A 10 lbs honey baked ham was enough to feed 20 people with plenty of leftovers. 

Thanks giving meal notes

 Turkey was roasted on the gas grill ar 325 for about 5 hours. It came out very well. I turned the temp down when the turkey was at 160, and off when it hit 170. I left it on the grill till we wanted to carve it

Have someone make mashed potato 

Stuffing without eggs, and started with raw vegetables was delicious 

For the next time I make bread-- google the Tangzhong method where a portion of the flour and liquid is pre-cooked into a paste. This process makes an incredibly soft loaf. The process of making the past gelantizies starches in the flour and allows more water to steam within the loaf, fluffing it up.

Mint grows well here in Seattle. A few months ago I planted a dedicated mint garden. With the heat we've had over the last week, the mint has grown like crazy. 

Sous Vide Brisket

I don’t have a smoker, so I thought I’d try brisket in a sous vide. It turned out very well.

Notes…

5lbs of brisket is about the largest I can fit in my sous vide. 

For the rub I used several almost-empty spice mixes. In total, the rub was about 40% salt, 40% pepper. Before sealing it up, I added a couple drops of liquid smoke to the bag. 

I cooked it for about 30 hours at 155.5

After the sous vide, I browned the brisket on acast iron in a gas grill that was at 500f. One minute per side.

La Rustica

Lovely higher end Italian restaurant. If your timing is right, you can watch the sun set from their patio.

Taqueria La Fondita

A taco truck in White Center. Food is very good, though perhaps slightly pricer than other taco trucks.

 

Taquitos Feliz

 A taco truck near me. Food is on the spicy side. 

Raccolto

Wonderful family style Italian. Higher end pricing.  We had an evening dinner there with a few friends and enjoyed the food very much. The cavatelli was delicious. 

Happy hour menu available. 

Itto's Tapas

 Delicious Tapas. No apparent happy hour. 

Srivilai

 The food was delicious, though a bit salty. 

Mioposto Happy Hour

 Lovely happy hour. Great salads and pizzas. 

Camp West Happy Hour

 Nice Happy Hour. Offers burgers, wings & salads.

Mexican Wedding Cookies

​notes on the Joy of cooking’s Mexican wedding cookies. The recipe is great. The balls can be made on the small side. We made balls too generous. The cookie ended up being to big to fit in your mouth. The balls don’t flatten much during baking. 

For fritatas in our 9 inch cast iron pans, 9 eggs is enough. The "Joy-of-Cooking's Frittata for a Crowd" recipe calls for 12 eggs. 12 eggs fills the pan to the brim. 9 eggs would leave some room.

Pasta with brown butter and Parmesan.

Peppers

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Ingredients

• 2 cups almond flour 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup erythritol 
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 ounces cream cheese
• 4 large eggs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Generously butter a 9 inch bundt pan, set aside
3. Combine almond flour and baking powder in a large bowl, set aside
4. Cut butter into several small squares and put in separate bowl, add cream cheese
5. Microwave butter and cream cheese for 30 seconds. Be careful to not burn cream cheese. Stir these wet ingredients together until well combined.
6. Add erythritol, vanilla extract, and sour cream to butter and cream cheese mixture. Stir well.
7. Pour wet ingredients into large bowl of almond flour and baking powder. Stir well.
8. Add eggs to batter. Stir well.
9. Pour batter into buttered bundt pan, place in oven and bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick placed in the cake comes out clean.
10. For best results, let cake cool completely for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight. If you remove it too soon, it may crumble a bit.

Ingredients

• 6 oz cream cheese, softened

• 1.5 cup heavy whipping cream

• 2/3 cup Swerve sweetener*'

• 4 teaspoons lemon extract

• zest of 1 lemon

• 4 strawberries, large

Instructions

 In a mixing bowl add the cream cheese, sweetener and whipping cream. Beat on high until smooth and creamy.

Add in lemon extract and mix well. If you would like more lemon flavor add

a bit of the lemon zest as you won't need all of it.

Take 1 of the strawberries and chop into little pieces. With the other

strawberry, slice into thin heart shaped pieces.

Fill each jar half way with half of the cream cheese mixture.

Add the chopped strawberry to both jars to make a nice layer.

Top the strawberries with the rest of the cream cheese mixture.

Use the slices of the strawberry to make a flow pattern on top.

Sprinkle lemon zest in the middle of each flower. You don't have to use all

the zest, just what looks nice.

Refrigerate until ready to eat.

Cream Sauce

1dl of white wine and stock each, reduce to about 1/4

Add 8 tablespoons of double cream or heavy cream

Add a whole bunch of finely chopped chives

Add just a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper powder.