Taco Salad (sort of)

A combination of meat, peppers, guacamole, a bit of cheese and chips. This wasn't exactly a healthy meal, but it was pretty good and certainly quick after a late shopping trip.

Sloppy Sammys

Quick, random and delicious.

Chicken Salad melts (I have to work this night)

So I picked up a rotisserie chicken and then make a salad, because I had gotten home from work later then I expected, and had to go back to work not to much later, so they just turned into chicken salad sandwiches.

Meat Loaf

So this was a combination of a pound of beef, 3/4th a pound of Graziano Sausage, and half a pound of ground turkey. Along with some bread, milk, celery, and green peppers. I did forget to add an egg or two to help with the binding, but it still turned out pretty well. I was thinking about added a hot pepper of some kind and some shitake mushrooms, but after I had all the veggies in there, it started to look like there was a bit to much and it'd make the loaf too crumbly.

Bacon Covered Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf Pizza (why not?)

You already have a nice flavor built up and you put slices of that on a pizza, it seems like it works. I think it would've been better if I made the loaf a bit firmer I could've sliced up cleaner pieces to put on. It's a nice concept though. Perhaps to make a mustard sauce to go over it, as well. I did add some spicy brown mustard to a couple of my pieces and it turned out pretty well. So the pizza sauce I think I finally have it, and I'm going to try it one more time to make sure that it works out a second time. I got to thinking, and part of the reason why could be the tomatoes that I'm using (switching from Muir Glen to local store brand (cost over taste)) and the amount of liquid in the whole tomatoes compared to the Muir Glen...so perhaps this recipe would only qualify for a certain type of tomatoes, based on the liquid content. Kind of makes me want to be able to test that (get all sciencey up in here) but I'm pretty sure I don't have the tools and don't really want to buy them either.

Meat Loaf Pizza

New Years

So for New Year's we spent it over at Holly's sister's. I had my first, and probably last, paraffin hand wax treatment. It was interesting. My big hairy hands, couldn't get all covered and when I peeled the wax off, it took some of my hair with it, not a ton, but certainly enough to make it less then desirable. I brought over a loaf of chocolate short bread/cake and a few cheeses (Fromager D'Affinos (a new delicious treat), Mt Tam (one of my favorites), Prarie Breeze (Iowa made cheddar style deliciousness)) from The Cheese Shop of Des Moines and a bit of Cabecero Lomo Iberico De Bellota (which was crazy delicious). I drank from a bottle of Cedar Ridge Iowa Bourbon Whiskey, and share a bit with Chris and another guest. Later in the night Steph (one of the hosts) made me the best white Russian I've ever had.

New years day, Shannon and I took my bother Joseph to lunch at Tartine and to see a movie. After he went home, I proceeded to make a very expensive sandwiches (smoked turkey, arugula and a mixture of the Mt Tam and Fromager D'Affinos on a La Mie ciabatta).