Chipotle pork tacos, three-bean vegetarian chili, and a garden salad. The tacos had a really good flavor and were very quick and easy to throw together. The chili was fantastic though. Not only great for a vegetarian chili, but just as a chili. If I had a rating system in place I would give this chili a top rating. It’s not my favorite chili though. My mom’s chili holds the crown for best chili.
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It’s Noodle Week folks! And what’s a better way to kick off Noodle Week than with the Japanese classic, Ramen Noodles. I thought I knew what ramen noodles were. They were those packs of noodles you could buy 50 for a dollar at the grocery store. I pretty much lived on ramen noodles all through college. But when I met Aya, I was schooled on what ramen noodles really were. You can add all kinds of stuff to them, but tonight was the typical hard boiled egg, pork, vegetables, and buttered corn with a pork broth soup. I don’t have a recipe because I used the instant pack her mom sent to us. Aya is a ramen noodle snob and thinks the American packets just don’t come close. My response to that is that Japan doesn’t know how to make hot dogs. We all have our strengths and weaknesses.
Beef and Guinness stew, with grown-up grilled cheese sandwich, and a garden salad. I’m not a huge beef stew person, but this has great flavor! The meat was nice and tender too. I let it simmer a lot longer than it suggested.
I normally get turnips and parsnips confused, but this called for both of them which helped me out. These grilled cheese sandwiches are a favorite of mine, too. It calls for white cheddar, but I use either mozzarella, or provolone.
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