Sunday, July 20, 2025

Sam’s Three Bean Salad

 INGREDIENTS:

Dressing

  • ¾ Cup White Wine Vinegar
  • ¼ Cup Olive Oil
  • Juice of 1 Lemon
  • 2 Tbsp Sugar
  • 3-5 Cloves Garlic, smashed whole
  • 2 Tsp Mustard Seed
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Salad

  • 10oz Frozen Hericort Verts, thawed & chopped
  • 15oz Cannellini Beans, rinsed & drained
  • 16oz Chickpeas, rinsed & drained
  • ¼ Cup Shallot, sliced
  • 1 Tbsp Garlic, minced

DIRECTIONS:

  1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, mix together dressing ingredients and cook until sugar is dissolved. About 5 minutes. 
  2. While dressing is heating up, slice shallot and mince garlic. Put into a non-reactive bowl. 
  3. Once sugar has dissolved, pour dressing into the non-reactive bowl containing the shallot and garlic. Let sit and cool for 5-10 minutes.
  4. Once cooled to room temp, add in beans and mix well to combine. Bean salad should sit at least overnight before serving for flavors to mix.
  5. Salad will store for about a week.

Friday, July 11, 2025

Sam’s Steroid Recipe

 To mitigate issues caused by steroid packs, do the following:

  • take all the pills at once in the evening,
  • then, before bed, take a concoction and an extra Mirapex, and
  • *optional* wear a diaper while sleeping in case of pee-mergencies.
  • Thursday, July 03, 2025

    Hard Boiled Eggs

    Place eggs in a cold pan and cover with cold water. Cook just until the water starts to boil. Once the water boils, remove the pan from the burner, place on a trivet, cover the pan with a lid, and set a timer for 14:30. Once the timer goes off, place the eggs in a large bowl of cold water for about 15 minutes. Refrigerate.

    Smoky Sam’s BBQ Rub & Seasoning

     Small Batch:

    • 2 - 2.5 TBSP Brown Sugar
    • 1.5 TBSP Smoked Paprika
    • 1 TBSP Kosher Salt
    • 1 TBSP Garlic Powder
    • 1 TBSP Onion Powder
    • 1 TBSP Paprika
    • 0.75 - 1 TBSP Chipotle Chili Powder
    • 0.5 TBSP Black Pepper
    • 0.5 TBSP Dark Chili Powder
    • 0.5 TBSP Ancho Chili Powder