I love tomatoes! I am the weird guy at parties that eats the cherry tomatoes in the vegetable tray. It seems as if I am the only person that eats them. So I decided to grill some up as a side dish. They were delicious! They were a tad bit tart from the balsamic vinegar making [...]
I like to consider myself a grill master. I love to cook everything on the grill. However, I was browsing through the website yesterday and I determined I was seriously short on grilled side dishes. There are a ton of sides that go great with grilled foods, but not so many sides that are prepared [...]
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Chicken is a great meat for grilling. Chicken is a blank canvas just waiting for you to add a few ingredients to make it pop. This recipe is one of those simple yet extraordinary dishes. It takes 10 minutes to prep, 1-4 hours to marinate and 16-25 minutes to grill. Then there is the flavor. [...]
With the 4th of July right around the corner, I wanted to share my perfect burger recipe. It is a simple recipe, but takes a little time to make. Grinding your own meat allows you to get more flavorful cuts. That way you do not have to add a ton of seasoning to the burger, [...]
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I like to keep fresh produce lying around, but it spoils so quickly. So I have determined a few ways to keep fresh produce on hand but have it last as long as possible. First tip, cherry tomatoes. They keep for a long time and you can use them for everything from sandwiches to pasta. [...]
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I love to grill. It is as simple as that. I love whole meals that can be made outdoors. I have discovered that stone fruit works great on the grill. This is the type of fruit with a hard pit in the center. Peaches, nectarines, etc. The other day I came across this article where [...]
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I love grilled chicken. However, if you cook boneless skinless chicken breasts life can become dry and boring. So I devised a surefire way to cook chicken, keep it moist and give it a smokey bacony flavor. Yep, skewer the chicken with a couple strips of bacon. The fat keeps the chicken moist and imparts [...]
Memorial Day is the ultimate grilling day! Nothing goes with burgers and hot dogs like Ketchup. So I decided to tackle homemade ketchup. This ketchup is made with tomatoes, brown sugar, vinegar and spices. No high fructose corn syrup, preservatives or fillers. Homemade ketchup is not only good for you, it is also customizable to [...]
I recently went to the closing of a local bookstore and picked up a copy of Jim Tarantino’s Marinades, Rubs, Brines, Cures & Glazes. It is a great book, but near the end in the Asian section he had a great recipe for Honey and Sake Glazed Shrimp. This sounded amazing to me. So I [...]
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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 [...]
Posted in All, beef, Burgers, Grilling, Recipes Tags: homemade hamburger buns, mushroom, mushroom swiss burger, swiss 3 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 beef, chinese, Grilling, Recipes 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 [...]
