Crostini Combo Ideas

At the farmer’s market yesterday, a loaf of fresh bread was calling my name (and so were berries, broccoli rabe, spinach, guavas, cinnamon peanut butter, granola, and the list goes on and on!).

When I came home with a French baguette, I decided that experimenting with crostini combos sounded like a good idea. After slicing the bread, brushing them with olive oil, and throwing in the oven for a few, I began pulling out random things from my fridge to top my crostini with. This was the result:

From top left going clockwise, here are the toppings:

Goat cheese, fig butter & drizzled honey
Fresh mashed raspberries, brie cheese & slivered almonds
Arugula, roasted pepper & fresh Burrata (a ridiculously creamy cheese I bought yesterday as well)
Sun-dried tomatoes with part of a Laughing Cow light mozzarella, sun-dried tomato & basil wedge
Chopped tomato, roasted pepper, sea salt & olive oil
Black beans, salsa & cheddar

They’re so much fun! But then I wished I had a hungry hubby or friends here to sample my creations. I think these will be my go-to appetizer next time I have guests over (or the next time a baguette calls to me!).

Onto my strange encounter of the weekend…

Scenario: Harley and I are walking on our neighborhood trail yesterday morning. We are passing a guy walking his dog who looks vaguely familiar and then…

MAN: Hey, did anyone ever tell you that you look like Paris Hilton?

ME: Actually yes, YOU’VE told me that before.

MAN: Oh my gosh, you look EXACTLY like her! It’s crazy!

ME: I don’t think so, but have a nice day.

Yeah, the same exact guy who made this comment a few months ago said it again. And he apparently had amnesia of recently seeing a so-called Paris lookalike in his complex. Upon further review, aka me spending 10 minutes of my life I’ll never get back Googling Paris Hilton images, I still don’t really see it. There’s one scenario where I possibly bear a minor resemblance to her, and that’s with sunglasses on – which I was wearing yesterday.

Looking at images of Paris, I’ve come to the realization that she’s actually pretty if you’re looking at her without hearing all the things she says and does. So to the random man in my neighborhood, thanks for the compliment, I think.

If anyone gets celebrity lookalike comments from strangers, I’d love to hear them!

And now I’m off to go for a hike with Harley because…