When cooks get lazy and tired of cooking in today’s world; a lot of cooks resort to an evening of fast food. When I get tired of going through a lot of prep I find I can throw something together that is fast and better for you than fast food. It usually tastes better and less costly.
Today I felt lazy and was hungry for brats. I bought a package of 4 brats at Kah Meats, my butcher and favorite place to buy meat. I had a bag of Green Giant steamers, macaroni w/cheese sauce and broccoli.
Two packages and two easy preps, the brats I could toss on the smoker and the mac and broc would only take 5 minutes in the microwave. You can’t get much easier than that, and there would not be many dishes for my wife to clean up.
I did the brats for 45 minutes on smoke 175 deg. then went to 275 deg. they were done in another 30 minutes, total 75 minutes. I heated up my mac and broc and served the wife and I on a tray to go watch some TV while we ate. I had my brat topped with some Lowensenf mustard and some pickled red onions. With a brat I have to have some good beer to wash it down. My wife topped her brat with ketchup and sauerkraut, now that combo does not even sound good to me! But then she also puts ketchup in her chicken and noodle soup!
It tasted pretty good; I could have had a second brat but then I would not have room for my after supper treat. Usually I have four nutter butter cookies and my dog has to have his share too.
Brats, mac and broc
Brats are done, the white is garlic salt I added
My Plate, My Supper
Smokin Don
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