Posts Tagged ‘homemade’

Pa boy sandwich with homemade mayonnaise.

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

A couple of quick stories. First the Pa Boy, it’s named after a sandwich Pa made when he was in town a couple months ago (no shrimp, just kinda clever). When we went to Trader Joe’s he was “allowed” to pick out some items of his own. The things he grabbed were deli meat and these awesome little artisan rolls (and an apple pie). When we got back home Pa made up some sandwiches, Z ate ‘em up like crazy. We’ve been getting these rolls for sandwiches “like when Pa was here” ever since. A simple sandwich consisting of sliced deli meat, tomatoes and mayonnaise, add whatever you like but keeping it simple is best here. We mmmm with every bite of these. Thank you for dropping these little babies in da basket Pa.

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Sloppy Joe sliders on homemade buns.

Friday, June 18th, 2010

I’ve made these Sloppy Joe’s before and they were wonderful. I vow to never go back to a can and why should anyone? I get to use organic ingredients and I don’t have to add green peppers if i don’t want to. Also, the onions and green peppers in the cans don’t even have flavor or texture by the time you get them anyway, just flavorless mush. Now, we didn’t have buns either and J will NOT use sliced bread for anything that should have a bun. I don’t agree but I can somewhat understand. That means I got to learn how to make my own buns! I tried the first recipe I could find with good comment reviews and wallah! The girls loved them and the buns were perfect size and flavor. Plus they were a little more sturdy then regular buns, for lack of a better word. They were perfect for the sloppiness of the Joe meaning they didn’t sag or get mushy. Also when making your own buns you can make them any size you wish. I decided to go with sliders to be different and cute as well as a big Sloppy Joe is very hard to handle, especially for a 5 year old. We ate everything up and even little Z ate a whole sandwich to herself. They were perfect for her little hands. Kid and mother approved. These will be in rotation.

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