Bucatini all'Amatriciana (p115 Food & Wine September 2012) (cook pancetta first, take out and let rest and put in at the end)
delayed until next week.
Cheese Latkes
Simple and very good. After the utter failure of another recipe from PBS's food blog, this was a very good recovery. They were good plain, good with honey and good with strawberry rhubarb jam. While looking for jam / jelly to put on this, we realized we had 9 different kinds of jam (two of strawberry rhubarb). As Shannon was looking for strawberry jam, we came to the realization that we didn't have any. So I bought 3 jars of strawberry today (and 2 more Drunken Fig, and chocolate cherry) at winter market. I'll make this again, so Shannon can have it the way she wanted.
Marja's Mac & Cheese
This was ok. It was an interesting and easy way to make it (mix ingredients and put it in the oven), it sure as shoot looks pretty. But it didn't have that creamy texture that you get when you actually make a sauce. It also goes to a pet peeve of mine with recipes Pasta comes in a pound, and when you ask me to use 3/4ths of a pound, what, pray tell, am I going to do with 1/4th a pound of elbow macaroni? I wouldn't make this again.
Thai Chicken with Basil
The fresh basil went gross, so I used dried basil, even so it was pretty good. Not enough sauce for my taste, and I wish I would have made more rice, cause then I could've actually made a lunch out of it the next day. It wasn't too spicy (I've been crossing the boundary again with Shannon). And I added a bit of Sriracha to it, and was just about perfect on the heat.
Huevos Rancheros
I really liked the way this turned out, I got the eggs to be just the right amount of softness (which I am getting better at), but also found that a part of my 10" non-stick pan isn't so non-stick anymore. So this adds to the list of things that I need to replace (cookie sheets, half sheet pans, 9x13 baking dish, etc). I ate the egg I broke, Shannon and Joseph had the better ones. Pretty good, fairly simple.
Sloppy Joes
It was interesting, and gave me thoughts. The beans were an interesting addition, certainly added more nutrients to the mixture then the standard mix. The texture was a bit different, but it was still pretty good. I admit, though, I tend to like mine a bit spicier, but over all, I'd call it ok. On Fine Cooking's site, it seems either a love or hate (1 or 5 stars), but I think beans are a decent idea for an addition and will probably be incorporated in the future, though I probably won't follow the recipe (who wants their sloppy joes to be the same way twice?), but I may incorporate molasses, beans and vinegar as ingredients may rotate in and out.
