This week we bring you what has become my favorite combination for grilling lately, butter + basil. This one is really easy and quick. I have a TON of basil growing in my yard these days and it is a difficult herb for grilling because it burns so easily. Rosemary is no problem, it holds [...]
I’m pretty fired up this week! I got a brand new gas grill with all of the bells and whistles, including a really cool built-in rotisserie system that tucks away when not in use. I can already see a lot of meat spinning on this bad boy in the next few months! Right after I [...]
There are so many great uses for beer. It’s great when it it is hot or even when it’s not. You can drink it on the coast or wherever you like it the most. You can drink it here, you can drink it there, you can drink it (almost) anywhere! Uh, sorry, my son is [...]
I never knew I had a “thing” for coconut milk until the first time I sat down in a Thai restaurant. The person I was with was from Thailand and she suggested I start with Red curry chicken, which is a Thai chicken dish of red curry, coconut milk and some form of magical “you [...]
I have nothing against a whole chicken. It still cracks me up when I open the lid of the grill and see a bird perched up on a beer can. I just find it easier to handle a flattened chicken on the grill. A flat chicken cooks quicker and more evenly and has the added [...]
I love fried foods as much as everyone else, but lately I am just burned out on fried chicken strips and nuggets. Maybe it’s the fact that they are a daily staple of my kids’ diets or maybe it’s because my wife is Italian and it seems to be a staple at every big family [...]
Pesto planked chicken, a smokey chicken cooked and served on a cedar plank and topped with pesto.
Who doesn’t like meat on a stick? It’s meat…with a handle! I watch that Bizarre Foods show and from that show alone have determined that there must be something psychological about skewering meat that will make people eat just about anything. “Scorpions? Uh, I don’t know…oh, they are on a stick? Heck yeah!” To further [...]
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 [...]
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