Weekend Evaluation: This Guy's Got Like...a Plan

It seemed like a pretty relaxed weekend for cooking, even though I made sausage.  

That usually becomes a big production, but it seemed to go pretty well. It's all about working in steps; I try to find time before work or after dinner to season or grind/emulsify the meat mixture; not having to do everything all at once is the key to making it not seem like so much work.

Overall, the whole thing ran pretty efficiently; dinners weren't outstanding but okay.  How's that for a compelling read....6 out of 10....boring. 

Weekend Evaluation: Do you know how much 15 pounds of ravoli costs?

Continued to get ready for winter - prepping tomatoes.  I gave up supermarket tomatoes after reading the article in gourmet about the near slave labor conditions in Florida; and this year I'm giving up on canned tomatoes (BPA); so I decided to freeze a bunch this year.

Weekend Evaluation: Working Hard or Hardly Working

I do wish I worked from home every Friday, I would get a lot more meat smoked.

Weekend Wrap-Up (Aug 14-15)

Tom and I have been busy this summer, so he hasn't had any real food 'projects' recently. Its mainly every-day type of cooking. Plus, it seems like all we've been eating are corn, zucchini, tomatoes, and eggplant. I guess that's summer for ya.

This past Friday, Tom decided to work from home, which gave him some time for a sort-of project. He smoked some pork ribs, and made beans and coleslaw.

Ribs, Beans and Coleslaw

Weekend Evaluation: Keeps the Hot side Hot, and the Cold side Cold

Gretchen's Mom was up this weekend, and we went to visit some friends who had a new baby, so it was busy yet again.  But I did cook a couple times, but didn't have any real projects.