Looks delicious!

I took ZERO offense my friend, your original comment absolutely put a smile on my face :)

This looks amazing. But it also reminds me of Hamburger Helper, in which case it’s still amazing.

Fair.

I might be drunk and hungry, for the record.

Also fair.

Those are all great follow-up tips on the making-of. I really appreciate you being so detailed in the thread on your process and how it turned out, it’s always good to get an inside look at the breakdown of what went right or wrong.

Thanks! I usually do a prime rib, but decided to switch it up this year and do pastas. I made this, a mac & cheese, and some crab dip as an appetizer. I’m still bursting at the seems 12 hours later, but it was worth it.

This looks fantastic! Excellent job with a very tricky recipe :)

This was a one meal kind of day, but I’m not about to look up the calorie count any time soon.

Total was $30. Cheaper than Five Guys and most restaurant meals, but that’s more indicative of how bad prices are in general than this place specifically

To be fair, it was exactly $30, but with the current exchange rate you’d only be paying about €29! It’d be a bargain at twice the price!

Regardless, well played!

Couldn’t get the lowered zero on mine. I appreciate you getting the math joke though :)

ℵ0 Guys

It’s at least Ten Guys when comparing quality of burger products.

Only if you continue to not visit places like this for lunch.

It was perfect and soft, just right for a crispy chicken sandwich and a juicy burger.

A place called The Whole Ox. It’s in Northern Virginia, and I can’t recommend it enough if you’re looking for quality meats and home cooked goodies. They have soups, pasta sauces, sausages, and even side dishes that come in little pine boxes that you can slide right into the oven to bake.

It’s my 1 seed when it comes to getting main dishes like prime rib or turkey for my holiday meals, and their frozen stuff is great to break out for mid-week deliciousness that’s low effort.

Just ONE.

I’ve done this in the past, and will do so in the future! The biscuits make a great substitute for a crust, and if you bake it just right, it can make a crispy top as opposed to tasting too much like chicken and dumplings.

Thanks!

This was kind of a thrown together thing, but I’ll try my best!

Ingredients:

• 1 medium onion (small dice)
• 2 ribs celery (small dice)
• 1 large carrot (small dice or grated)
• 8oz cremini mushrooms (sliced)
• 3-6 cloves garlic (diced or a garlic crushed)
• Rotisserie or cooked chicken (I used the leg and thigh meat and 1 breast, diced)
• 1 bunch fresh parsley (finely minced)
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 4tbsp unsalted butter (divided)
• 2tbsp flour
• 1 1/2 - 2 cups chicken stock
• Olive oil
• Salt/pepper
• 9oz fresh pasta (I used linguini)

Recipe:

• In a large pan or pot add olive oil and sliced mushrooms cooking them until they have lost all their water and begin to brown. Add 2tbsp butter to the pan and begin to fry the mushrooms to add a little color.
• Add in onion/carrot/celery/garlic and cook until softened, adding salt and pepper to taste. Once they are done, add in the white wine to de-glaze and continue to stir scraping any brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Add in the remaining butter, and once melted, stir in the flour and cook until the raw flour smell is gone.
• Pour in the chicken stock in stirring/whisking constantly. Bring to a boil and reduce until thickened, also adding in the cooked chicken.
• Cook the pasta according to package directions and take out when it is al dente (about a minute shy of done) and add to the pan with the sauce/veggie mixture. Salt and pepper to taste.
• Add in and mix the chopped/minced parsley, plate up and serve!