“Lily, get moving, it’s dinner time”

(Kid lounging on the couch, not moving)

“Your dinner’s getting cold. I made this tasty sandwich for you.”

(no movement)

“This sandwich has bacon in it…”

(shuffle, scramble, jump off the couch, runs toward dining table)

… And that, more or less, sums up the relationship our future kindergartner has with bacon.

For this round of B.L.T.’s I used the oven to bake the bacon rather than the stove-top. This gave me more time to do other things on the stove (such as conjure up some sweet potato noodle buns, which I must say, I’ve not been able to match the patty-like texture consistently since the first time I tried to make them). The verdict from the husband is to cook the bacon longer. He and the kid likes their bacon crispy. I have a hard time cooking to their preferred crispiness, for fear of burning it, and ruining some perfectly good bacon, a treat we rarely make ourselves. I guess I’ll just have to keep practicing.

BLT atop of a sweet potato noodle patty smeared with guacamole, and a side salad

By the way, I discovered these gluten-free crackers from Wellaby’s, available at our local PCC.

I don’t normally buy crackers all that often, on account of this grain-free diet I try to maintain. Once in a while the husband will buy some multi-grain Wheat Thins (not the wheat thins I grew up with as a kid, though I was always more of a Triscuit fan). But I happen to have a couple of small jars of caviar (yes, caviar. What can I say, it was birthday month and Cost Plus gave me a 10% off anything you buy coupon. They have these little jars for like $6 and did I mention it was my birthday?) so I wanted to try something. I had had some Glutino cheese crackers at a pre-school meeting earlier in the spring and couldn’t get enough of them, but didn’t want to buy a box, as I assumed I would consume the entire contents of said box in a day. This smaller box seemed a safer bet.

Apparently, I can’t get enough of these, too. And not surprisingly, if left to my own devices, I will eat the entire box. Then have to buy another box so that others may enjoy the riches. This may have happened over the past week. This may be why I don’t buy tasty crackers all that often.

Tonight we also enjoyed this with some fancy Honey-Hazelnut Pate, a small sliver that the husband found in the Petit Fromage section in our fancy cheese counter at the fancy store. Fancy.