Mini pizzas
No knead dough, extra cheese, I sliced and popped the polish sausage and corporate frozen meatballs in the air fryer before adding them to the pizzas and cooking the pizzas.
Cost per person, $2.30
Berry smoothie
A friend had a kidney transplant and bought a lot of frozen fruit after that. As happens a lot in cases like that they can't eat the frozen fruit anymore because of medication interactions. So they gave it to us.
Frozen fruit, yogurt, honey, heavy cream. Cost per person: 60¢ If we bought the fruit? Maybe $1.30?
Pork spare ribs for Fathers Day
3 racks smoked on a Traeger:
- applewood pellets
- dry rub of salt, black and white pepper, sweet paprika, brown sugar, garlic powder, celery salt, and a little cayenne
- low smoke at 180° for an hour
- up to 230° for 3 hours
- intermittent mop of apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire, and beer
- applied glaze of orange preserves, apple cider vinegar, and bbq sauce
- up to 250° last hour
The thicker rack wasn't quite there at the end, but it'll be fine as leftovers.
Chicory with potatoes and a steak for lunch today.
Can't say how much I love chicory, with lots of olives, feta and some bread.
How do you do a fried egg sandwich?
Midnight snack.
I turned the heat up to medium high. I melted a large part of butter and added the wheat bread. After sufficient toasting I flipped it and added another pat of butter. Once that was toasted I set it aside and added more butter. I cracked an egg. The yolk broke because it was from our chicken that has always had weak yolks. I had a little bit of salt, pepper and paprika. Flipped it to cook the other side. And placed it on the bread which had been applied with some sharp cheddar.
This is how I did it this time. Sometimes I'll toast the bread in the toaster. Sometimes I'll use American cheese instead of sharp cheddar. Sometimes I want that runny yolk so I'll choose a different egg.
But what's your strategy? Do you use any condiments?
Cost: 40¢ and a backyard egg.
Ditalini Pasta in Vodka Sauce!
Watched The Plant Slant's videos again (https://youtube.com/shorts/rCx7v7O44nY?is=kdwtRMDF3pxjYHIw) and it's excellent! Not sure what the actual name would be of this dish.
Deviled goose eggs, homemade rye crackers and wheat thins.
Deviled goose eggs have been a future project for a long time. I had to use up some emergency goat cheese so today is the day it finally happened.
Tired of paying $4 for crackers that are basically a little over cup of flour and a little less than stick of butter? You can make them at home for about $1.30
Not sure about what the cost of the meal is.
Two pasta tips:
Aldi has bronze extruded pasta like spaghetti, linguine and fettuccine for $2 a pound. That is a fraction of the normal price. They are in thicker plastic packaging. I know you hate that but it's less likely to let pantry months in. So you don't need to put it in another container like you do when it comes in cardboard packaging.
They have Teflon extruded pastas for a dollar a pound in cardboard. I split those into weighed out 8 ounce portions in mason jars to prevent pantry moths and 8 oz is 4 oz per person for a decent portion size in a meal. This way when it's time to cook I just have to grab a jar and not measure anything out.
Chicken tacos and Mexican slaw.
She wanted half a rotisserie chicken. I wanted tacos. Slaw: cabbage, carrot, cilantro, lime juice, and just the tiniest amount of mayo.
Cost per person, $3.75.
Beef Soup!
Well, at least one piece is beef! It's mostly potatoes. I love potatoes. Also homemade beef neck stock!
Anniversary dinner.
Married 9 years. Her choice dinner. Local meat store had Angus ribeye for $12.99 a pound.
Cost per person: $14.50