Ladies and gentlemen… The 2014 Spring Training season at Salt River Fields is now in session!
Managed to catch this fly over as they finished the National Anthem this afternoon! I swear, I never get tired of working here! I love it.
Hope everybody ends up out in the Valley of the Sun at least once to catch one of these games. Our weather is too good to miss, this time of year!
Went and saw the best artist alive yesterday to get some color splashed into my sleeve and I’m so, so, so thrilled with how it turned out!
If you haven’t already, please check out my artist, he’s local to Glendale, Arizona and has endless talent and true creativity. He’s also amazing with cover ups and re-works. He can take a piece you hate and turn it into something you’ll love (which I plan on having him do to this ruined left arm of mine!) find him on Facebook at Art by Manny 2.0 and on Instagram @tattoomanny
The detail is incredible and that white ink makes it pop, so hard. It looks like a sticker on my arm, this photo doesn’t even do it justice…
I snapped a few photos at home after I cleaned it up…
I really can’t wait to finish now. It’s just so gorgeous to me. And meaningful.
Manny’s vision really brought mine to life and I couldn’t be happier to have found somebody who cares as much about the art on my body as I do.
Until next time…
Ever want to make a romantic meal for your man, but his “favorite” gets overdone and you want something new? Well, this might be the trick.
I had NO idea what to make this valentines, it literally snuck up on me and I wasn’t going to serve another booger and fries like I had planned…
So, with booger defrosted, I went at something new.
It’s a burger, covered in cheese and topped with a spicy gravy like sauce that has a huge black pepper kick. It’s made with chicken broth, from scratch and is pretty quick to whip up from your standard roux. The bed of fries is my tried and true baked fry recipe found here.
Ingredients:
1 lb ground turkey
1 c bread crumbs, any kind
1 egg
1 tsp garlic powder/ onion powder
2 c chicken stock
2 tbsp flour
2 tbsp butter
cheese of choice
Ingredients for potato wedges are in the link, don’t forget about those!
Directions:
In a large bowl, mix the meat with the bread crumbs and egg and seasoning. If it’s too wet, add more crumbs, if it’s too dry add another egg, but the chances of that are sliiiiim Jim.
Now, shape those burgers like hearts. Over exaggerate the shape, because they’ll “meh” as they cook and loose shape.
I like to fry my turkey burgers in bacon grease. Because turkey doesn’t give off the essential oil that burgers get fried in, it’s a great alternative and you don’t have to use a flavorless option like vegetable oil or whatever else you were planning to use… Don’t have bacon grease? You will soon enough. Whenever you make breakfast, save your sausage or bacon grease in a glass bowl with a lid, in the fridge. It’s great for lots of things and stays good for longer than it’ll take you to use it.
Fry the burgers in a skillet over medium high heat, covered until they’re cooked, flipping a few times. There’s no “too done” with turkey, thus, no rare. They’ve got to be cooked THROUGH. If they crack, well, shit. That’s just the way the universe unfolds and it can’t be fixed. Don’t press the burgers, ever. Turkey tends to crack very easily because of less fat strands holding the ground meat together.
Prep those fries and get them in the oven asap. As soon as you throw down the burgers, preferably.
Then, start the sauce.
In a medium or small sauce pan, over medium high, melt the butter and add the flour, whisking until a hint of golden appears, making a proper roux.
Add the chicken stock, which I make from scratch, the recipe can be found here. (aaaah, future link!) Also add about a tablespoon, seriously, of black pepper. Salt to taste, if at all.
Whisk constantly until a gravy like consistency is formed, keeping in mind it’ll thicken as it cools.
When your fries are almost done, throw some cheese on those hearts. Literally and figuratively, because this meal’s a brick.
To assemble, pile fries on a plate, place a burger on top and smother with the sauce.
No garnish, to fancy pants, nada. Just some sexy deliciousness.
Enjoy!
