You Don't Know Jack/Tasty Thursday

Tasty Thursday

Friday night we began our Labor Day Weekend with a drive to Lawrence, Kansas to pick up one daughter and brought the other one along. As with any longish road trip, food has to be in the plan. Especially when the trip has to start after 5:30 pm.

Our choice in Overland Park, Kansas was 

Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue.

 I love how I have all 3 of them in this shot with the mirror helping me out.

So great seating is a plus for them to begin with.

The Gluten Free option Rachel shared with her dad was called The Round Up.

Sampling of Sliced Beef, Pork, Ham, and Pork Spare Ribs. 

Sides of Cheesy Corn and Baked Beans. 

Definitely enough to share.

Kirsten picked out the Arkansas Topper after much deliberation. 

 "Boneless chicken breast topped with barbecue sauce, cheddar and jack cheese, and your choice of barbecue meat." straight from the menu.

No complaints and the fries were a huge score!

This comes from my Hamburger connoisseur.

My dinner pick was something I wouldn't normally choose.

I like a little spice and this one fit the bill pretty good. Not too hot but definitely had a bit of a kick. And you never go wrong with bacon. Just my opinion.

"Pepper jack cheese, bacon and side of chipotle ranch."

Served on a whole wheat bun but I mainly ate the meat portion with the fries and was totally satisfied. 

Hunger. Gone.

This is not a fly-by BBQ joint. It's a firmly established part of Kansas City Barbecue tradition having been around since 1957. 

If you haven't tried Kansas City Barbecue, 

You Don't Know Jack!

Ron's Chicken and Potatoes/ Tasty Thursday

Tasty Thursday

There are so many good dinner ideas out there and my husband found us one this week. It was a good thing he felt ambitious because I've been drowning in prepping for the annual A to Z April Blog Challenge over at my other blog. Maybe next month you'll have a look-see. There'll be 26 opportunities to view something from A to Z.
Back to the dinner....

Rachel rolled up the bacon .

I Highly recommend a splatter screen for the chicken and bacon frying portion. Flavor will be an awesome combination though, I promise!

A couple before and after of the new potatoes cut in half. Added in onion and

some of these little numbers, seeded and sliced.

The end result, Ron gets best husband award for this delish meal.

Have a wonderful Thursday!!

Left Wing, Right Wing/ Tasty Thursday

No matter what your political alliances are,

ya gotta eat.

So don't get your feathers ruffled and take a look at our meal of the week.

Well, one of the meals anyway.

I guess it's a good time to point out that this recipe doesn't use chicken 'wings'.

We used chicken tenderloin strips.

Served with a helping of mashed potatoes, this became as Ron stated, 

"a dang good meal".

Notice he didn't use any "fowl" language?!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

  We changed it up a bit by using Italian seasoning rather than oregano, as well as an extra large can of black beans. The salsa of your choice could give it a little different flavor each time as well. This recipe was from "Tip Hero" online and I recommend giving it a try.