Chicken Pot Pie

Used THIS recipe as a guideline:

Cut chicken into pieces, fry up
Sauce - 1/3cup butter, half of onion (chopped), sauté until translucent, add 1/2 cups flour, mix until roux-like, add 1/2-1cup milk
Add chicken, carrots, celery, potaties and peas to above mix. Season to taste.

Store-bought pie crusts - line a form with one crust, brush with egg white, bake separately for 5-7min (this prevented the bottom crust from getting soggy). Add filling to it, cover with second unbaked crust, and cut holes in the top. Bake. Devour.

Chai Tea

Used THIS recipe exactly

Russian Potato Salad (Оливье)

Boil the following ingredients in same pot: 2 large potatoes (Russet or red, skin intact), 3-4 eggs, 3-4 carrots (peeled), 4 hot dogs (optional, can substitute with any cooked meat like brisket or kielbasa, or leave meat out)

• Cool above ingredients until room temperature, then peel potatoes and eggs, and chop into bite size chunks
• Dump canned peas into mix (~1 small can, strained)
• Add 2-3 chopped pickles (whichever flavor you prefer)
• Add 2-3 tbsp mayo to dress the salad
• Garnish with a heaping handful of finely chopped parsley or dill  
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Optional variations: add hot banana peppers and spice with paprika in addition to black pepper

Fresh Squeezed Juice

Simple Mixture: apples, carrots, celery, parsley and ginger

(Add beet for a deep red color for your juice!)

Beef Brisket

Preheat the oven - 325F
Prep onions/carrots/potatoes/garlic 

• carrots/potatoes into bite-sized chunks
• garlic should be whole(ish) - doesn't matter if it is broken up a bit, the only thing we care about is that the shell has been removed 

Take out the roasting pan and layer it with a lot of onions/garlic (lets say 3/4) and some of the potatoes/carrots (closer to 1/3)

·      If this doesn't cover the bottom of the pan pretty thoroughly, we need more onions

Prep the sauce for the brisket - 3 parts bbq sauce/2 parts beer/1 part ketchup

• Go for a saucy consistency, not a watery one
• Should be enough to cover the entire brisket, but not so much to turn the pan into the soup

Home Made Cheese Crackers ("goldfish")

Followed THIS recipe
Seasoned half to taste with oregano, cayenne and garlic powder

NYC Cart Food

Home made gyro meat: THIS recipe

1lb ground beef + 1lb ground lamb, spices and onion (juice squeezed out)

Blended meat packed into bread pan, arranged for baking

Almost baked "loaf" sliced for frying on griddle

Chicken/rice/sauce: THIS recipe

Chicken marinating in a baggie

Chicken and rice cooked, ready for assembly

Pita/bread: we used garlic naan, toasted and sliced

Garnish: chopped parsley

Assembled meal

Delicious!