Here we are, first Friday in Lent. Who wants to talk about food that we all gave up on social media that we’re all cutting back on?
See, this is why I earn the big bucks. Strategery!
SATURDAY
PORK RIBS, ROLLITOS(?), SALAD
Oven roasted pork ribs. They’re greasily delicious! Out of respect for the season, I have altered the image to accommodate your pansy self so you won’t be tempted:
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Oh, that’s just weird. Here’s a clearer picture:
[img attachment=”91298″ align=”aligncenter” size=”full” alt=”elijah ribs” /]
SUNDAY
FANCYBURGERS; CHIPS and DIP; VEGETABLES MAYBE
I guess this was the Superbowl? It seems like soooo long ago. We got some more of that fancy pants grass-fed beef as a thank-you for driving the cattle farm girl to school, and had burgers with Colby jack cheese and fried onions. Good schtuff.
MONDAY
PIZZA
Two pepperoni, two plain
[img attachment=”91299″ align=”aligncenter” size=”full” alt=”pizza lent” /]
Is it possible that I’m the only one who thinks this is funny? TOO BAD.
TUESDAY
PANCAKES and BACON; DUNKIN’ DONUTS
Tuesday is my Day of Great Suffering. There’s just no end of unpleasant things that have to get done on Tuesday, and then of course we had to vote, which was a giant, foul cherry on top of a sundae of suckitude. We didn’t get home until nearly 6:30, and then it was time to CELEBRATE.
It was at 5:30 that I suddenly realized Benny never really got lunch. So we got donuts. Not a Mardi Gras tradition, just some terrible mothering.
ASH WEDNESDAY
SPAGHETTI, GARLIC BREAD, SALAD
I am so ashamed of how much spaghetti and garlic bread I ate. So ashamed. I was reasonable about the salad, though. *pat pat*
THURSDAY
Korean pork with bamboo shoots and asparagus; white rice
Yep, that was the whole justification for the title: We had asparagus during Lent.
I bought a shit ton of pork without any clear plan, because it was 99 cents a pound. Grabbed a pound of asparagus because it was also on sale. Then we ran out of coffee, and when I was at the store, they had bamboo shoots on sale.
Then it hit me. THIS COULD ALL BE A THING. I sliced the pork up thinnish, and made a quadruple recipe of the sauce for the Korean Beef Bowl from Damn Delicious I made last week. Here’s the sauce:
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil (couldn’t find it; used veg oil)
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red-pepper flakes, or more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
I let the pork marinate in the sauce all day, then browned it up and added the bamboo shoots and chopped-up asparagus in the last few minutes. Sure enough, it was a thing! A very, very nice thing. This sauce is so tasty and easy, I want to take it behind the junior high and get it pregnant.
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If so, the following picture will not affright you:
[img attachment=”91300″ align=”aligncenter” size=”full” alt=”marinating pork” /]
Ha ha! Aren’t you glad you’re Catholic? Lent is awesome.
FRIDAY
Tuna sandwiches.
Do you have any idea how late I’m running today?
Oh, you could tell? Fine. Asparagus!
