Beef and Juice

Snoop may have sung Gin and Juice but I'm all about Beef and Juice. The messy comfort of a Chicago Beef. It all started with Chef Eric's birthday gift of a jar of giardiniera. A delicious concoction of pickled vegetables that are perfect on a Chicago Beef. Great! I said. How do you make a homemade Chicago Beef at home?! Ah, the internet. Within seconds, he sent me this link and I was off and running. And I thought, what better than some homemade fries to go with it! I've got enough for 4 more sandwiches, so stop on by for one.

Some delicious giardiniera from Eric

Top Round and juice ready to go

My set up on the Egg

After cooking. Love the color change of the juice.

Peppers, obviously!

Fries after being par boiled and ready to fry

Messy goodness and salty fries. Mmmmmmmmmm.

Recent eats from Drew

For Christmas Day I made chorizo and roasted poblano queso. I wasn't sure how much of a hit it would be since my inlaws don't like spicy food, but I barely got any 'cuz they ate it all up so fast!

I made at least 10 more of those quesadillas I mentioned below. I couldn't get enough of the carnitas and good mexican cheese. Thanks to Shannon for hounding me to buy the Costco carnitas. It's so easy and delicious.

Other stuff I've made recently that I really liked...
Homemade french fries - must double fry, salt generously as soon as they're out of the oil and eat immediately
Croque-monsieur - YUM! Basically a kicked-up ham and cheese. I've wanted to make these forever. Thank goodness I did.
Peppermint Bark ice cream and warm brownie
Manchego cheese and dry salami