Pantry-palooza collection of my hybrids

[electrycmonk]

Start with a box of Zatarain’s Yellow rice.
Add a modest spoonful of curry powder.
Slice up a couple chicken-apple sausages in ~1/2” thick wafers.
Add a can of beans

Toss all of it into the trusty instapot. And use the “cook rice” setting.

Half of it became “leftovers” and waited a few nights in the fridge…

Last night was it’s reheating…. With a nice layer of Pace picante salsa… toss it in the toaster oven….

Add the side salad… done good.

 

[electrycmonk]

Picked up two hunks of pork at Kroger, put them right into the freezer until I could decide what will season each one….

A couple weeks go by. Pulled one out last Friday to thaw…. Saturday, sliced it into ~3/4” slabs. Found the proper size container to fit them & the sauce for marinading…
Here’s the flavor I chose:

About 5 days pass and in the oven it went this evening….


Dinner is ready:

 

[electrycmonk]

Leftover trifecta?

Hot Italian sausage, sliced thin
Last 1/3 of a bag of spinach that I froze a week ago so it didn’t go slimy
A big chunk of spaghetti squash from a few days ago

Oil pan. Layer of the squash, then sausage & spinach… then a nice coating of “Sockarooni” sauce….

Oops, I ate over 1/2 before I remembered to snap this pic.

 

[electrycmonk]

*Brunch for dinner*? Sure.

Smoked ham (from our local masons’s brisket & sausage sale, semi-annually) that I chopped up.
Eggs from our Silkies
Parmagiana cheese
All cooked nicely

Kale salad with a dill/lime & cumin/ranch dressing

Chai tea & some of my turmeric drink that had settled for the last 1/3 day…. Calculating what lumber I still need to get…

 

[electrycmonk]

A combination of Leftovers with a twist.

Sliced & chopped up smoked ham is the bottom layer; a thin layer of parmigiana cheese; a thin coating of grits. 6 eggs cooked on top.

The grits are a odd experiment.
Yesterday I made a batch; supposedly a 4 cup recipe didn’t completely soak up the water.

I added ~1/4 cup of large oats. Restarted the instapot. The “8 minutes” steam veggies setting. It soaked up a modest amount of the water but, not all of it. So I added a couple tablespoons of grits & started the instapot- one more time, same setting.

Still didn’t soak up all the water. One last time on that setting. ….. nope. So I unplugged it & left it sealed over night. Woke this morning ~10AM & looked at it …. It finally soaked it all up & looked like it should.


This batch worked great with the leftover veggies, turmeric, mustard, sriracha, chopped hame & eggs scrambled together.

Well, here is a reboot.

 

[sourland]

Grits? Are they edible?

 

[electrycmonk]

Grits? Are they edible?

It’s Like oatmeal,
Farina & buckwheat too;
Dessert & side dish.

Grits with smoked Gouda,
It’s a great combination;
A nice touch? Bacon!

 

[sourland]

It’s Like oatmeal,
Farina & buckwheat too;
Dessert & side dish.

Grits with smoked Gouda,
It’s a great combination;
A nice touch? Bacon!

I'll take your word for it.

 

[electrycmonk]

Pantry-palooza…. Should be called Freezer-palooza tonight.

Breakfast sausage links
Lime-cumin-ranch dressing on salad
And toaster oven version of “grilled cheese” with garlic seasoning

And tea..


Had chips and salsa when preparing this dinner (smirks)

 

[electrycmonk]

So, I made a poll off an odd thought while eating just now…..