Jenn DolariThis Week's Meals: Cranberry Pork Chops.
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Last Week's Meals: Barbecue Stuffed Peppers.
I'm sorry, Anna Mae. I'm very sorry. But this. This was...regrettable. It just...just wasn't good. I'm sorry. I'm sure you enjoyed it. I...did not.
...sundried tomatoes. This clinched it for me that I don't like sundried tomatoes. Too bittter, too sweet, odd taste.
In the end, I can't say this was bad. It wasn't. But between the dry breast meat and the bitter tomatoes, it's a pass for me. If you like sundried tomatoes, though? I think you'd like it..
Last Week's Meals: Stuffed Chicken Marsala
This was a fairly good meal, but I think not my thing, sadly. A little dry for me, mainly because I prefer chicken thigh to chicken breast. The thighs were too small to stuff, so chicken breasts were used.
This recipe uses sundried tomatoes. I've never really had them before, but once, when I made Michael Garibaldi's Suicide Pizza. Despite all the ingredients being good, it was terrible. I could only blame the...
Last Week's Meals: Spicy Beef & Broccoli Stir Fry
Pretty good meal, the meat came out perfectly tender, and there are a ton of veggies, something I absolutely love. It makes a ton per serving, and will fill you fast. The spice level isn't bad, almsot negligible, but does add a nice heat to the meal.
My only real complaint was that there wasn't enough of an oyster sauce taste, and it needed salt (I'm wondering if the salt thing is just me, though).
...doesn't really give much of a flavor to the dish.
I've seen pics of Sauerkraut and Schweinefleisch after making mine, and it seems the meat and sauerkraut are supposed to be served seperately, and not mixed together, but, honestly? This was great despite the looks.
Recipe from a Texas German mom in the 1960s, and YUM.
FIVE STARS FOR TASTE. Two for looks.
Last Week's Meals: Sauerkraut and Schweinefleisch (Sauerkraut and Pork)
So. This meal looks bad. Like really bad. It looks gross and yuck and IT IS SO GOOD. The sauerkraut and added herbs and spices are doing a lot of heavy lifting here, but what you get is a lovely creamy dill flavor, with hits of sour pickle from the sauerkraut and you literally are punched in the face with flavor. The pork is good, too, but other than being very tender and fall apart...
This Week's (Eaten) Meals: Poulet Basquaise
This was really really great. A nicely subtly sweet and spicy chicken dish. With pancetta! Pork makes everything better. One of the ingredients was hard to get (piment d'espellete), but you can substitute paprika and cayenne. As usual, needed salt, but I think that's me, not the dish. :)
This Week's Meals: Yeto's Superb Soup
Pumpkin. Feta. Salmon. This should absolutely not work. It absolutely does. A nice creamy soup, it tastes mostly of salmon, while the chowder is a nice salty fish-pumpkin. It's actually really good, and something I enjoy making on cold days.
I'm making this as my entry for a crock-pot-palooza thing for work. Not a contest, but I hope people are willing to give it a try. It really is superb.
This Week's Meals: Mustard and Brown Sugar Crusted Ribeye
Oh, this came out way better than I thought it would. The Brown Sugar and Mustard along with the crispy fatty rib eye all work together to make a kind of sweet and sour steak.
The thinner slices of ribeye (I bought two thick rib eyes, and then two sliced to round out the five steaks I needed) ended up well done (eww) but the crust made up for it. So so so good. Can't wait to have the medium well steaks. :)
