Cooking in March

March sees John dutifully working as the house-spouse cook, trying new and exciting recipes!

Cooking in March

March sees John dutifully working as the house-spouse cook, trying new and exciting recipes!

First up is hot & sour soup, with lots of mushrooms and tofu:

A whole pot full of mushrooms!
Slice of tofu, cubed
Final product: a bowl of hot & sour soup

Next up is yet another mushroom-centric dish: Mushroom Ragu! John was surprised by the meal, and if he didn't know better would've thought that the mushroom was meat. Not bad for vegetarian fare.

Food processor full of mushroom and veggies
Pot full of mushroom ragu
A bowl of mushroom ragu
Our returning friend, baked asparagus

Next up John did baked chicken with butternut squash, broccoli, and cauliflower:

The broccoli and cauliflower featured prominently here
Chicken, butternut squash, cauliflower, and broccoli
Putting away the leftovers
Another view of the butternut squash and veggies and chicken
Red beans and rice with hot sausage
Toasted cheese. It's like grilled cheese, but baked/toasted

John made more butternut squash and chicken, and this time we mixed the chicken into the salad.

Meal laid out for dishing up
Bowl of salad and chicken

Next up... John discovered that the pork shoulder he was getting was not the puny handful of pounds that he expected, but instead a full ten pounds! It's huge!

What do we do with so much meat?!?
We had to slice it up to make use of it and freeze it

The first batch of pork went into a split-pea soup in the slow cooker:

Split pea soup
Asparagus, ham, and pickled veggies

Next, John refined our recipe for potato wedges to make them extra crispy. We baked them at a lower temp, then turned it up high to crisp them:

Pulling potato wedges out of the oven
Baked potato wedges fresh outta the oven