Boneless, skinless chicken breasts were on sale last week, so I bought 6 packages. I am a cheap man with a lot of freezer space, so it just made sense to me. So needless to say, my kids seem to be growing feathers this week from all of the chicken intake. I knew I needed...
There are good and bad things about having a kid with the flu on Thanksgiving. Both the good and bad have to do with family. The bad is that when you are quarantined with a sick kid, you can’t go hang out with the rest of the family. The good is that you have an...
I just recently discovered what has become one of my favorite ingredients (for now), sesame oil. Sesame oil can be found in the Asian section of most grocery stores. This little nutty wonder of an oil adds a distinct flavor to foods. Used mostly in stir fry ingredients, I have found that I like to...
I think I have about overdone it with my new homemade smoker. Any time my wife mentions cooking I usually blurt out “why don’t we smoke it?” before she can even finish her sentence. She finally let me light the coals again this weekend while we were just sitting around watching football. There’s something about...
A quick lesson in how to brine a turkey. Brined turkey will be moist and flavorful. This brine recipe uses herbs to add some extra...
Since Halloween was on a Saturday this year, the neighborhood had a lot more time to plan a party. At this point, most neighbors have been down to check out the new bbq smoker. She’s now less ugly, with her new University of South Florida (Go BULLS!) paint job. My wife decided to fully embrace...
Whenever I see fajitas on a menu, I can’t help but think back to the very first time my Dad ordered them in a restaurant. It was at Chili’s, back when they first opened and my Dad said “I want to try some of them fuh-gee-tahs”. Still cracks me up to this day, especially since...
Fried turkey recipe. It's simple, quick and delicious. What better way to cook your Thanksgiving turkey than hanging out around a boiling pot of oil with a few friends and a few...
Rotisserie chicken on the grill makes for the moistest, tastiest grilled chicken. In this recipe we do it lemon pepper...
I’m always looking for a reason to eat chicken wings. For some reason, football season makes me crave chicken wings even more than usual. We’ve already covered grilled chicken wings before, but I had someone ask why I didn’t put the sauce on before I grilled the wings. “Wouldn’t”, this person asked, “the wings come...
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