Shepherd's Pie (with pork, not lamb)

This seems so long ago, but I was really happy with how it all turned out, even though I had to delay it for a bit and not have it on that one holiday. It was a nice meal to have and the leftovers were great.

Bratwurst Patties (Crooked Gap)

From Story City. Good quality meat, lightly spiced and seared in a pan. Good stuffs

All Pork Hot Dogs (Crooked Gap)

Quick meal for art class night for Shannon.

Green Onion Sausage (Crooked Gap) Pizza

I was really proud of the way both the crust and the taste turned out for this. it had that outer crispness and the inner chew to make you feel as if you you have something substantial. Really quite delightful. I added some leftover salumi that I had thin sliced in the fridge. Added a bit of extra savoriness.

Pumpkin Mac & Cheese

I'm not a huge fan of half boxes of noodles, but when making this, so I'll usually double a recipe and just have leftovers. But because I adjust the recipe a bit it changes things. Also, in looking in the freezer, I found out that I didn't have any normal breadcrumbs left, but I did have cornbread crumbs left. So the cornbread, combined with a bit of parmesan, salt, pepper and butter and crisped up in a pan, before coating the top of the mac & cheese. There was a nice combination of Hook's 4 year cheddar, Appenzeller, and Emmentaler. And then some of the thawed homemade pumpkin puree. Good stuffs.