture of the Cambozola cheese and Ginger Pear
spread. Then, I topped the cheese with
roast beef, but I forgot to take a picture of that. Sue me.
This is the shar cheddar cheese and Whiskey Apple spread.
There goes the turkey!
So like I said above, this one was my favorite. The sharp cheddar is amazing with Whiskey
Apple spread. I knew I would love
Whiskey Apple spread with turkey because last year I basted my Thanksgiving
turkey with it. The flavors are meant to
be together.
The roast beef, Ginger Pear spread and Cambozola…..This
creamy combination of brie and blue cheese works perfectly with roast beef and
Ginger Pear spread. Jennifer was
right. I will never doubt her again.
And the ham, oh man the ham.
Chris loves this one. We both
loved the peach spread with mustard and the provolone tied it all together.
You have to try one of these amazing combinations. And come see me at a Farmer’s Market! I will have a whole new line to feed everyone
about my fruit spreads……until I get sick of this one;) Eventually I won’t be able to stand the sound
of my own voice at all and I will have to pretend I am mute.
See ya on Thursday!
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