We had some snow this week, and it was dense and heavy. I am grateful for the work the city does and the speed at which they do it, but they did leave 1.5 to 1.75 feet of snow in front of my driveway and it was quite heavy. Enough so I pulled something in my back. I’m starting to not notice it (days later), but it is still there.
Spicy Mexican Shredded Pork Tostadas
This was the third and final use of the pork butt, made a lot easier by having the pork already cut into pieces, I made some adjustments, due to the herbs and spice on hand (jalapeño and ancho powder instead of chipotle). The cooking made for a longer, but easy cooking night for a Saturday. We ended up having small tacos instead of the tostadas, and it was pretty good. I suppose the tostadas would work well too, but I don’t particularly like frying things.
Slow-Cooker Pork Ragu
The previous week’s vindaloo, left me with quite a bit of pork butt left, so I picked a couple of recipes to do with it. I really liked this. I made my first trip to the Aldi’s that just opened near me, and one of the things I picked up was pancetta, which was about a dollar cheaper then across the street at the Hy-Vee. Could I have done all my shopping there? Only if I shopped first and planned after. There’s not enough ingredients for my taste. It is a smaller store I suppose, but I also picked up a bottle of wine for the ragu.
I prepped everything Tuesday night so I could dump everything in the slow cooker in the morning, and this morning, drive my wife to work (snow), go to my cardiologist. The night before, I didn’t want to drink any of the wine, just in case I had a blood test, so I did the tasting method and spit afterwards. I didn’t end up having any labs, though I did get an EKG (Fine for another year).
I got everything int the slow cooker, and started my day. When I got back from the doctors, the house was already smelling pretty good. As the day wore on, it was rightfully unfair as I had to sit here and smell the pork and tomatoes meld together.
It was quite good. I probably should’ve skipped the added diced prosciutto, which may have added a bit to much fat to the whole thing, even so, still good.
French Toast
I changed the bowl, and soaked the leftover dense challah a bit more, and got into the grove of making the toast. We used the last of the maple syrup in the house, but I just ordered more (Food Coop).
Skillet Cheeseburger Macaroni
I used a full pound of macaroni, a bit more broth, and quite a bit more shredded cheddar. Pretty good.
Pork Burger
Momofuku spicy seasoned salt, pork.
Hot Dogs
All pork, all good.