Sept 05 2016
It was a pretty busy week end here. Our daughter came home
Sat. to stay. Last Thursday I had done pulled pork and Friday I did a Cuban
chicken for our supper so had plenty of leftovers for the week end.
Saturday at 5:30 the grandson and other young soccer players
got to run on the field with the High School team during introduction. We had
to go see that. Not sure why they start a game right at supper time! I was
hungry so had to have a hot dog & some popcorn. I didn’t stay long; the
wife and daughter stayed and then they all went out to eat after the game.
Sunday we stopped to see my 94 yr. old Mother and went to
see my daughter who is in a rest home from a stroke. I had a cooler full of my
leftovers I vacuum sealed and froze I took to her husband. This always leaves
me depressed a few days. We stopped at a Cracker Barrel and ate before heading
home.
For today I did beer brats, one portabella burger for the
daughter in law, Bob Evens pasta w/double cheese and apple wood smoked bacon
and some fresh asparagus. A few years back I would want most of my side dishes
made from scratch. Getting older I use some shortcuts for easier meal prep. Bob
Evan’s sides are all pretty good.
For the brats I added some sliced onions to a pan with some
butter and it went on my Traeger at 185 deg. along with the brats for an hour.
After a half hour I added a can of beer to the onions. I had my Weber Spirit
heated on Med, about 400 deg. and browned the brats about 4 minutes per side
and then they went in the beer bath on my smoker.
I had chopped some red pepper and onions for the
portabellas. I had cleaned the stem and ribs from the mushrooms and seasoned
with some garlic herb salt. I sprayed them with a little olive oil and they
went rib side down about 3 minutes the turned them and filled with the peppers
& onions, shredded mozzarella and some shredded Manchego cheese. They were
on 4 to 5 minutes to melt the cheese. My wife was heating the pasta and the
asparagus in the microwave. I had drizzled the asparagus with olive oil and
white balsamic vinegar and seasoned with garlic herb salt.
We all thought it was good. The Bob Evens pasta is pretty
darn good for bought and an easy side. Our daughter would never eat asparagus
but my wife told her to try the fresh. She did and went back for seconds. There
was sauerkraut and mustard for the brats; I had Maille mustard and some of my
Kimchi on mine.
Brats & onions on the smoker
Browning the brats on my gas grill
Brats added to the beer & onions
Portabellas done
Daughter in law's sandwich
My supper
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