My wife, obviously delirious from toddle-induced insomnia, decided to challenge me to a salsa competition this morning. It is Labor Day and we had a cook-out to go to later in the day, so we knew we would have some impartial judges available in the afternoon. I can’t pass up a good challenge, so I...
My garden over-floweth with basil these days so I am always looking for a way to use it in our cooking. There aren’t too many things that go together better than lemons and basil, so I decided to throw some together this week to marinate the split chicken breast that I bought, on sale. Most...
Tired of the same old potato salad? Maybe you are and like me, looked up a bunch of recipes that had more ingredients for the sauce than in the rest of the salad combined? I tend to skip right past those recipes, especially if I waited until the last minute (again) to try and plan...
Split chicken breasts are one of the hardest meats to grill properly. Grilling with direct heat is the best technique for thinner, boneless cuts of meat because the heat cooks the meat all the way through quickly. The bones in split chicken breasts absorb some of that heat, so it’s a little harder to cook...
Fish tacos seem to just be starting to get popular over here on the East coast. I guess that’s a big assumption, but I hadn’t actually had one until about a year ago, which is weird given the fact that I have lived around fresh seafood my whole life here in Florida. As soon as...
I can’t believe we haven’t posted this recipe before. Beer can chicken is one of the most quintessential grilling recipes! I’m not sure whether it’s how funny the chicken looks sitting upright on the grill or the fact that it really is a great way to grill a whole chicken, but it’s certainly a popular...
If you have never brined your meats before cooking, you don’t know what juicy and tender is all about! Brining is the trick many professional cooks use to produce tender and juicy meats. I first tried brining with my last Thanksgiving turkey and I felt like immediately calling every former Thanksgiving guest to apologize for...
Pork, the other white meat. That’s a slogan we all have heard a million times on commercials. I’ll tell you what though, in my eyes a perfectly cooked pork tenderloin is the ONLY white meat I need. In reality, I love most cuts of pork. I love to get messy with some grilled baby back...
My wife was excited when I came home and asked if she wanted Mongolian Beef for dinner. She thought I had read her mind, since she had evidently been craving Chinese. Her mood suddenly shifted when I said I was going to cook it. You see, I have never made Chinese food before and she...
This has been the year of the rosemary bush in my garden. The bush has declared war on all other herbs in the planter and appears for have set it’s sights on the house as well. I fear that if we don’t take drastic actions, we are going to have to cut window holes in...
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