Dessert for Dinner

     I get on kicks of different foods.  Summer rolls were a kick.  Black bean quesadillas were a kick.  I've gone of kicks of soup, of stir fry, of lots of things.  I'll eat one thing several times a week and then be done with it.  For a while.
     At the moment, my kick is brie and apple grilled sandwiches.  This sandwich has been around for a while in many variations, but is fairly new to me.  My first experience with a similar sandwich was at Roots Market in Cedar Falls (http://www.rootsmarket.net).  They serve up a delicious Toasted Normandy which is a roast turkey sandwich with melted brie, apples, and dijon.  One of the best sandwiches in the Cedar Valley at a great local health store.  I could eat this sandwich everyday.  Or at least a lot.
     Funny thing about being a grad student, however, is that you're poor and try to not constantly eat out.  So, I do the next best thing which is try to make it at home.   As I've said before, I am far too lazy (and too poor) to buy such fancy things as meat, so my creation is a vegetarian version.  And without the roast turkey, the dijon is a little much for me, so I left that out too.  So, that left me with apples and brie.  Pretty good, but needs something.  So, I sprinkled some cinnamon on there too and grilled it up in my baby cast iron skillet.
     All in all, not quite the same as the Toasted Normandy.  More of a dessert sandwich if there is such a thing.  Still very tasty and budget friendly.  This is my dinner tonight.  Grilled brie and apples, grapes, and a mug of chai tea with Hansen's milk (http://www.hansendairy.com) and sweetened with honey from B.J. Honey in LaPorte City.  It's a pretty good dinner.