Carbonara

I messed this up a bit. I was a bit impatient on adding the pasta water, and just added too much. Even so, it had a nice flavor and a richness to it.

Cheesy Tingly Wavy Noodle Bake with spicy pork

Unlike some of the other dishes I’ve been making with the schezuan peppercorn, this had a nice balance to be not to numbing. Which is nice, especially for keeping my wife happy. It was pretty easy to put together and led to a nice weeknight dish.

Burgers, sauce based on (short rib burgers for two)

I found ground buffalo in the freezer, so I ended up using that. I added some savory Momofuku salt to the bison, and made patties. I apparently have run out of my standard burger buns, so I used some bread and then made the sauce. This was chosen cause I recently bought white miso and need to use it. I also recently got Momofuku rice vinegar and wanted to use it, I thought the sauce was nice and still paired well with the buffalo.

Baked mac and cheese

To have lots of leftovers, I doubled the recipe. And because of the carbonara I made earlier int he week, used the rest of the pancetta that I bought on purpose for this. I also added extra paprika (smoked), as well. Unfortunately the panko bread crumbs they had at the store were seasoned with “Italian” seasoning which was mostly basil, which has a purpose, but I prefer a lighter hand on basil. So with a mixture of the the plain (maybe half a cup) and the Italian seasoning, we had a nice dinner, with lots of leftovers for lunch.