OK, so I lied.
I went on vacation, but I couldn't keep myself from menu planning and cooking, it is like an addiction. But I guess it is one of the few addictions where others actually benefit from it..right?
Meal One: Blue Cheese Buffalo Burgers with oven fries
Meal Two: Spaghetti and Meatballs with roasted broccoli
Meal Three: Hawaiian pulled pork with rice and macaroni salad..
can you say carb overload!!!
Recipes:
Buffalo Blue Cheese Burgers:
1 lb turkey burger, I would love to use buffalo, but I couldn't find it.
1/2 onion diced
1/2 pint of mushrooms chopped
1 clove garlic
1 palm full of breadcrumbs
1 egg
Franks red hot sauce, or buffalo wing sauce of choice
Blue cheese crumbles
crisp lettuce
favorite hamburger buns
Saute onion and mushrooms, seasoned with salt/pepper, in a small saucepan over med heat in a small amount of oil, for about 5-10 minutes, until onions are translucent. Set aside to let cool a bit.
Meanwhile, place burger, breadcrumbs, egg, 1-2 T hot sauce and a light sprinkling of blue cheese in bowl, then add in onion mixture. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Divide mixture evenly into 3-4 patties.
Heat grill pan, or george foreman (cook 5 minutes), then spray with non-stick cooking spray, over med-high heat. Add patties to pan and let cook on each side for 5 minutes. During last minute on second side add a sprinkling of blue cheese to each burger then cover pan for 1-2 minutes. If you used the George just hold the lid over the patties with cheese for a minute to melt/soften cheese.
Place each patty on a bun, top with a good amount of buffalo wing sauce, top with crisp lettuce and bun.
Oven Potatoes
4-5 small potatoes
olive oil
seasoning (ranch mix, Italian mix, dried herbs, your choice)
black pepper
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut potatoes into wedges, then drizzle with olive oil and seasoning. I would say about 1-2T olive oil and 1 T seasoning mix and 1 t pepper. Then mix well, a bag works really well for this, but a bowl is fine too.
Place on foil lined backing sheet, you can spray it with cooking spray if you like, sometimes it helps.
Then place in preheated oven for 40 minutes.
Meatballs and Spaghetti:
I use the Barefoot Contessa recipe for this, but I make a few changes...
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/real-meatballs-and-spaghetti-recipe/index.html
So I don't use the veal/beef mixture. I use whatever I want, and I truely mean this. My favorite is 1 lb hot and 1 lb mild turkey sausage. But this time I could not read labels and ended up using 1 lb turkey burger and 1 lb pork breakfast sausage, and it was great. So you truly can't mess it up using whatever mixture of 2lb of meat you want.
I also don't do the fresh/dried breadcrumb combo. I just use the same amount but I use whatever bread crumbs I have, like seasoned, regular or panko. I haven't seen a negative result so use what you have or what is easiest for you.
Pulled Pork, Hawaiian style:
About 4 lb Pork Butt, cut into even sided large chunks (like double chop size)
1 T seasoning salt
pepper
water
oil
In pressure cooker over med high heat add 1 T oil. Season meat with seasoning salt and pepper then add to pressure cooker and brown on all sides. Add water to cover meat, then top pressure cooker and turn heat to high. When Pressure cooker goes "CH" for a minute, turn heat down to med to med-high, for 40 minutes. You want to hear the "CH" sound the whole time, so if it stops, up the heat a little.
Let pressure cease from pan, then drain meat and take tongs to it to shred.
Serve meat over white rice, and top with soy sauce, yoshidas and/or sriracha
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad:
I really like the one from Hawaiian time, but I can't find a recipe for it. I am still looking for a really good one. The one I made was sad, so I am not going to put it up here, but if you have a great one, let me know I would love to try it.
And if I find one, I will place it here, so that in the future we have one to refer to.
Shopping List.
2 lb ground sausage
1 lb ground turkey
pork butt/shoulder
onions
mushrooms
potatoes
garlic
parsley
lettuce
breadcrumbs
egg
blue cheese
Parmesan cheese
red wine
spaghetti noodles
hamburger buns
soy, teriyaki, hot sauce
buffalo wing sauce
macaroni salad
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