Last week I got a couple dozen potatoes my from CSA. I love potatoes and farm fresh ones are absolutely the best. Since I had so many fresh potatoes lying around, I wanted to make some nice hashbrowns for breakfast. Hashbrowns are hard to make as fresh potatoes have so much starch in them that [...]
My CSA comes with unlimited basil each week. Therefore, I have been making a ton of pesto. I love the fresh taste of pesto. After a few tries, I found that the best pasta for pesto is Cellantani. It is a spiral macaroni pasta with rigati grooves in the outside. The spiral along with the [...]
Last week I bought a bottom round roast and had no idea what to do with it. Then I decided to go through my cabinets to see what I had lying around. I had some tomato paste and a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Then it hit me. How about making some spicy [...]
I can’t believe that I forgot about restaurant week. I look forward to this week every year. However, I have been super busy. Anyways you still have time to check out restaurant week. There are great restaurants that have reservations available. Besides that it is gonna be a great weekend. Sunny and hot. A great [...]
This last weekend my buddy Mark came out to visit Dana and I. Mark was my roommate and co-worker while I was in college. We bartended together at a college bar for 5 years. It was a blast. Mark still bartends and makes a mean bloody mary. His secret is a spice concentrate that together [...]
Last week I got a couple dozen potatoes my from CSA. I love potatoes and farm fresh ones are absolutely the best. Since I had so many fresh potatoes lying around, I wanted to make some nice hashbrowns for breakfast. Hashbrowns are hard to make as fresh potatoes have so much starch in them that [...]
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My CSA comes with unlimited basil each week. Therefore, I have been making a ton of pesto. I love the fresh taste of pesto. After a few tries, I found that the best pasta for pesto is Cellantani. It is a spiral macaroni pasta with rigati grooves in the outside. The spiral along with the [...]
Last week I bought a bottom round roast and had no idea what to do with it. Then I decided to go through my cabinets to see what I had lying around. I had some tomato paste and a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Then it hit me. How about making some spicy [...]
Posted in All, Mexican, Recipes, Tacos Tags: queso fresco, recipe, shredded beef tacos, spicy shredded beef, tacos 1 Comment » - Print This Post
I can’t believe that I forgot about restaurant week. I look forward to this week every year. However, I have been super busy. Anyways you still have time to check out restaurant week. There are great restaurants that have reservations available. Besides that it is gonna be a great weekend. Sunny and hot. A great [...]
This last weekend my buddy Mark came out to visit Dana and I. Mark was my roommate and co-worker while I was in college. We bartended together at a college bar for 5 years. It was a blast. Mark still bartends and makes a mean bloody mary. His secret is a spice concentrate that together [...]
Posted in All, Cocktails Tags: best bloody mary, bloody mary, cocktail, concentrate, mix, recipe, tomato juice 5 Comments » - Print This Post
The other night Dana wanted some steak. So I went to the store and discovered top sirloin steaks were on sale. They are a rather inexpensive steak, but they grill up beautifully. The sirloin is a cut from the rear of the animal. There is a bottom sirloin steak and a top sirloin. The top [...]
Posted in All, Grilling, Recipes, beef Tags: Beef, bell peppers, kabobs, marinade, marinate, red onion, sirloin 3 Comments » - Print This Post
Howard County Fair — Aug 7, 2010 8:00am – Aug 14, 2010 11:00pm It is fair season. The Howard County Fair is a great traditional county fair. Food, rides and livestock. Admission is $5. Montgomery County Fair — Aug 13, 2010 9:00am – Aug 21, 2010 10:00pm Yet another fair. I love carnival food so [...]
Without owning a hamburger bun pan, I have been unable to make perfectly round hamburger buns. The other day I accidentally figured out how to make perfect buns. Not only did they have perfectly round bottoms but they have perfect tops too. The process will work with almost any bread dough, but it worked great [...]
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I am a huge fan of grilling. The only problem is that most sides are not grilled. This salad solves that problem. The corn is fire roasted on the grill so you can make it right along with your steak or barbecue dishes. In addition the grilled corn adds a bit of smokiness to the [...]
Posted in All, Cold Salads, Corn, Recipes, Vegetables Tags: black bean salad, black beans, corn salad, roasted corn, salad 1 Comment » - Print This Post
Life is extremely busy for me lately. I know that it seems as if I have been slacking lately, but I am going to have to cut back on my posts. I am gonna cut back to 3-4 recipes a week. I know it sucks! Until things start to slow down around here, I am [...]
I just went and got the gas in the grill refilled and I was ready to grill out. I just didn’t know what to grill. I asked Dana and within a second she said skirt steak with chimichurri sauce. It took little to no effort on her part to come up with this. I had [...]
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Last week was Dana’s Birthday and I wanted to make her favorite meal. Lasagna! So I looked around and found completely flat sheets of Lasagna noodles by Barilla. They fit almost perfectly into my individual oven safe bowls and they also do not require pre-boiling. For that reason I decided to make individual lasagnas. This [...]
Posted in All, Italian, Recipes Tags: flat lasagna noodle, Individual lasagnas, lasagna, Marinara, personal lasagnas 5 Comments » - Print This Post
The other weekend Dana, Tucker and I went to Niagara Falls. It was awesome! If you go, stay on the Canadian side. Not that the American side sucks, it is not as nice. As you can see from the photo, I spotted a double rainbow. I will totally be going back as I love casinos [...]
September 2, 2010 (12:24) Homemade Hashbrowns I love crispy edged hash browns but have had trouble making them consistently. Great tip on getting the starch out!
August 30, 2010 (11:40) Homemade Hashbrowns Waffle House hash browns have nothing on these suckers. Delish.
August 30, 2010 (9:12) Homemade Hashbrowns YES. Excellent man. Nothing like a good hash brown.
August 29, 2010 (8:13) Grilled Chicken over Cellantani Pesto Chris - It is totally time to start using up that fresh basil. If you can move it into the house. That basil is good all year.
August 27, 2010 (10:49) Grilled Chicken over Cellantani Pesto Fresh basil is the best. It's getting that time of year that I need to start using up our basil plants, they have been productive this year.