Iceblossom

The bone in shoulder pork was under $2/lb again so got bought again Will smoke it over night.

Today was the (official) start of the Farmer's Market we go to. We got some lovely fresh onions grown near my husband's work. The tops are just lovely and I think I will go to costco and get a piece of salmon, wrap up in the tops, cover the whole thing in foil and do a quick grill. Also got a cauliflower, will take a bit longer but the same grill. We cut into steaks, usually down the middle and then one to each side. Sometimes the outer edges (with no stem) holds together better than other. We didn't move the folding basket sort of thing, probably should look for a new one.

We are part of the heat dome thing. Temps will be in the 90s for the rest of the week.

aashley333

We roasted a leg of goat in the oven. It is always an experiment. DH seasoned it and placed it in the Pampered Chef dish made for roasting chicken. Added chicken broth and sliced onions and cooked at 250 for hours. It was great! Tasted like a roast. I cooked pinto beans in the crock pot and then made some into refried. (DH also BBQed a whole chicken, just in case we did not care for goat) So, we have grilled chicken for today!

Iceblossom

We like goat just fine! I had farm goat before, but hubby had not tried until covid/his diet changes. When you look at recipes, a lot of time it starts with "5 pounds of goat, chopped". Costco in some areas (with large Halal populations which has rules similar to Kosher) has a 50 pound box of frozen cubed Halal goat chunks from Australia. Is rather nice, there is a large plastic bag inside the box and the cubes are individually frozen so you can pull out what you want. They are cut with band saws or whatever and little bits of bone grit can be present, so I would usually cook almost all the way through, sieve out the sauce and go through the chunks to remove the bone grit, putting it back in the sauce. Otherwise, if you eat politely and know to expect bones it probably isn't too bad an issue.

They also had lambs, both whole and a better deal for me was all shrink wrapped and packed flat in a box. The grocery store price for a whole boneless leg of lamb was not quite but pretty close to the entire box and you got all the expensive cuts I usually don't get, including 2 partially boned legs.

Once we get our big freezer, I'm going to see if I can order the goat cubes sent to my local store which has a far larger selection of premade PB&J than Halal meat... I've got to think that Chicago stores or Dearborn, MI would be in on the supply chain.

tranum

I reorganized bottom freezer of refrigerator and found a bag of taco meat. Nachos, tacos or taco burgers come to mind. Hubby mistakenly bought 2 cans of French style green beans (not my favorite) so I sautéed finely chopped peppers, celery and onion to heat up with the beans and give them some flavor. Added Tblsp of ACV and 1/4 tsp dill seed.

in the freezer I also found a bag of riblets and a bag of pheasant breasts so they’re defrosting in the refrigerator. I do the “cake pan method”. I take a cake pan to the freezer and load it with 2 or 3 packages of meat and let it defrost to use during the week. Makes my cooking much easier.

Anniedeb

I was digging in the big freezer for some English muffins, and came across some Black Sea Bass, and then some perogies, and a package of green beans, so we're set for dinner tonight. I also found a package of burnt ends, some chicken tenderloins, and some frozen lasagna. Farmers market is on Wednesday, so I'll see what they have to go with my random finds!

aashley333

DH chicken-fried backstrap with mashed red potatoes (skin on). I made the cream gravy. We soak venison in milk overnight to remove gaminess. It was delicious, but not on my diet. I packaged up leftover potatoes to take to my brother.

Onebyone

For tonight we are having Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas. I think I have posted the recipe before but I'll post it here again.
The sauce makes excellent soup! I make the sauce and add some cut up chicken. So good.
White Chicken Enchiladas

10 soft taco shells
2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
3 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup sour cream
1 (4 oz) can diced green chilies

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan
Mix chicken and 1 cup cheese. Roll up in tortillas and place in pan.
In a sauce pan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add broth and whisk until smooth. Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
Stir in sour cream and chilies. Do not bring to boil, you don't want curdled sour cream.
Pour over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.
Bake 22 min and then under high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese.

Iceblossom

Special at the butcher shop were family packs of pork steaks (bone in). I have two marinating in an Asian sauce (soy, black soy, garlic, ginger, and a bit of oyster sauce). Will do in a hot pan on top of the stove.

The other three I will try on the smoker for the first time, directions are saying about 2 hours... going to do them like we usually do the pork with yellow mustard and then some slightly different seasoning, just light season salt and some of the non-spicy (just above paprika) dried chili powder. Wish I had some smoked paprika but I'll be getting smoke from the pellets. The directions say to smoke them and sear them off before serving, so that will probably be tomorrow.

I need to reinvest in some spices that didn't make the move and haven't been bought yet. Is one of the things hard on me, I understand it is a year's worth in those few containers for $100... it just seems so extravagantly expensive.

Onebyone

My husband makes his own seasonings. He buys the small containers of what he needs, all found at the grocery store. There are many recipes online.
And there are many pre made seasoning available in small containers. He has never spent $100 for a seasoning mix. He said maybe for a gallon jar of it. Maybe you meant $10?

Onebyone

We are having grilled steak, peppers and onions. I don't have to cook any of it as my husband loves to grill. The summer is his time to shine in the food area.