Homemade Butternut Squash Pasta with Flambeed Chanterelles

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Making homemade pasta has always seemed like a daunting task to me. On par with making your own clothes, it seemed like something that was best left to professionals. But after making my own pasta for the first time I realized it is just as easy, nay easier than making your own clothes. All it takes is a little hard work and the fact that the pasta will be better than anything you can buy out of a box. I'll be right back you guys, this burlap bag - I mean shirt, is itchy. I need to change. 

Yes, those are carrots and not some weird Brazilian root. I found them at the Portland Saturday Farmer's market. Check it out sometime. The sage was foraged, and I would just like to thank my neighbors for not having a fence in their front yard and for never being home. Those chanterelles were also locally sourced, and I would just like to thank my roommate for never cleaning his room. 

Bacon Granny Smith Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Everyone loves a good grilled cheese sandwich. It doesn't matter if you're young or old, sometimes a grilled cheese sandwich is the perfect lunch. Yes, even lactose intolerant people love grilled cheeses, though their colons don't. So get out your holy cheese and pray to Cheezus Crust, and make this divine grilled cheese sandwich or are you a naan believer?

In the words of Buster Bluth, "I was told there would be grilled cheese." This isn't any old grilled cheese though, it's a grilled cheese that puts all others to shame. Sure, you could go with something simple and safe, but what's the fun in that? I personally don't understand people who take the safe route; life is for living, so add some apple and bacon to that sandwich! Some people will say apples don't belong on a sandwich, but let them talk and have their wrong opinion. They don't know the joy of something weird and different, so they can enjoy their meal of quiet judgement while you eat one of the best grilled cheese sandwiches of your life.

Maple and Apple Crepe Cake

Oh, that's right internet, it's a crepe cake. Delicious maple crepes stacked between layers of cinnamon sugar apples and a pumpkin spiced cream cheese icing. May your box brownies walk away in shame in the presence of this king of desserts. It's seasonal, impressive looking once you've cut into it, and delicious. A word of warning before you Pinterest-loving-sugar addicts decide to make this, just remember it's so labour intensive you might need to get a building permit, so only make it if you're at like a Walter White level of cooking or greater.  

I don't have much to rant about this week. I always talk about myself on here, but I never ask, how are you? Oh, really? No, way. I can't believe that! Well just tell her next time she goes there to bring a moist towelette. Just remember no one is judging you as harshly as you judge yourself. Okay, back to me and this fantastic recipe that will result in a pile of sugar.

Pork Apple Barrel Spending Burger

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I've been wanting to make this burger and put it up on the blog for a long time and we all know once you've built something up in your mind for such a long time, it always lives up to your expectations. Before I continue to ramble on about how perfect this burger is for an autumn weekend dinner, I want to explain the name of the burger. No I'm not going to explain the joke to you and why it works, but I do want to say that I took a page out of Bob's Burgers book and made a burger of the day. If you don't watch Bob's Burgers then you probably should. Why? Because you're reading this blog and you obviously have some brain functionality and like to laugh.

I'm not going to keep talking about a burger. It's a pork burger with apple chutney, goat cheese, and onion rings served with a beet and goat cheese "salad". That's all you need to know, enjoy.