For my first posting I want to write about one of the quickest, easiest, and surprisingly tastiest snacks I have ever made. I saw it on TV (credit where credit is due: Ellie Krieger, Food Network) and decided to give it a go since it is fairly healthy and involved one of my favorite ingredients: goat cheese!!! I grilled some zucchini that I had sliced long-ways on a mandolin (a knife works fine, this was just easier) with a drizzle of olive oil and just a pinch of kosher salt and some cracked pepper. Once they had some good grill marks on both sides and seemed pliable I removed them from the grill to a paper towel lined plate to cool and dry a bit. The goat cheese I used was a parsley and garlic cheese from a local (Texas) dairy. I scooped a teaspoon or so of it onto one end of each zucchini strip. I then place one or two leafs of baby spinach and one or two leafs of Thai basil that I had in my garden on top of the goat cheese. It was then just a matter of rolling the strips up and placing them on a plate to serve. I finished them with just a pinch more of salt and I have to say that they were far better than I expected. They were my dinner last night, Kristi's lunch today, and will appear as an appetizer at the next dinner gathering we are invited to attend or throw ourselves.
I have heard that goat cheese is a problematic pairing partner for wines. I did not have any wine with it last night, but would be interested to hear of some suggestions. My guess would be that a bright Sauv Blanc might be good, but will have to test that theory with all due haste!!!
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