Lamb Chops with baby carrots
Lamb from Hedgeapple, baby carrots from Cleverly Farms, and peas from...well...the freezer. Anyways I sauted the lamb chops with a little salt and pepper and olive oil. Then Finished off the carrots and peas in the rendered lamb fat while the lamb was resting. Turned out really good. I suppose it would've been prettier if I had the rest of the lamb bone and they had been Frenched, but, what can you do. I have had a thought going inside my head. We have a number of meat processors, some really big, some smaller (that serve the smaller farms) and butchers. Wouldn't there be profit to be made by making a higher quality processor and butcher for the small scale local meat market? I wonder hose much cost that would add to the final product. Or maybe I should buy bigger cuts and learn how to butcher that myself...
Chicken Salad w/ Ritz or in sandwiches
No Dill. I think that clinched it. But it was a rotisserie chicken with some diced red onion and several other things (my chicken salad is never the same twice). Got good reviews and no complaints about the dill, since there wasn't any. I think I fulfilled the request.
Bratwurst
nom nom nom.
Black Bean and Pepper Jack Burgers (p17 Fine Cooking June & July 2012)
So now that I remembered to add the cheese to it, they turned out like they should. I used a lot of hot curry powder and some red pepper flakes. Made for a nice taste and flavor. And yes, that is iceberg lettuce... (from Cleverly Farms).
Green Onion Sausage Frittata
The Green Onion Sausage (from Crooked Gap). The combined together to make a pretty good meal. The Sausage by itself is pretty tasty.
