a little champagne goes a long way...

Tonight's supper was simple, simple to go with the kamikaze weather gracing Rohnert Park this week.

I had a unexplainable craving for champagne, which is odd coming from someone who rarely can finish a beer, much less pay attention to the differences in wine.

We dashed off to Grocery Outlet with a simple list; bubbly. After a quick Google search of 'cheap champagne' and compiled a list of: Freixenet Brut. Of course, we added eggs, Goat's cheese with garlic and herbs, as well as some tasty wheat thins.

We had a steak sitting at home in the fridge, to which Pappy's spices were added and quickly grilled on the George Foreman (an invention I was originally skeptical of, but have grown to appreciate) and warmed up corn from a can.

The bubbly was fun, tickling the mouth as well as the nose; the steak was delicious and still a bit bloody, the way I prefer. The goat's cheese was incredibly rich and heavenly.

We meandered to the couch with the rest of the cheese and the bubbly in the fading daylight reminded me of rooibos, better known in the States as Redbush tea. This scrumptious meal, ladened with a slight haze from the champagne inspired the youthful hope of scampering overseas to Europe and exploring its offerings before classes start again... sadly- for the moment-remains a pipe-dream.