breakfast for dinner

i had an idea for a breakfast a long time ago and hadnt gotten around to make it until now. the idea came from these grilled cheese sandwiches i make. i use hamburger roll and press them down making like a hockey puck grilled cheese, and in the right pan you can make four no problem at once. the original idea was to put a layer of corned beef hash on top then top it with a fried egg; in a restaurant i'd mold the hash and egg to fit nicely on top of the sammich but i'm not putting forth that effort for a quick dinner.

instead of corned beef hash i made a hash out of left over pork, potatoes, and broccoli.

i used cheddar cheese on the sandwich, and i like mustard on my grilled cheese.

cooked em' in butter, although i often use mayo on the outside of the bread instead of butter in the pan but since i'm gonna cook an egg in there too the butter is more practical

i press them down on both sides, it helps the cheese melt better

the sandwiches are under the pile of hash although it's hard to tell

a little ketchup because eggs and hash aren't complete without it.

then a sunny side up egg on top of it all, good shit; real good shit

a couple huge sandwiches

i've done steak sandwiches in the past, but today i'm gonna make huge ones.


i did the vegetables first because the meat takes almost no time to cook, the mushrooms are separate because my brother and i dont like mushrooms.

when the veggies are cooked i add the meat.

mix it a bit and cook for a minute or two


add the cheese, melt it, and serve.

the tuna can is for scale

one with mushroom, one with out

two huge sammiches

one last look, this was a damn good dinner

chorizo tacos

it was lunch time today and i felt hungry. i knew there was chorizo in the fridge, but i also knew there was no bread in the house. we had tortillas though, so i figured chorizo tacos would satisfy my sammich craving; i consider a taco to be a sandwich if you disagree i don't care.


i knew i needed some kinda topping, and i had all the ingredients i needed for salsa. this is tomato, jalapeno, garlic, cilantro, salt, and lime juice.

i started the chorizo in a pan with a little oil.
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after a few minutes i added onions.

the onions absorb some of the delicious red chorizo fat. this is a great example the positive meaning of greasy, sloppy mess.

i fried the torilla on one side, the on the other.

when the second side started to brown i folded it and finished it on all sides

there you have it, homemade taco shells. i did the later ones better, fried them a little darker.

start with the chorizo and onions.

a good scoop of the salsa.

and finally some cheddar cheese. this was a damn good taco.

bbq'd beef sandwich

i did this a couple weeks ago, just got around to posting it. i had a chunk of shell sirloin in the freezer and keep seeing things about this barbecued tritip they do in california. so i decide to make a bbq beef sammich.

basic white roll, good shit.

huge chunk of bbq'd beef, coffee and spice rubbed

i wanted it a bit rarer, i think my thermometer might need to calibrated, havent done it in a year.



i like mustard on my beef sandwich, this is dijon i believe

a good pile o' beef

red onion is a must, i opted for bleu cheese, although i regretted this decision; it was a bit much

spring mix on top of all that and you're ready to go.

looks as good as i remember

and the action shot, all in all a great sammich

meatball sub

My mom made spaghetti and meatballs last night, she makes the best out there as well. i also had a bunch of rolls, including sub rolls, left over from the fish sandwiches. the logical thing do, at least from my point of view, is to make a hell of a meatball sub.

somewhat stale sub roll with mozzarella, popped it in the toaster oven for like 5 minutes

cheese is melted and bread is crispy, the meatballs and extra sauce were microwaved while the bread was toasting

two meatballs and a good bit of extra sauce.

i split the meatballs in half and topped it with the sauce.

a little bit of powered parmesean and i call it lunch and a good lunch it was even though most of that sauce ended up on my shirt.

fish sandwich

this was half a request and half a craving. i love a good fried fish sandwich, it's really simple and very satisfying.


i like to keep my sandwich relatively plain. the most important thing is a good homemade tartar sauce.

for vegetable i all put is lettuce to cool it down a bit. i also added a splash of homemade chili vinegar for a little burn.

this is my breaded fish. i used season flour, eggs mixed with hot sauce, and a combo of crushed wavy lays and bread crumbs.

i shallow fry the fish in vegetable oil.

here's a couple of the fish pieces. brown and crispy.

i dress both sides of the roll with tartar sauce.

a good pile of fried cod.

i pour the vinegar on the fish then top with lettuce.

the final product, unassuming but delicious.

that's an action shot right there, looks good don't it?