Torta Lunch from El Jefe Food Truck

Tasty chicken torta from El Jefe Food Truck, very generous on the chicken, and the included salsa was very hot! Highly recommended! 

Mid-Week Pork Chops

I had two pork chops left in the freezer, and needed something tasty for dinner. I also had a Brussels sprouts and cucumber and herbs from the garden, so I went...

Rubbed the chops with Szeged Rib Seasoning (they are famous for their hot and sweet paprikas), left them aside to tend to the veg. 

Diced up the cucumber, tossed with fresh chopped cilantro, mint, and Thai basil from the garden, and squeezed several key limes onto them... Sprinkled on some spice that contained habanero, chipotle, and orange flavour (thank you, Michelle Talbot!) and tossed to combine. 

The Brussels sprouts I did quick-and-easy, trimmed and washed them, then inserted my narrow paring knife thru the stem end to the crown. Then I threaded them onto kebab skewers, and put them on the kebab racks to start cooking before the chops. 

Chops went on, flipped, the sprout kebabs flipped a few times, and it was dinner time!

Tender juicy chops cut like butter, and with the rib seasoning was very tasty! The Brussels sprouts - this may well be the best way to cook them without heating up your oven. With the steel skewer impaling them, they cook from the inside as well as from the outside, and a little char really sweetens them up! The cucumber salad was cool and refreshing, at least until the habanero kicked in! 

Fourth of July Burgers

To celebrate Independence Day, we fried up burgers and served with mac and cheese and broccoli. The burgers were half-pounders before cooking, three parts ground chuck to one part ground turkey, with grated garlic, grated ginger, chopped parsley and chopped green onion. I added Korean bulgogi marinade to the mixture  too, and the burgers were pan-fried and served on pretzel buns with vidalia onion and ripe juicy tomato slices. 

Boxed mac and cheese doctored with chopped bacon and garden fresh thyme and steamed broccoli were the sides. Yum! Loved that pan-fried crust on the burgers!