Creamy Honey Mustard

By now you realize that I'm a sauce and dressing guy. One of the best things I've ever come across is a delicious and sweet honey mustard that rivals those like restaurants make. It goes well with fried chicken salads, chicken fingers, chick fila sandwiches, and other things involving chicken. This is very similar to Marzetti's, Ken's, and O'Charlie's. Here are the things you will need:

1/2 cup mayo
1/3 cup yellow mustard
1/4 cup honey
1 tbsp white/cider vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp black pepper

Mix ingredients together in a container or small bowl. The theory of this recipe makes sense in these terms. Mayo and mustard to make the dressing, honey to provide the sweetness, vinegar for the twang, and spices and salt to promote the depth of flavor. It's easy, fast, and quick to make this and keeps quite well in the fridge. Also if you combine this with Hot bacon dressing, you have a combo that will knock your socks off. I'll include the hot bacon dressing recipe soon. Just remember to just experiment in the kitchen. Cooking great things it's easy. Find flavors you like, add a little bit of this and that, and maybe a dash of something else. Great flavor is not that hard to create. Food is awesome and makes us happy.

Mushroom Beer Gravy

I've made this stuff many times for many different dishes and decided to tell everyone how easy it is. Gravies are usually very easy to make and are quick sauce solutions to go with meats and potatoes. You basically mix equal parts of fat and flour, mix into a roux and pour water, stock, or your choice of alcohol over it. What you get is a creamy, delightful collision of happy flavors. This particular one is great on beef and pork and is a pretty good sauce on chicken. This particular instance I was building the best mushroom burger that my wife could muster. It's her favorite burger everywhere she goes. So I think gravy on a burger. Yum was the answer I was seeking and it was awesome. The gravy alone grants its own blog entry. Here are the things you'll need:

1 package of sliced button or Cremini mushrooms
1 beer
1/2 stick of butter (unsalted)
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped green onion
1 tbsp course grind Black Pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

In a skillet, melt butter on medium high heat and add the entire package of sliced mushrooms. When mushrooms are slightly browned, pour in Worcestershire and stir. Add in the flour and stir until gloppy. Roux should be medium brown color. Add beer slowly in stages and stir constantly (Guinness is the best beer for this, but any beer will work). Once gravy is a creamy consistency, turn heat to low. Add remaining seasonings and simmer for 3 minutes. Add green onion for color and flavor and you're ready to roll. Start to finish takes about 5-7 minutes once the butter is melted. This stuff is delicious on anything and is wonderful on mashed potatoes. As a burger, I had to use very dense absorbent bread so French bread is what I used. That way the bread soaked up the gravy without destroying the integrity of the roll.This stuff is great and I hope everyone can enjoy this recipe. Awesome sauce idea.