Overall I didn't think about how much time most of the meals would take to do. There were nights I got home, a bit tired and then had to spend an hour or two in the kitchen making dinner. There was also quite the back log of dishes. Still when Shannon thought she was being spoiled by getting all these favorite things in the same week, maybe that was true (though the tuna noodle casserole came purely out of buying a 9 can pack of tuna at CostCo). But it was also brought about the cool weather the week before and me thinking that it was fall. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate, and we want to hot, muggy and awful.
Kyle Barton's Mac n Cheese With a Zing!
I headed down to the cheese shop to order up some of the ingredients for this, and decided to skip over some of the flavored cheese (a. because the cheese shop doesn't have it and b. you have to try the cheese before you use the cheese, so you'd by a hunk, go no, that's to spicy (or not tasty or etc) and not be able to use it). So per Brett's encouragement I chose to interpret this in. It turned out pretty good. Spicy, but not to spicy. Good things.
Roasted Tomato Pasta
Home roasted tomatoes, some Italian sausage (maybe not hot, nor that Italian), some onion, herbs and some fennel. Good things.
Roasted Tomato Sauce Pizza
Tomato paste is not needed when using roasted tomatoes. I did add a bit of fresh tomatoes to bring it up to about the weight needed. The sauce was good. The sliced sausage (near pepperoni, can't remember the brand right now) was fantastic, cheese fantastic.
The Crust was not up to snuff. This is clearly my own fault. I ran out of bread flour (only had 4 of the 16.5 oz needed) and the mixture of all purpose and whole wheat didn't hold up. Even thought it wasn't on purpose, it was frustrating.
BATs!
Om nom nom nom.
I am running dangerously low on bacon. Two packs left, just over 1.5 pounds.
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Skipped the mushrooms, added more peas, was going to add a couple of filets of anchovy to add a bit more savoriness, but forgot. Used way better cheese then called for. Good things. Though this week has been a very expensive grocery week (spent more at the cheese shop then the grocery store)
Merguez Sausage and roast potatoes
Simple and good.
