Last night I made a brisket that a popular food web site said was going to be amazing, and it was extremely not amazing. I’d categorize it somewhere closer to gross, and I probably won’t try to make a brisket ever again.
The bad brisket didn’t ruin my weekend, though. I slept ’til nearly noon Saturday and yesterday (thanks Rockford!), we finally replaced the light fixture in the dining room, and I wrapped up the weekend by watching the first hour of the Golden Globes, then “Downton Abbey” and then the last hour of “Golden Globes.” And I think everyone in the house is finally healthy again.
Here’s hoping the rest of this week’s meals are a bit tastier than the Great Brisket Fiasco!
- Monday: Black bean soup
- We ate the leftovers of last week’s chicken tortilla soup almost every day, and every day Pete asked for more beans. He also asked when I would make him a just-bean soup. Today’s the day, little buddy.
- Tuesday: Chicken Piccata
- I’m not sure I’ve ever tried to make chicken piccata before, but Rockford loves lemony chicken so I’d be surprised if I hadn’t. Leaky memories aside, I’m hoping this will be tangy and lovely.
- Wednesday: Cheeseburgers
- This week it was Pete’s turn to pick the kids’ choice meal, and he picked his favorite food of all time: “Cheeeeeeeseburgers!”
- Thursday: Festival of Leftovers
- I’m banking on having soup and chicken leftovers, obviously. I’m not sure what we’ll do otherwise.
- Friday: Pizza
- We made our own pizza last week, and it turned out pretty great. We’ll probably do it again this week.
Changing out light fixtures makes such a difference, we’ve changed out five since we moved into this house, makes the it seem like a whole new room. I’m planning to replace all the rest at some point. Which brisket recipe did you use, so I can avoid in the future? I tend to just do a simple one with lots of sliced onions and beef stock in the crock pot, but I usually sear it first.