Taking the night off
I knew that after trying to make the soup that I was going to spent as far as making anything the next night so I generally make something the next night that requires as little prep and cook time as possible. One of my old standbys when I don't feel like cooking and need to eat is good old knockwurst.
We buy the Hebrew National beef knockwurst which are more like hot dogs than real knockwurst but taste much better than hot dogs. I also topped out my BBQ time for the week so I jsut went ahead and pan fried them, which if you do it at a lower temperature is just as good as grilling can be. It was really nice to be able to have some free time to read last night instead of worrying if the damn soup would be good.
Tonight I make pork chops. I've never grilled pork chops before so it should be a fun experience. I plan on brining them and making some kind of dipping sauce or maybe a glaze of some kind.