So this stand I don't normally spend money at had lemongrass and I thought, oooh lemongrass, must buy, so I did. Because of timing and sleeping in I'm posting this first.
hunh, I had thought I had made this earlier in the week, but clearly did not, I guess I'll delay it again. Good thing onions and potatoes keep a while.
Little bit of beef, little bit of Spicy Graziano Sausage, made for a pretty good burger. I'd like to try this again when I have some grass fed beef and combine it with the Crooked Gap Hot Italian sausage, just to see how it works out there.
It was ok.
Delayed until today / changed cause the chive blossoms are gone.
I think this worked out pretty well. I'm getting better(ish) at the fish, I still feel like I need like a whole week of fish to come out like I would want, just to get that practice, but we have it so infrequently (cost, availability, etc) that it just, sometimes seems a crap shoot from time to time. Sauteed in butter.
This was quick and quite good. I added sriracha to it later as well which made it even better.
I think these would've been a bit better with a bit more spice. As it stands, it just turned out ok.
Delayed.
I swear everytime I get the Story City Meat Locker / Crooked Gap chorizo it gets better, and more of those magical chorizo taste comes out. I combined the chorizo with some leftover rice and put the normal toppings on. We used some smaller tortillas, and they were...two spongey? Normally we buy these 8 or 10" (not sure which) tortillas made in Des Moines, but a recipe this week wanted something a little bit smaller. So these were just problematic. They stuck together, even after warming them they were hard to get apart without tearing them. It was generally annoying. Even so, the tacos themselves turned out well.
So what I did here was take some of the spring garlic, and use that instead. I may not have used enough, but it was there, and overall had a nice balanced sauce, and relatively quick to make (I did have to cook the amount of tomatoes I used much longer than I thought, but it was mostly me laying on the couch, rather than watching it.
I also made Dark Chocolate Cherry Shortbread cookies for game night. They were shortbready, and thus a bit crumbly (we had more than one cookie crumble unexpectedly). But over all, other then being dry like shortbread is, they were pretty good.
Added bacon. Much better with bacon. I did think about adding the Acorn Prosciutto, that I had meant to take to Cedar Rapids in our last trip, but forgot. I used the thick cut bacon from Ethan / Story City. It worked out really well.
Less burny, more tasty, though I think I do need a 12" non-stick pan (have a 8", 10" in nonstick and an 8", 10" (2), and 12" in normal). It would be handy to have, but 12" pans (good ones) are often expensive. Maybe I'll add it to the list of things I need. Anyways, good stuffs.
I really need to make a run down to All Spice. I'm almost out of salt, a number of my spices are nearing empty. I had to swap out cumin for cayenne (not a bad swap, but still). I mean I suppose I could've ground the cumin seed I had. Maybe it's time for a kitchen deep clean and purge.
Anyways. These turned out well. I remember how much I like this recipe, but I think Shannon maybe right, in a couple of weeks a side by side? We'll see.
Ehhh...not really worth the effort. Not bad, pretty good actually, but just to much of a mess and too many steps for what it turned into.
Not bad, not bad at all. Lots of extra sauce (halved the meat for us two, but had the sauce at the same level). Pretty easy to put together. I did swap things around so I could use the oven for fries instead of cooking the burger, but even so...
Delayed! Forgot about this weekend.
I wasn't as big of a fan of this. Maybe I used to many ramps...I probably did. Anyways, I'll probably have to wait for next year since the ramps are gone from the market.
Simple to put together and a good use of the ramps.
How could I forget the bacon? Oh because I was in a bit of hurry. Anyways I used some Reichert's Chevre, some Milton Prairie Breeze, and to add a touch of amazing (if that combination wasn't amazing enough, A touch of Pleasant Ridge Reserve.
I know, a bit excessive, but thats how I roll.
So it mostly was the Prairie Breeze, then secondary the Chevre, then a touch of the Pleasant Ridge. I bought both pickled jalapenos and sweet pickled jalapenos. After tasting the sweet, I ruled them out. So on mine I put them, and Shannons, she declined. It was pretty good. Next time I'll remember the bacon.
I may have overcooked the sauce for this a little. That being said it still came out pretty well, very well. I'm going to have to make this again.
Some beef, some mild italian sausage, some random spices. The only thing I really forgot was the ketchup that the recipe called for. It came together well, that, combined with some sour cream and cream cheese mashed potatoes. Good Friday meal after a tough week (for Shannon than me, I slept in and napped most of Friday). Looking forward to having a meatloaf sandwich here in a bit.
So Shannon wants to use the syrup we bought, so because we have syrup before that we'll have to use that first, so, pancakes!
