Brewing tonight

I'm slightly modifying my hop schedule in a single malt, single hop pale ale and also experimenting with using a muslin sack for my grain during the mash/sparge process.  Hopefully I can extract the same sugars with less mess...

Video from my new job!

New baby survival quick dinner!

Dinner tonight is as quick and easy as it gets for us.  With a four day old baby time is short, but we still need nutritious energy to keep up with our two and a half year old.
Here's the result;

Broiled panko crusted hake with fresh greens and herbed brown rice.

The Hake

16oz of hake filets
1 cup panko
1 tbsp Chachere's(see below) or mix of cayenne and salt
1 tsp curry powder
1 egg

Rinse and pat dry filets.  Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, beat egg in another.  Dip and coat filets in egg, then coat with panko mix.  Place on a baking tray and broil until slightly blackened.

Herbed Brown Rice

1 bag frozen whole grain brown rice
1 tbsp herbs de provence
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Mix herbs with rice, heat in microwave, when done toss with olive oil

I made the rice while the fish cooked, and then placed fresh greens, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and a pepper grinder on the table.  All told, about 15-20 minutes including prep and a very healthy meal.  I made this while my wife was nursing and my older daughter was sitting on her potty watching dora.  We like multi-tasking.

As you may have noticed these recipes are more like a blueprint that can be modified to your tastes or easily experimented with.  Enjoy!

Here's a link to the number one secret flavoring in my kitchen- I don't cook with salt, unless I'm using Chachere's...

http://shop.tonychachere.com/original-creole-seasoning-17-oz-p-21715.html

Yummy grapefruit sorbet!

Last minute brew...

Quick post from my new phone.  As our second child's due date rapidly approaches, I'm trying my second all grain beer, an imperial IPA.  This will be my first kegged beer, and should be ready in about 10 days.  Good times!  Will post more soon..