I went on way more trips then I normally would during a week. I went out and met up with a couple of other fully vaccinated people for lunch. I went at the Mooby’s Pop to bring food and swag home for the both of us., a Lua beer pickup and Easter Dinner pickup from the Cheese Bar.

Chicken Salad

A bunch of stuff, selected because I know they work together. A little yellow mustard heavy this time, but still good.

Ham and Egg on an English muffin

Quick, easy, simple, good.

Bacon-Jalapeño Stovetop Mac and Cheese

As a stove top mac & cheese recipe, I think this combination is probably one that would leave the most room for a variant. I’m not sure how much the bacon fat would play into the creaminess of the sauce, though. Making a pound of pasta, unlike the others I’ve been doing lately where it uses 12oz at a time, is far more convenient then having a box around with 4 ounces left (waiting for the cupboard cleaner pasta or enough of the same type of pasta that you build up enough leftover to have enough). I was pretty happy with this dish. I was frightened that it would be a bit too spicy for Shannon, but it wasn’t. I didn’t use American cheese, but ended up with some Holy Cow.

Pasta Prosciutto e Piselli

Sort of a fancy ham and cheese and peas pasta. I suppose I’ve made this as a mac and cheese before without much thought. This was quite good though and worth the extra effort. I made no effort to find prosciutto cotto, though I did use a ham I had in the freezer. I pulled the ham out because it’s around a holiday where most people would eat ham. It created a nice sauce, had a good flavor and texture, and was good to eat.

Quick and Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Shannon’s work and a potluck (after having a number cancelled potlucks) and these looked like something I could make with stuff mostly on hand. I did end up having to buying a bit more chocolate so it was about 11.5 oz of 70% chocolate, and then one bar of Intense Orange Dark Chocolate. I probably added a bit more nutmeg then asked for, since I grated fresh nutmeg directly into the batter. it ended up having a nice warming complex smell. They went over pretty well at Shannon’s work and I handed out a few to people I see form time to time.