Ah, green and gold. This time, the classic color combo isn't about the Green Bay Packers (although I do dearly love cheddar), but the way the sun filters down through the trees like so much Velveeta on broccoli. Which is still, I realize, about cheese, or, more particularly, the romance between veggies and dairy. Will artery-clogging, wrong-side-of-the-tracks cheddar break fiber-rich, prim-and-proper broccoli's heart, figuratively and literally? Only time -- and an ER trip -- will tell.
Green and gold aren't just star-crossed ingredients for a delicious if potentially deadly side dish, though. They're also the main course of this outfit quartet. Sure, the shades are more butter-mint-pastry than Cheeto-cruciferous. But that doesn't make them any less theatric -- or tasty.
Nevertheless, the real drama starts when cheddar cheats on broccoli with bacon.