BAM!

Most Saturdays, we spend a part of the day deciding what we want to eat during the week so we can make a shopping list and head to the grocery store. Some weeks, nothing sounds good. Other weeks, everything sounds good. Both situations are bad because neither help us make a shopping list.

On Saturday though, I remembered a Food Network episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives where the host went to a sports bar in Vegas that had great stromboli. I don't know WHY I remembered that, but I thought stromboli would be good.

A quick search on the Food Network site resulted in a recipe for stromboli by Emeril Lagasse. It looked great, so I thought I'd give it a shot. It was fantastic. The best part was a combination of italian sausage, red peppers, green peppers, onions, garlic, and italian seasoning. That smelled HEAVENLY. So on top of the pizza dough, I put this mixture, ham, pepperoni, provolone, mozarella, and olives. This was all rolled up into a stromboli shape, coated with egg wash, and baked until it was golden brown. Wow! That was a winner. It tasted WAY better than a pizza from any pizza joint in town and in the end, it was a lot less expensive.

Then, on Sunday, we decided that we wanted au gratin potatoes. Another quick search on the Food Network and I found another Emeril recipe with red potatoes. Strangely enough, we had to figure out a main dish to go with this side dish and we settled on ham. These were really good au gratin potatoes. They were creamy and delicious and weren't runny.

So thanks Emeril!

For those of you that want to try these recipes yourself:

Emeril's Stromboli
Emeril's Potatoes Au Gratin

So... as Emeril would say...

Bam!

Delicious.