Brats

Good as always.

Baked Potatoes

I should have found some green onions sausage, but I also had some sliced cured meats that we used instead, along with some cheese and sour cream. A welcome addition.

Mexican Chicken Lasagna With Chorizo Beans

I ran out of tortillas when I was making this, but for the most part I followed the guidance. I didn’t have onion powder, but I used a larger then small onion. I also only had some frozen corn. This baked up nice and made for nice leftovers. Perhaps not the best thing to make during a weeknight, but it worked out.

Piles of cheese, some pickled jalapenos and some generally good looking Mexican Lasagna

Tangy Chili Pork Noodles

Much to my surprise, I was out of pork. Plain pork. Ethan from Cooked gap would be up on Tuesday so I got my order in for 5 more pounds of pork. So I used some mass market pork (looked for other options at the store as they occasionally have alternate breeds, but no luck there). After getting over my general guilt and the knowledge that I really need to organize my meat stores, I moved forward. And this actually still turned out really nice. I cut the chili crunch in half, since I didn’t want to make it to spicy for my wife, but added some to mine after the fact. Easy, quick and delicious.

Caramelized Black Pepper Chicken

I actually went through and prepped everything, almost, first. I finished the chicken as the shallots were cooking. I got a nice saucy sauce and as I am reading this I can’t remember if I actually add the black pepper… In fact I’m pretty sure I didn’t. Even so, I would make this again. As suggested I served with a lot of rice, but the balance of the fish sauce and brown sugar really doesn’t overwhelm, like they think some might…but that may be me. I used the Momofuku rice vinegar.