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beer-braised turkey tacos

As I mentioned, I lately found my self in the mood for a fall fiesta, and what is more ‘fall’ – and November, precisely – than turkey?

Farmers-Market-Inspiration

Thankfully I recalled reading about these beer-braised turkey legs for tacos on The Kitchen Sink a while back, and it was one of those recipes that I immediately wanted to try.  But for some reason another, immediately didn’t.  Luckily, I didn’t forget it and instead stored it in the deep recesses of my surprisingly still-working brain, and after the pomegranate/lime bonanza at the Farmer’s Market, I pulled up this recipe on my trusty iPhone while at the store and bought all the ingredients.

Braising-Turkey-Legs

Everything is better with beer!

And the best part?  Turkey legs are damn cheap!!! We are talking $3 for two pounds (2 drumsticks – more than enough for dinner for 4) at Whole Foods.  $3 total.  And this is high turkey season!

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turkeytacosalad

This may come as a surprise to exactly no one, but I can be more than a little bit particular and more than a little bit peculiar.

One of the more peculiar things about which I am particular is a taco salad.

Or at least if I make the taco salad – as it is the furthest thing from any taco I would make.  For starters, when I make tacos, I do shrimp or carnitas, shredded beef or any kind of fish, chicken, even slow roasted turkey legs, but I do not like ground meat tacos.  Not at all.  Which is why I think it is strange that I almost always make taco salads with ground meat.  Well ground turkey really, but you know what I mean.

fritos-taco-salad

The stranger part of my taco salad creation is that tortilla chips are no where in sight.  And seeing as how I love corn tortillas and tortilla chips, this would be the natural spot to add them in by the basketful.

But no, I prefer Fritos on my taco salad.  There, I admit it.  You can think I am strange, it’s okay – I am.  But you must try this combination. I blame my love for this combo on Jake’s Tex Mex and my mother (I think she did this too – but it may have been an invention of necessity, snagging those little Frito-Lay bags that were meant for school lunches).

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lasagnanote

Right now I am heading to California for a few days for work (and then play) and I decided to actually do something I think about doing whenever I travel.

I made B dinner for a few of the nights I will be gone. This is something I have wanted to do before, but as we all know, there is usually more on your list before a trip than can get done, and this one usually ends up getting cut.

Backing up, it not like B can’t feed himself and so I must provide dinner, I just always thought it would be a nice fun little gesture. Plus, to be honest, this way I know that at least a few meals weren’t delivered or poured from a cereal box.

fresh lasagna noodles

I decided on lasagna, figuring it is something he can easily heat up and tastes good after more than one day. And thankfully (and unlike me), B doesn’t bore of the same flavors after a day or two, although I’m really hoping he doesn’t finish the pan.  Maybe I should have rethought this idea.

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Tortilla soup with fixins'

Do you still have leftovers around, or did you gobble them all up this weekend in sandwiches? I definitely have to do a (few) sandwich(es), but by Saturday, I am usually ready for some new flavors. Knowing that an awesome stock is so easy, soup is often on my agenda.

After all the tastes of fall, I am quite ready for some spice.

And I love me some tortilla soup!

tortilla soup ingredients

I make it based on my grandma’s version, with just a few tweaks.

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Italian Wedding Soup in Pot

As the weather continues to dip, and everyone around you seems to have the sniffles, I think it is best to be armed with a few defenses.

My two cure alls:

  1. A good soup – I do not think it needs to be chicken noodle.
  2. Whiskey with hot water and lemon, maybe a touch of honey too.

But here we will only address the former – I’m sure any friend of mine already knows well enough how to purchase and consume whisky.

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