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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’d venture to guess that some cut of chicken is just about everyone’s first victim on the grill. Grilling chicken has got to rank up there right next to burgers and hot dogs for all time favorite items for the grill. I’d also venture to guess that there are more grilled chicken recipes on the [...]
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