KITCHEN ADVENTURETTE: OPEN-FACED GOATWICH. For this you need a toaster oven, which you should have anyway, because it combines the best things about a microwave (speed-heating and transparent front) with the best things about an oven (even heating and crispiness rather than microwaved sogginess). Here’s what you do; remember that everything can be substituted if you have a good sense of what you like:

Cut a sourdough roll in half lengthwise. Cover your toaster oven tray in aluminum foil. Put the sourdough halves on the tray with cut side up. Top with sliced tomato, mushrooms, and sweet onion. Top with thickish slices of goat gouda. Sprinkle with cayenne and finish with big fresh basil leaves. Toast until it’s done (cheese is melted or bubbly, depending on how well-done you want it). Enjoy it with a glass of milk.