"DINNER".....(( MARCH 2015 ))

I swear this is not planned.HA

Bugster2 wrote:I only weigh 87lbs and I have a gut and a roll around my waist. Putting on weight when you are older is a major problem. It all goes to the wrong places. I wish some of it would have gone to my face and rear end. Some on the thighs and arms wouldn't hurt either.

Tina said, tell Bugster, "I have a lot of thigh and butt fat, and she can send some to you!".....

Barbara101 wrote:I swear this is not planned.HA

You sneaked a peek over the courtyard wall......I know you!

Yours look great!

I had never made a Fattie before today.  I have seen BBQer make them for a few years now.  They are usually meatloaf sized hunks of sausage rolled around cheese and wrapped in bacon, then smoked.

My nephew is having a Bacon and Bourbon party next month so i thought I'd try a couple different ideas to see how they'd turn out.  Because Cassie hates breakfast sausage, i tired one with hamburger and the other one with bratwurst.

Here is the hamburger one with BBQ rub on top, the bacon weave on bottom and a shush roller under everything.



I roasted poblanos on the grill and used string cheese on the hamburger one and a Mexican cheese on the bratwurst one.







Here is the second one. It turned out neater and more uniform.  After this picture, I tied them with string. I have never seen anyone else tie them but I felt better with the string on them.



Here they are in the smoker. I basted them with bourbon and BBQ sauce until they reached 165º



I sprinkled onion rings on the hamburger one.


If you don't like the name Fatty, I suppose they could be called bacon sushi.  We decided we liked the bratwrust ones best.


When I make them for the party, I'll try a brown sugar, catsup and bourbon sauce and will use more cheese and poblano.

LQQK'S GREAT

To much work for me..

Those look fantastic. What a creative idea to try some ideas out BEFORE the date of the event.....I usually am too lazy to make sure a recipe is going to work. Or maybe I just like to live dangerously, and if the dish is nasty, just not claim credit for it, "Yeah, I didn't like that dish, either. I wonder who brought it....." LOL

We had leftovers tonight. Nothing to write home about, that's for sure.

I don't usually try a new recipe out first either but this one had so much going on that could go wrong, I felt I needed to try it first. I did not have a specific recipe and winged it. I discovered a few things i want to do different next time.

Barb....what is that salmon sitting on? You've got me stumped.....

 

Mashed green peas with lemon zest.. saw it somewhere and got bored with just plain..Delish..

Sounds like the English dish of 'mushy peas' ~ or something like that....

Yum, Jimmy. Nice to have a nice loaf of homemade bread. No matter who makes it, the smell of the fresh yeast is so enticing.

If you had mashed your peas into your potatoes you could have had a side dish like Barb's.

(Personally, I love spooning my buttered peas on top of my mashed potatoes - WITH the pool of butter - and eating them together. Same with buttered corn and mashed potatoes.....)

Since my grill was messed up.....Grilled sauced chicken thighs..

I had leftovers from last night kielbasa, mashed potatoes and pickled beets....comfort food for me!

let's see what the res of the week holds....
Snowy/rainy lazy days this week.....yuck!!
Easter is Sunday! It has to be better weather......

Good stuff, Barb. I agree it makes a super mess on the grill grates. I usually leave my grill on for about 10 minutes after the meal to cook the mess on and then the next time I can scrape it easily with a ball of foil and then reheat to clean it up.

Cyn-kielbasa, mashed & red beets is a wonderful comfort meal, to be sure. Funny how you don't mind leftovers when that's the original meal.....yum!

I didn't know what I was going to make....I had a chicken breast and just decided to 'wing it'....Ended up with a sort of stewed chicken chunk meal over homemade rice-a-roni and green beans on the side. I just thickened the sauce with a bit of roux and then some half & half to round it out. Someone at the table had seconds....not namin' names.....so it couldn't have been horrible.

I'm off to Tarpon Springs with Lyn, Barb & Sue today.  No tellin' if we'll even be home by supper time...don't care.

Tomorrow the kids come.  I'll go to the store in the morning for just a few things.  They'll want to be out and about so I doubt we'll do much cooking or even be here much.  Amazing how fast time flies when you only get to see your kids & grandkids for a few days at a time.

Don't know what to fix for dinner . Tonight we are going to see some vintage Led Zeppelin on the big screen at our local IMAX theater. That should be fun to relive our youth. I am curious as to whom is going to be in the audience: teens or old farts like us.

I should be eating BBQ chicken but I need something else for now..

tuna noodle casserole.Ha.

Ham,cheese,tomato crustless quiche.

copycatted Imelda's lunch......good for you.