Sausage

Crooked gap bratwurst, all good.

Bierock Casserole

A lot of cabbage, a lot of ground beef and a bit of onion. The dough came together though I did have trouble getting it on top of the dish itself. I swapped out the American cheese for a Monterey Jack. I really enjoyed this and ate the leftovers over the course of the week.

Sheet Pan Chili Crunch Chicken with Corn

I used what I had in the house, which was not the momofuku product, but a less spicy one (good for Shannon) that I picked up was the cheese shop. Not quite the same since they didn’t have the sesame seeds (probably better for me). i used Kewpie mayo (with msg). And it turned out delicious. I tossed the sauce w/ the chicken, and then the rest of it with the corn (frozen) and a chopped onion. It came out well.

Turkey-Veggie Burgers with Lemon-Basil Sauce

At the grocery store, I saw ground turkey with 15% fat, which I found interesting. For this, as they are adding things to make it juicier, decided to go with the 7% fat version as the recipe intends. Things went well, the flavor was nice, especially after the Parmesan add (more than asked for). I skip the zucchini, though. The burgers themselves were enhanced by the parmesan and made juicer by the carrot. Good over all.

Simple Skillet Sausage Pasta

It was fine? The tomato sauce got into the noddles quite well, but the process was a bit much, I could’ve used two pans and been done quicker. I had ordered sausage from Crooked Gap, but with it being county fair time, they were to busy to do stuff, so I had forgotten all about this and then ran off to Fareway to get some sausage. Which was vaguely surprising to me, but fine. Not that far away, in and out right quick.

So the Fareway near me is not a full grocery store, but the meat market. The actual closest to me is quite a hike.

I also made some lemon basil syrup. As in not lemon and basil, but the Thai Lemon Basil or Lao Basil. I haven’t tried it yet, but will in a bit. I used the recipe from one of my cocktail books that I don’t use enough. This one being a digital version of Cocktail Codex. ti said to use stems and I was going to make one with leaves and one with stems, but ran out of sugar (I had just enough sugar, plus a few grams more).

This week I got sign off on my arm from my doctor. No more check ins, released on my own recognizance. I’ll remember it’ll be better to be embarrassing in getting up then fighting a tiger (I also told near the top of my reporting line this story, which was funny).