One-Pan Bacon-Cheeseburger Pasta
I had set aside this bottle of wine for the purpose of saving it for a special(ish) occasion, but here we are. The one pan part was spoiled by the “I refuse to fry bacon in the microwave”. That being said, it was extremely thick bacon that I fried in a pan, and other then the American cheese and microwave bacon, I followed this pretty closely (added more mustard powder and Worcestershire sauce. I swapped the American cheese with a local Iowan variant (Milton, but not Prairie Breeze), shredded, and spread across the top. The bacon was extraordinarily thick. But the wine. Holy smokes. Worlds Apart Wine. fantastic.
Spicy Pork Noodles
In listening to Dave Chang on his multiple podcasts, I get the idea he doesn’t like precise recipes too much, so this makes sense. That being said, I adjusted down the suggested amount of chili crunch, since I didn’t know how spicy it would turn out, and still needed to have it in the range that Shannon would tolerate. so I used ~ a quarter of a jar of the crunch. Other then that, it turned out pretty good. I added more crunch when I had leftovers later.
Red Curry Chicken with Vegetables
While trying to reorganize the freezer a little, I found more chicken so I took out two packs and it was more then 1.5 pounds of chicken that I needed, so I adjusted the recipe up to accommodate. Over all this worked out pretty well, except i didn’t really have more red pepper or onion around. But still, pretty good, as the temp was cooling down a bit.
Italian Sausage Burgers with ramps
So I know I like ramps and sausage, and I had a bit of sausage left, so I thought this might make a good topping, and it did…with a light touch. Perhaps pickled ramps would be better here, but it still worked. I did mix some mild Italian and a bit of spicy just to get enough to make patties for the both of us.
Fresh Fettuccine with Bacon, Ramps and an Egg
This was ok. Rampy, fatty and eggy. but combined…it was ok.
Brats
Good as always. I’ve ben short on buying, as I try to get the freezers more organized.