Week 2: Seattle @ Green Bay

Thank God the Pack won. I don't think I could have survived a loss.

Now, I was asleep throughout the 3rd and most of the 4th, but that's not my fault. Friday night was an alumni meeting in Milwaukee, Saturday was in Kenosha for HubKap's 10th anniversary, and Saturday night was in Milwaukee again for my 25th reunion. I was tired.*

This week I used Ray's suggestion of salmon poached in shitty tasting beer, only I upgraded the beer.

Honestly, I've only ever poached chicken, and that was for Bogey, so I was a little nervous. But a quick Google search revealed at least a couple of recipe. I chose this one from Food.com. It shows up on like 6 more sites, so I figure it had to good.

It was. Even better, it was super easy. Only 25 minutes of actual cooking time, most of it just waiting for it to finish. And that gave me plenty of time to steam the broccoli and make the cheese sauce. 

Btw - when I say "cheese sauce," I really just mean melted Merkt's Beer Cheese. Which is awesome. 

Overall, I gotta give this one a v.g. It's easy, tasty, and healthy - if you ignore the cheese.

*Who am I kidding? I'm never awake for the 3rd or 4th quarter.

Week 1 - Giants @ Cowboys

I think this year is going to be difficult. First, I'm working full time (Yay, me!) so I don't have nearly as much time to look for recipes and go shopping. I also don't want to sit at a computer once I've finished a full workday (Yay, me!), so I'm already a week behind.

But hey, a girl's gotta eat, so...

Lots of people made good suggestions, but this week's winner is Dave Groo who suggested New York-styled BBQ brisket pizza.* Here's how it went.

First, there's no way I was going to spend an entire Sunday smoking an entire brisket. I don't have a set up, and honestly, it seems like a pain in the ass. So I used this recipe from All Recipes.com. Super easy. Love it.

But then I felt guilty. Essentially, all I did was put some meat in the slow cooker.** That kind of seems like cheating, so I made Neely's BBQ Sauce. Still easy, but at least I felt like I was cooking when all I was actually doing was waiting. Well, waiting and assembling, which basically means...

1. Open tube of pizza crust.
2. "Roll out" dough.
3. Cook crust halfway.
4. Layer BBQ sauce & cheese. (Did I mention I used smoked gouda? I'm a freakin' genius!)
5. Add brisket.
6. Finish cooking.

End result? Floppy, bbq-y goodness.

*Full disclosure. Brisket is almost always going to win.

**Totally full disclosure. I didn't make the crust either. Please. Like that was going to happen.