Something a little different...

While making my dinner tonight I thought "Hey, blog this sandwich". That was after I had made the sauce, of course. So further down I will give you a rundown of what is in the sauce.

I eat a lot of Paninis. They are easy, filling and pretty darn healthy (if you make them that way). Recently I saw a Roasted Red Pepper and Chicken panini and decided to use that as a basis for my own vegi version.

I dont do exact measurements....everyone has different tastes..here is what I thought was tasty.....

The sauce:

Put....

 sundried tomatoes in oil (I also used a little of that flavorful oil)

pesto

lemon juice

salt and olive oil

in whatever it is you use to puree such things and blend till roughly fine.

Then mix with mayonaise till it suits your taste

I also mixed up some olive oil and pesto...you'll see why in a minute.......

I sliced up some red onion, roasted red pepper (from a jar, no mess and more flavor, it is one of my cheats), a pepperoncini and grabbed two big ole slices of mozzerella.......

Next I spread two pieces of bread (use your fav) with the yummie sauce......

Then I layered on the peppers, pepperoncini and onion.......

 Topped with cheese and then.......

Instead of butter (because I used a little mayo in the sauce) I brushed the outside with the pesto oil.......

Into my handy little table top grill (use a pan if you need to) it went.....

 A few minutes later I had a yummie, gooey, satisfying sammich!

Make one today, you wont regret it. I know I didn't!!

An oldfashioned concept, modernized.

When I was a growing up in the States it was just dead normal to dry your clothes on the line. I always loved the smell of sheets and towels after they had hung on the line all day. It smelled like sunshine. Sadly, unless you live out in the country, it is next to impossible to even be allowed to hang your laundry outside. Forget about trying to put them on a balcony in an appartment or in your back yard in a subdivision with HOA rules and regulations. No one cares anymore about fresh smelling sheets and such only about not wanting to see your skivvies hanging on the line, in your own yard (or on the balcony) where you pay your property taxes, morgage or rent.

It is quite the opposite in The Netherlands. You may be considered wasteful if you put all of your laundry in the dryer. It uses up costly energy and you can make free use of the sun and wind to dry your things. In the winter or on  cold and rainy days you can make double use of your heat indoors by hanging your clothes to dry. Its just down right economical! Its also made easy to do over here.

While I rarely see a clothes line (my downstairs neighbor actually has one) there are several different "drying racks" made available.. No matter where you live, you have a way to hang your clothing to dry. No excuses!

If you have a yard there is a fold up "drying mill" (sorry, no picture) that stands in a hole in the ground. It opens like an inverted umbrella, only square with line stretched between all four sides. There are also fold out standing racks (again, no picture) that you can use indoors or outdoors. I have one that fits on my balcony but it is kind of bulky. Which brings me to yesterdays purchace. Drying racks that hang on things!!

I can hang this one on my balcony or on a door. It is big enough to hold a couple of loads of clothes. I can also hang it over the railing that keeps me from falling out of the bedroom down into the living room. 

I still dont like hanging my unmentionables out for the world to see so I found a smaller one that is very convient to hang...........

On a radiator or.............

 also on the back of a door!!

I dont even own a dryer and do not plan on buying one. I feel like it would only make me lazy and I love that now spring is here and summer is coming. My clothing will all be smelling like SUNSHINE!