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 [...]
Last week I tackled homemade hamburger buns. They ended up coming out great! The only problem was that I made a ton of them. I am talking 2 dozen plus. So I had to make a ton of sandwiches. I love sandwiches so this was gonna be fun. Last week I also picked up a [...]
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Tags: homemade hamburger buns, mushroom, mushroom swiss burger, swiss 
2 Comments »The other day I went to the store and they had sirloin steaks on sale. So I picked a few up. I wanted to try something new so I decided to make Asian Style Beef Kabobs. I wanted to do a skewer that was reminiscent of a Stir-fry. So I skewered broccoli, whole water chestnuts, [...]
Posted in Grilling, Recipes, beef, chinese Tags: asian, asian beef skewers, chinese, Grilling, grilling fish, kabobs, skewers 1 Comment »I am always looking for a new way to spice up a salad. So when I came across this recipe, I knew I had a winner. Grilled tomatoes and bread served over a nice green salad. The smokiness of grilled tomatoes and bread add a unique flavor to this salad. I served the salad with [...]
The weather here in DC has been all over the place. We have had snow one day and a sunny 65 degree day the next. Who knows what it is going to look like tomorrow. When it is nice, I like to take advantage of it, you never know when it is gonna snow. It [...]
Posted in BBQ, Chicken, Grilling, Recipes, bbq sauce Tags: balsamic barbecue sauce, balsamic chicken, bbq chicken, bbq sauce, grilled chicken, grilling recipes, Recipes 4 Comments »I was craving steak the other day so I went to the store to see what was on sale. Flank steaks were on sale so I picked one up. When I see flank steak I think of one thing, Fajitas. So I picked up some peppers and an onion and it was on. The marinated [...]
Posted in Grilling, Mexican, Recipes, Steaks, beef Tags: fajita marinade, flank steak fajitas, onions, peppers, steak fajitas, tortillas 5 Comments »
My friends Ryan and Melissa have been promoting my site to all of their friends and have helped increase my readership. So in return, I decided to cook them dinner. I asked Ryan what he wanted and without hesitation he said ribs. This worked perfectly as I have been getting a lot of emails about cooking ribs [...]
What is the ingredient that makes hot dogs awesome. Yep, it is cheese. What is the only thing that can make a cheese dog better, Yep, Bacon!!! So I stuffed the hot dog with cheese, wrapped it in bacon and slowly roasted it over indirect heat. In return I was given the greatest hot dog [...]
I went to the market yesterday and they had some great looking artichokes. So I picked up a couple and figured that I would grill them. Plus it would give me the opportunity to break down an artichoke and document it for the website. Cleaning artichokes is easy but I can totally see why a [...]
I have been on a real pizza kick lately. Today I wanted to use some chicken breasts that I had in the refrigerator, but I didn’t want to just grill them. I also didn’t want to use the oven as it is still hovering around 95 degrees in DC. So I decided to make a [...]
After reading the cookbook Weber’s Way to Grill, I wanted to grill some fish. I had no clue on what to grill. So I went to the store and looked through the selection. The only thing that looked good at the fish counter was Mahi-Mahi. So I picked up a couple of filets. When I [...]
Posted in Grilling, Mahi Mahi, Recipes, fish Tags: fish taco slaw, fish tacos, grilled fish tacos, grilled mahi-mahi, mahi-mahi tacos 3 Comments »Since I purchased my new grill I have been grilling non-stop. I wanted to make a grilled dessert but was lacking in ideas. Then I went to the supermarket and they had fresh peaches on sale. Then the light bulb went on. I am going to make Grilled Peaches. The extra sauce was caught using [...]
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.