This week has been a busy week, I'm not gonna lie. However, this is a perfect opportunity to share with you one of my favorite busy-week-but-don't-want-fast-food recipes.
Turkey Keilbasa Hot Pot
1/2- 1 whole turkey keilbasa (I use, I think, Johnson Hill-- whichever one is the MSG-free one, but some good quality hot dogs would be good in here too)
8 oz. dry pasta
1 large can baked beans, your choice of flavor
2-3 TB. jam (I like apricot or peach)
2-3 TB. ketchup
1-2 tsp. curry powder
Cook the pasta. Drain and set aside. Slice the keilbasa or hotdogs. Open the can of beans. Dump the keilbasa in the bottom of a saucepan over medium heat. Let it sizzle around awhile until it starts looking and smelling cooked, about 2-3 minutes. (Now remember, both hot dogs and keilbasa are actually fully cooked in the package, but they taste a lot better if your get them nice and crispy in the pan, and honestly, it can't hurt to cook any meat a little further.) Pour the can of beans on top. Stir the keilbasa all into the beans, and then stir it while it heats up to bubbling hot. (Not molten lava hot, just tasty hot.) Stir in the seasonings. Stir in the cooked pasta. Cook a little longer until everything is yummy hot again (you know, because the pasta probably cooled things down a little.) Serve in bowls. The end. Yum. Start to finish this takes about 15 minutes! If you were feeling less lazy earlier in the week, eat it alongside that nice green salad you have sitting in the fridge.
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Recipe for a Not-Busy Week
Do not have someone die at work.
Do not get up before the cock crows.
Do not go to bed after the cock crows.
Do not attempt to make contact with the outside world.
Do not do the dishes. (Natch.)
Do not do the laundry. (Double-natch.)
Do not fill your car with gas at any time before 10 minutes after you were supposed to hit the interstate for work.
Repeat at least five times in a row for best results.
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I write this as an homage to 50's and 60's era "recipes for a busy week" that invariably appear in church/community cookbooks of the period. They typically go along the lines of "Catch one rabbit. Skin and clean the rabbit. Chop into 1/4-inch pieces. Stew for approximately 5 hours..." etc. etc. etc. and are basically a smart-ass housewife commentary on how feeding a family homecooking is, in itself, a full-time job.
Turkey Keilbasa Hot Pot
1/2- 1 whole turkey keilbasa (I use, I think, Johnson Hill-- whichever one is the MSG-free one, but some good quality hot dogs would be good in here too)
8 oz. dry pasta
1 large can baked beans, your choice of flavor
2-3 TB. jam (I like apricot or peach)
2-3 TB. ketchup
1-2 tsp. curry powder
Cook the pasta. Drain and set aside. Slice the keilbasa or hotdogs. Open the can of beans. Dump the keilbasa in the bottom of a saucepan over medium heat. Let it sizzle around awhile until it starts looking and smelling cooked, about 2-3 minutes. (Now remember, both hot dogs and keilbasa are actually fully cooked in the package, but they taste a lot better if your get them nice and crispy in the pan, and honestly, it can't hurt to cook any meat a little further.) Pour the can of beans on top. Stir the keilbasa all into the beans, and then stir it while it heats up to bubbling hot. (Not molten lava hot, just tasty hot.) Stir in the seasonings. Stir in the cooked pasta. Cook a little longer until everything is yummy hot again (you know, because the pasta probably cooled things down a little.) Serve in bowls. The end. Yum. Start to finish this takes about 15 minutes! If you were feeling less lazy earlier in the week, eat it alongside that nice green salad you have sitting in the fridge.
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Recipe for a Not-Busy Week
Do not have someone die at work.
Do not get up before the cock crows.
Do not go to bed after the cock crows.
Do not attempt to make contact with the outside world.
Do not do the dishes. (Natch.)
Do not do the laundry. (Double-natch.)
Do not fill your car with gas at any time before 10 minutes after you were supposed to hit the interstate for work.
Repeat at least five times in a row for best results.
_________
I write this as an homage to 50's and 60's era "recipes for a busy week" that invariably appear in church/community cookbooks of the period. They typically go along the lines of "Catch one rabbit. Skin and clean the rabbit. Chop into 1/4-inch pieces. Stew for approximately 5 hours..." etc. etc. etc. and are basically a smart-ass housewife commentary on how feeding a family homecooking is, in itself, a full-time job.
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