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2019 - Week 30 Cooking Results

Sausage over Potatoes

Good again.

Hoisin Sesame Noodles with Pork

This was ok. Not near as good as the Sambal Pork noodles.

Egg and Bacon Sandwich

Scrambled eggs, bacon, some sausage patties, Toasted some bagels. Combined in any manner desired.

Taco Salad

Good as always, I was going to use beef, but but some bought some chorizo from Crooked Gap on Tuesday.

Pork Burgers, sort of like last week.

So these went pretty well, the sauce made a good addition to thin, extra seared pork burgers. Not much to report here. However, as we were coming upstairs to go to bed we saw lil Ms Freyja on the stove, licking pork fat out of the pan. Yeah…She’s clearly my spiritual cat daughter.

2019 - Week 30 Cooking

Yesterday I raced through the market, because of the coming heat, I was able to get out in under an hour (even would’ve had to wait for 15 minutes for Mars Sidebar to open). It did not leave a lot of time to hesitate or chat. Looking at the pictures of things, apparently I missed a few things. Oh well.

2019 - Week 29 Cooking Results

Corn Cacio e Pepe

This was very simple to make. I even used the food processor to shred the cheese and make the creamed cheese. It was quite good and took almost no time. Now that corn season is finally showing up, I may have to redo this soon.

Lemony Chicken Stir Fry

I debated making this last night, as the heat was breaking but had not quite yet broken. I thought about using the Sauce from the Smash Burger and make a chicken sandwich instead, except that I had almost 2 pounds of chicken to use. I read over the recipe again, and figured it’d not be that stressful to make. I started the Basmati rice, prepped the parts, moved the dishes along, then executed the cooking. It went pretty quick after that, generated it’s own little sauce withe rendered chicken fat and the other ingredients. I don’t think it was as lemony as last time I made it, but who knows.

Spicy Pork Meatballs with Nuoc Cham

Shannon was not a fan of the Nuoc Cham, which I can understand, it’s a bit out there. I thought the combination of the two was pretty good, though. I uh…had run out of local bought ground pork, I felt extremely guilty and made a special trip to at least pork that raised better then average. Still feel bad.

Chicken with Mozzarella sandwiches

Seared the chicken, topped with Mozzarella, only thing I guess could’ve been better is to add like a spicy romesco sauce or something to it. Simple dinner.

Smash Burger Alfresco

I used some wonderful beef for this, and sort of followed the directions. Set off the smoke detector a bit, as I do. Piled the patties on nice buns. Good things.

2019 - Week 28 Cooking Results

Spicy Coconut Grilled Chicken Thighs

So on a nap heavy day, I got up made the sauce for the thighs and then put them in the fridge to marinate. Then took a nap. It was a good day for it (hot and humid). This worked out pretty well. A bit of spice a bit of chicken with some salad. Good things.

Spicy Carrot Sandwiches

An old favorite returns. I really do enjoy this. Fresh carrots from Grade A. Some store bought hummus. Good to go.

Mozzarella, Prosciutto and Basil Sandwich inspired by

I apparently forgot the basil. But I did end up using the mozzarella from Lost Lake Farm. This was a pretty good sandwich.

Pasta!

Italian sausage, sauce, herbs and spices and a bit of pasta. My random pasta is kinda what I felt like eating this week. I ended up making it on Thursday after mowing the lawn.

Hot Dogs

These thick hot dogs are a winner. Good show Story City Locker.

Sausage over Potatoes

I cut the sausage before baking which allowed a bit of fat to render out on to the potatoes. Good dinner.

2019 - Week 27 Cooking Results

Chicken & Broccoli Stir Fry, sort of following this

In thinking about doing this after a what was only supposed to be a 1 errand day, turned into a 2 errand and doctor appointment day. It was a bit more than I wanted to do on my day off. That being said I also didn’t feel like making the stir fry for a third week in a row, so I took the chicken tossed them with some lemon BBQ sauce (Big Daddy’s) and some Ssam sauce, and baked them off and we had sandwiches. Good things.

Brats

Good as always.

Burgers

Some Devon beef from lucky george, mixed with salt and pepper, cooked with a bit of bacon fat. A bit more effort, but worth it from time to time.

Hot dogs

So per request of one of their customers, Crooked Gap Fam made a cheese stuffed hot dog. These were a bit bigger than the normal all pork hot dogs they produce at the Story City Locker, but still seemed to fit ok in the hot dog buns. Good Stuff.

Moroccan Chicken Brochettes

I didn’t post these over the fire, but I did generally follow the recipe besides that. On a bit of pita bread, it came out pretty good. I did prepare them the night before, because I knew I Was going to be making the citrus cookies and wanted to have as much time as possible.

Taco Salad

Good, simple as always.

Citrus Cookies (Milk Bar Life, p 62)

These are a time consuming cookie, but the end product is really quite good. I made the Lemon Granola on Monday night, and they went over very well at Shannon’s work pot luck.

2019 - Week 26 Cooking Results

Pangrattato Pasta With Pepperoni

I suspect that the pepperoni used was a bit fatter then the one I used. I had to supplement the rendered fat a little to season the breadcrumbs. That being said, this came together really easily and quickly and was quite good.

Kimchi Udon with Scallions

I saw that my local store had these in the refrigerated fresh section and dug this out of somewhere. I had just enough kimchi in my old jar to make this work (picked up more) this also came together quickly. I did change that I just mixed in whole eggs instead of topping them with a yolk. Quite good, I didn’t even get a chance to have the leftovers cause Shannon took them first.

Bacon & Pork Burgers

Om nom nom.

Chicken & Broccoli Stir Fry, sort of following this

So this is about right, it flavors the meat a bit and the process of cooking the vegetables is simple and good. So it’s a bit of prep while the rice is cooking and then a whole lot of execute while it finishes. That being said I need to find a lid to my medium sized sauce pan, cause the tiny pan is not big enough.

Garlic Scape Brats

A Little milder then the ones at the garlic fest, but quite good.

I played with alcohol a bit. I finally did stage 3 of the rhubarb bitters (4.5 days overdue).

I also started some elderflower vodka.

As an extra meal I felt like making some grilled cheese. I was inspired a bit by The Chef Show.