Alton Brown Feeds Us

I am a newly minted married missus! The wedding went quite well and the honeymoon was wonderfully relaxing. Once I have all the pictures uploaded to my computer, I will have to show you some of the great food we ate. Aaron and I both agreed that I won in the food ordering most meals, but his dinners were not shabby, either.

The first food we made together as a married duo was, what else, mini man burgers. We are now the proud owners of four sets of garlic and onion powder spice jars. Aaron brought two sets into the marriage, myself one, and one was purchase on the honeymoon for the mini man burgers. So, if you have a recipe that includes onion powder and/or garlic powder, we would happily accept it. We may even invite you over for dinner to share in the onion and garlic powder bounty.

Once we came back home, I set out to make two new dishes for our new life. The first up was potstickers. I adapted Alton Brown’s recipe in a few ways because the store did not have ground pork (turkey was substituted) and, in our merging of assets, some of my assets have yet to relocate. Namely, the Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Determined to soldier on, I substituted Stubb’s BBQ sauce for Worcestershire, and a little white sugar and molasses for brown sugar. Not quite the same, but it turned out tasty, with a little Southwest flair. It took about two hours to make and cook all the potstickers, but we have eaten them at three meals now, so the time put in was well worth it.

The other new dish I tried was a little lighter fare. I stuck with Alton Brown and made Artichoke Pasta Salad. Quick to throw together and a great summer salad. Cooked some chicken breast (with onion and garlic powder!) and shredded it, cut up some perfectly ripe grape tomatoes, some herbs and tossed with pasta. I like it just a little warm because the herbs perk it up a little. The two things I would adapt next time is using more artichoke and adding a little cooked pancetta for that crunchy, salty kick.

I am not sure what is next on the radar of dishes to make, but I will have fun discovering them!