Meat Pile Part 3

Man, that pile of barbacoa wouldn’t end.

Heat and eat with chile garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach. and a bottle of wine.

Pizza Time (AKA all day every day)

1. Shaved Brussels Sprouts and Balsamic 

2. Goetta and Red Onion 

Barbacoa Hash

When you’ve already made tacos and quesadillas from an ungodly pile of barbacoa, what’s left to do with it? Why, make breakfast out of it, of course.

This mess is hash browns (aka shredded berdaders), onions and barbacoa, all mixed up, and topped with a couple of over-easy eggs, because yolks.

SANDWICH SATURDAY

1. Bacon Grilled Cheese + BBQ Chips

2. Goetta and Egg Biscuit + Orange Juice/Fresca/Rum

3. Goetta Grilled Cheese

Dutch Oven Mushroom, Bacon & Spinach Risotto

Who says you need to constantly stir risotto? After finally getting around to getting my hands on an awesome cast iron dutch oven, I had to come up with something to make in it. I used this recipe which doesn’t necessarily call for a dutch oven, but hey, I’m a grown up and I do what I want. Also, when making risotto, the answer is always mushrooms.

Leftoverloaf.

1. with Thyme Sweet Potato Fries and Bleu Cheese

2. with Beer-Battered Onion Rings

MOM! MEATLOAF!

I know we all know Guy Fieri is the worst. But the Comet Cafe in Milwaukee is not. Any place that gives you a basket of bacon is the best. Ever since I saw this segment I wanted to make this meatloaf. And it was everything I dreamt it would be. To make it, I ground a piece of chuck and just adapted a regular meatloaf recipe to include the ingredients listed out in the video. And it made for some delicious leftovers. 

Chicken Enchiladasasasasassas

Just a great delicious comfort food meal, and they reheat great. I just used the Old El Paso enchilada sauce. The next step is to make my own from scratch. I made this from a frankenstein of recipies from Foodily. The filling was a mix of chicken, green chiles, roasted poblanos and cheese. I also used pepperjack “melting cheese” which was similar to velveeta. It was good the night I made it, but I wasn’t crazy about it eating it the next day. With refried beans + taco sauce (makes a killer dip), sour cream and cilantro rice.

Chicken, White Bean, Kale Stew

Probably one of the easier meals I’ve ever made. Spawned from this recipe, I swapped white Cannellini beans for chickpeas, because thats what I had, plus I’m not a big chickpea fan. I also added kale, and then high fived myself becuase it was a great idea. If you do make this, make sure you really do have a sturdy bread, the plain italian bread I had turned into mush instantly.