Ever since passing an Ikea on my way to DC the other day I have been craving Swedish Meatballs. Hard to believe but Ikea has great affordable food. My favorite is the Swedish Meatballs. Those tasty little meatballs in the delicious beef gravy. After having the craving for a few days I decided to [...]
Are you looking for a super quick and easy recipe for valentines day. This one takes under an hour and tastes like it took ten. It will perfume your house with the magical scents of garlic and rosemary. The perfect recipe for valentines day. Roasted Pork Loin – (From Bon Appetit, June 1999) 4 large [...]
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Tags: Garlic, Pork, pork loin, roasted, rosemary, valentines entree 
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I love bratwurst, but sometimes I don’t have a hot dog bun lying around when I want to enjoy it. So I figured out a way to make bratwurst into patties. I know what you are thinking, but you can’t just use a standard bratwurst recipe as it will dry out and fall apart. With [...]
Posted in Burgers, pork, Recipes, Sausages, Veal Tags: brat, brat burger, bratwurst, bratwurst burger, hamburger, homemade hamburger buns, recipe 6 Comments »
So I have been trying to perfect ribs for a while. I am always on the lookout for new techniques or tools to make the perfect competition rib. Well I went back to basics and scored with an amazing rib. The key was a nice rub and a finely tuned barbecue smoker. The final ribs [...]
Posted in BBQ, pork, Recipes, Ribs Tags: BBQ, how to start a fire, how to trim ribs, Recipes, rib rub, smoked ribs, smoker 8 Comments »
I love meatloaf, but it has been so hot outside that I have not wanted to turn on the oven. So I decided to make a meatloaf on the grill. It is super simple and you get to be outside. I love cooking outdoors in the summer. OK it is not summer yet, but it [...]
Posted in BBQ, beef, Freebies, pork, Recipes Tags: bbq sauce, giveaway, grilled meatloaf, how to grill a meatloaf, meatloaf, pork barrel bbq, sweet sauce 11 Comments »
I had a ton of left overs from my first homemade honey baked ham, so I decided to make scalloped potatoes with ham. Growing up this was always a dish that my Mom made after we had Easter. It used up the extra ham and it was friggin delicious. This was a great recipe, but [...]
Posted in Ham, pork, Potatoes, Recipes, Vegetables Tags: ham and cheese, ham and potatoes, Recipes, scalloped potatoes, scalloped potatoes with ham 4 Comments »
Last weekend was Easter and I wanted to try to recreate a popular Honey Ham. I searched around for possible ideas and finally landed on one that was created by Family Circle Magazine. Basically this uses a standard spiral cut ham and then dresses it up in a nice honey fashion. When I was finished [...]
Posted in Ham, pork, Recipes Tags: baked honey ham, caramelized ham, easter ham, homemade honey baked ham, honey caramelized ham, honey ham 5 Comments »When I was growing up my Grandma Donna used to make us City Chicken. It was always the best meal of the year. This year we decided to make City Chicken for our Christmas meal. What is City Chicken you ask? Well it is a combination of meat on a stick that appears to look [...]
A month or so ago my friends got together at Fogo De Chao for a bachelor party. If you have ever been to Fogo De Chao you know that it is meat heaven. 20+ different types of meat delivered to your table on a sword. How cool is that. One of the meats that came [...]
Posted in pork, Recipes, Tenderloin Tags: fogo de chao, parmesan, parmesan crusted pork, parmesan pork skewers, Pork, pork tenderloin, Recipes 8 Comments »I went to college in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for three years. It was a grand ole time. One of the regional cuisine favorites was the pasty pronounced (Past – EEEE). What is the pasty, well it is a meat pie filled with vegetables. Pretty tasty. My friend worked at a bar called the [...]
I am trying once again to win the glory that comes with the title FoodieFights.com Champion. I entered last week and was blessed with the secret ingredients of Peaches and Tarragon. Two ingredients that I have never used together in a recipe. So I went through a couple of ideas and settled on Peach Chutney [...]
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 [...]
Over the weekend a few friends came over for a barbecue. Barbecueing is nice as you get to sit around, bs, drink, and have a good time. Macheesmo brought over some fresh pork chops from the farmer’s market near his house. So we decided to make a pesto pork chop. On the side I wanted [...]
Posted in pork, pork chops, Recipes, Vegetables, Zucchini Tags: eggplant, green peppers, grilled summer vegetables, grilled vegetables, onions, pesto, pesto pork chops, Pork, squash, tomatoes, Zucchini 3 Comments »
