Beef Brisket and Fixings

Beef Brisket w/Mop Sauce

After purchasing all the ingredients for this recipe, I read the little side note at the end that says “this is for fresh brisket, not corned beef.” Well, all my grocery store had was corned beef so I just continued on with the recipe. The Mop Sauce was really easy to make.

I just mixed all the ingredients and poured it over the beef. I let it bake for two hours and it actually came out perfect (well, maybe a little more done than it needed to be, but still tasted good). This was super simple, as long as you have the time to let it bake for a couple hours, you’re golden with this recipe. ​

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Mushroom-Swiss Mac N Cheese

I made this for the department picnic I had last week. One reason was because the main ingredient is cream cheese, and the other because who doesn’t love mac n cheese? When I originally made it, it was so completely cheesy that I was intrigued even myself. 

It looked and smelled even more delicious after I baked it in the over. For the picnic though, I had to reheat it in a crock pot. Though it still tasted not bad, I’m sure it would have been heavenly right out of the oven. As for the recipe, it wasn’t difficult to make and I love that there were mushrooms. While I was sauteing the mushrooms and onions, it smelled to aromatic. Thank goodness I had already eaten dinner that night.

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Creamy Garlic Dressing

To go along with dinner and the beef brisket, I felt like a salad would be great and what better way to cross something off the list than with a dressing recipe. This one is to die for. I am a big fan of garlic, and the fact that this is creamy is just even more great. The recipe was super simple: put all ingredients together and shake. 

That’s it! I loved making it for this reason. And when I topped my salad with it, it was amazing. This is probably going to be my favorite recipe out there when it comes to dressings. You all should definitely try this one. ​​

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Orange Meringue Pie

So I decided to add something not so easy to the mix for dessert. A meringue pie, and guess what? It was a B* to make. The filling was fine and dandy, heat up some orange juice and sugar and there you have it. But the meringue. Now, I knew going into this that it would be a pain, but it was an even bigger pain that I thought. 

I think I literally whipped the cream for twenty minutes before it started to form peaks. Maybe I have a bad mixer, or perhaps this is just true in nature for meringue. Needless to say, I didn’t have fun making this one. I did however have fun eating it. It tasted so great and I’m just glad that the meringue on top turned out ok and caramelized perfectly in the oven. I don’t think I’ll make this again unless I can find pre-made meringue somewhere. ​​

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I'm going to try to go in order from now on, just to make it slightly easier to keep track of. Next up on my list is: Southern Buttermilk Biscuits, Southern BBQ Chicken, Down Home Hush Puppies, Catfish Spread, and Lemonade Icebox Pie. We will see how many I get done, but it's nice to dream right? Stick around!