The Menu: a 420 feast 🌬️

yr Auntie is from Michigan, and has had a medical marijuana (MMJ) card since 2017, so this post is coming from a legal place, physically and metaphorically speaking!

April 20th is approaching, and you want to celebrate... but you have a ton of food allergies, and would prefer to enjoy the vibe while not in the ER because you ate a dispo freebie you shouldn't have.

So, you get yourself a Magical Butter Machine (not a sponsored link, but I have one and it's absolutely worth it) or your favorite infusion method (that link goes to a WikiHow page, if you don't have a favorite method), a quarter of your favorite strain, and 16oz of your favorite cooking fat: coconut oil, beef tallow, SunButter, olive oil, avocado oil, etc...

This guide will be in two parts: recipes to use your infused fat in to create your own edibles, and recipes to combat the munchies or bring you down if you get a little too high 😅😅

The Edibles:

• So, you want gummies, but you're allergic to gelatin, vegan, or want to boost your dietary fiber? Try agar agar (a seaweed) based recipes like the Honeybee Jelly Squares (yeah, I know honey isn't vegan, you can make it maple chamomile peach flavored if you want). Best with 1/4 cup of infused coconut or avocado oil added to the recipe.

• So, you want to make magic brownies, but can't use dairy, egg, soy, nuts of any kind, or gluten? Try the Espresso Brownies with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of infused beef tallow or avocado oil replacing that much of the un-infused in the recipe. You can leave the coffee granules out of the recipe if you want... but we all know coffee and weed are the perfect pair ❤️❤️

  • You're not a brownie person? How about an Oatmeal Raisin Bar or a Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar? These recipes have smaller yields than the brownies, so I would recommend no more than 1/4 cup infused tallow or oil replacing the un-infused in the recipe... unless you and your people have some serious tolerance.

• So, you have a bunch of infused SunButter, and don't really want to just eat it by the spoonful out of the jar? Make some of it into SunButter Balls!

  • Or perhaps use it as schmear on your morning toast or bagels? Or as the filling of a SunButter and Cinnamon Roll? All of the preceding recipes are just variations of my Master Dough Recipe, and I explain how to do all of them in the master dough master post.

  • Or add a tablespoon to your morning smoothie.

• Non-sweet foods to use infused cooking fat in, for an "infused meal" :

  • Roasted Whole Turkey (or roasted whole chickens) with gravy. I recommend baking a loaf of sandwich bread with the master dough or pinto bean bread, and use your roasted bird in the infused oil, and your gravy made with infused drippings, to make a hot chicken or hot turkey sandwich, an old diner favorite with enough bread to keep you from eating too much infused food. Serve with a scoop of mashed potatoes or rice on the side, which you can infuse or not at your discretion.

  • Lentil Burgers, which can be grilled or pan fried, and eaten with buns made with the master dough recipe, above.

  • The Viral "Boiled Onion", which you can roast alongside the turkey, or grill before you put the lentil burgers on.

  • "Michigan Gold" Barbecue Sauce, with 1/4 cup of infused olive or avocado oil added to the recipe, can be used as an infused sauce on any barbecued meat (or the lentil burgers), or can be used to make Honey Mustard BBQ Baked Beans.

The Munchies:

You need lots of snacks around! Don't forget to have your Snackle Box ready for munchies on the fly, a Midwest Crudite spread for the crunch and the dippy-dip (that you can make with infused oil, if you want to!), and if you're hosting a group sesh, a BYO Tiny Sammies spread will inspire some seriously epic stoner sandwich creations.

If you're having an infused cookout, and the main dishes and the desserts are all infused, you'll probably want some non-infused, carb-laden side dishes like a Hawaiian-style Macaroni Salad, Dill Pickle Potato Salad, Curried Potato Salad, or a Cornbread. If you'd like a non-mayonnaise based cookout salad, check out the Three-Bean Salad, that you can easily make days ahead so you can just pop it out of the refrigerator when dinner is served.

If your celebratory sesh is around a campfire or bonfire, as so many in Michigan are, don't forget the hot dogs and buns! When it comes to hot dogs, spend the money and get the good stuff, particularly hot dogs or sausages made without nitrates. When it comes to buns, again, the master dough recipe covers how to make that, too.

And if you want some dips for chips, check out my Fermented Not Salsa or Cowboy Caviar for tortilla chips, or my Creamy Barbecue Horseradish Dip for pork rinds.

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