Not Eggsactly Posting As Often As I Should

I have been remiss in my postings for the last few months. I got working for a friend on his food
truck and my cooking with him meant I wasn't cooking for us, at least as much. But I still chronicled what I did cook, but have nolt had the time to properly post it. Now I am going to try to make up for my lax behavior by posting several meals/dishes in this one post

Frying-Pan Steamed Eggs
The first is steamed egss. I placed 3 Pyrex glass prep bowls in a frying pan with about half an inch of water in the pan. I Sprayed the prep bowls with non stick spray and cracked an extra-large egg onto each cup and covered the pan. I heat the water to steaming. Soon I had lovely egg that resembles a poached egg - white set, yolk runny. Perfect for dipping, which is the perfect use of an egg. If you try this, use a paper towel to remove the condensed steam.

 Scrambled Egg Nachos
Yup, eggs again! My wife loves scrambled eggs and it may be my least favorite way to eat eggs. That being said, they are still eggs and I love them! But I do try new ways to prepare them, and this day, I made NACHOS! Simply a layer of corn chips, topped with light fluffy scrambled eggs followed by the nacho toppings of your choice. Today I used salsa and cherry tomatoes. 

Grilled Hot Dogs with Home-Pickled Onions & Tomatoes - CARB FREE
After Eggs, hot dogs may be the most perfect food. These were simply grilled (adter being sliced almost in half then covered with some pickled onions I had just made and garden freesh pear & cherry tomatoes, with a trail of Dijon mustard on the side 

Capt. Len's Smoked Chicken & Root Veggies in a Crock Pot 
As I have mentioned, I have been helping out on a Capt. Len's BBQ food truck since last summer. One of the great benefit's of working on The Captain's food truck is, well, THE FOOD. Smoked Baby Back Ribs, Smoked Brisket, Smoked Pork Butt and Smoked Chicken! I brought home a perfectly smoked chicken and wanted to do include it in a dish at home. I sliced some root veggies (carrots, turnips and onions), and put them in the bottom of a lined crock pot with a can of cream of celery soup, and let them cook until almost tender. I then cut the whole chicken into quarters (my wife gets the white quarters), and placed it on the veggies. When the chicken was heated through, the veggies were tender and everything was delicious. You could do this with a rotisserie chicken, but smoked is SO good, why would you?

Scrambled Eggs for Dinner? - Of Course!
I mentioned earlier in the post that my wife ("Turkey") prefers her eggs scrambled. And unlike me, she does not care for breakfast. How do we make it work? Breakfast becomes dinner! She likes hers with lots of cheese and green onions, and how can you not love that! I top mine with Chili Sauce, which is really just chunky ketchup, but sooo much better! A few garden tomatoes on the side and toast from "Turkey's" homemade bread and dinner is complete and ready to eat.

Earl Cooks Horseradish Cheddar Mashed Potatoes & Microwave Pot Roast - A Review

Recently, while shopping at Walmart, I came across two items that I hoped would be tasty building blocks for a quick weeknight meal (1  a "chef inspired" beef pot roast and (2 Horseradish Cheddar Mashed Potatoes. I was only partly right, and partly very wrong!

It is tough to ruin beef pot roast, but Walmart's own Great Value frozen beef pot roast is horrible! I should have read the label closer...why?

1. It only had microwave instructions. I don't like proteins that are microwaved. They never taste right and the consistency is often ruined. I thought there would be alternate instructions, but there were none.
2. The meat had been injected with a 20% solution of I-don't-know-what but that means it is really 20% less meat and therefore 20% more expensive. That means that roast beef that is $5/lb is really $6/lb! And this solution is probably something to tenderize (bad omen) and flavor (again, bad). Even a lesser cut of beef is good when properly seasoned and cooked.

 Now for the potatoes. They were okay. Anyone who has read my blog know that I think packaged potaoes are fine...usually. Idahoan are consistently the best, so I normally stick with theirs, but the attraction of cheddar AND horseradish made me buy Walmart's premium store brand Sam's Choice™. These I might even buy again, but not soon. I think I could add my own horseradish and cheddar and get a better result. I ended up adding a nice sharp cheddar to the little cheddar they had.

The photo above shows the roast beef on the plate. I used a bit of my own horseradish sauce, which wasn't enough to make the beef good. My wife (a.k.a. "Turkey") couldn't even finish hers. The leftovers of the beef went straight into the trash. A rare thing for me to do. I almost never throw food away, but I couldn't see another answer.

Result & Conclusions
DON'T BUY THE ROAST BEEF! I wish I could find the chef who inspired this. They need to have their chef's hat and coat removed! The potatoes are okay, but I would try a better brand and add my other ingredients to them.