Well it is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I wanted to give a few pointers. Thanksgiving can be a stressful time for any cook. Accepting or asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It can the one thing that keeps you sane during this sometimes stressful holiday. Below I have listed a few [...]
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I am always looking for new side dishes to try out for Dana. Sometimes I have to hide the ingredients, as she doesn’t like the sound of some foods. That way she doesn’t know that she enjoys eating all of those foods that she says she hates. One of those foods, Ginger. I sneak ginger [...]
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I love stove top stuffing. Something about the easy directions and great flavor that keeps me going back. I love it! However, sometimes when you have a food blog, everyone wants you to make everything from scratch. Who knew that it was a faux pas to serve boxed stuffing to your friends and family when [...]
Posted in All, Events, Recipes, Sides, Thanksgiving Tags: Bread, celery, chicken broth, chicken stock, herbs, homemade, onion, stove top, stuffing 13 Comments »I survived my first Hurricane and Earthquake in the same week. Things are looking up. I just got power back on. Irene caused a lot of damage here in Richmond. Although we were spared any physical damage, I did lose all of my food. The power was out for 50 hours and I was [...]
Happy Memorial Day! I just want to give a quick shout out to all of the Veterans out there that have served this country. Thank you very much for all that you have done. The United States would be nothing without you. As for today, it is the best grilling day of the year. Get [...]
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Well Valentines Day is here are you ready for that special dinner? I have listed my picks for a super quick and easy Valentines Day dinner. A few entrées and a couple of sides. There is also the best Valentines Day Desserts, Chocolate Souffles and Strawberry Poppers. Entrées Roasted Pork Loin – Takes no time to prep [...]
A couple of months back Dana and I got on a home makeover Reality TV Show. The show was called Real Estate Intervention. Basically we wanted to sell the house, but we needed a little help with staging and pricing. I have embedded the video below. After you watch, remember not all that you see [...]
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When I used to live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Pasty (pronounced “Past – eee”) was king. It is a meat filled hand pie that was usually topped with gravy or ketchup. The pie was all meat and potatoes and lacked the gravy or liquid inside of a pot pie. I though this [...]
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Well it is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I wanted to give a few pointers. Let me know if there is anything that I have left out. Choose your turkey wisely… Choose a turkey based on the number of guests. Average is about 1lb per person. Sounds like a lot, but remember a turkey contains [...]
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Is it dressing or stuffing. While the ingredients can be the same, the difference is in how it is cooked. If it is stuffed and cooked inside of the bird, well then it is stuffing. If it assembled and baked outside of the bird in a casserole dish, then it is dressing. However, the two [...]
Posted in All, Events, Sides, Thanksgiving Tags: chestnut dressing, chestnut stuffing, chestnuts, cornbread, dressing, roasted chestnuts, stuffing 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Are you interested in Music? How about wine tasting? If you answered yes to the above questions then you are in luck. Jukebox the Ghost is teaming up with SavoryReviews.com to give away a pair of tickets to Flo Fest. The rules are at the end of this post. What is Flo Fest? Well, Flo [...]
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This weekend is the Safeway National BBQ Battle right in the heart of America’s Capital. I am featuring this event today as I am competing in it with the Pork Barrel BBQ team. This event is awesome!! Not only because it is in my neck of the woods, but because it features both KCBS and [...]
