There is no better side dish than corn. I love corn! So today I am making some homemade cream corn. I love this with a nice sweet white and yellow corn. Unfortunately, when I was trying this recipe out I was unable to get some fresh sweet corn. The corn at the market was tiny [...]
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Tags: corn, creamed corn, homemade, scratch 
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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 »
Over the 4th of July holiday I was home visiting my family and my Grandma made some unbelievable corn. It was perfectly cooked and super tasty. I asked my Mom and Grandma for their secrets. The key was to boil the corn. I could not believe it, but the corn comes out perfect each and [...]
Posted in All, Corn, Recipes, Vegetables Tags: boiled corn, corn on the cob, how to cook corn, perfect corn 3 Comments »Growing up my parents would always make pork chops. My mom would marinate them and my dad would grill them up. They were great. So when I went to the store they had pork chops on sale. The first thing that came to mind was my mom’s marinade. It is a soy based marinade that [...]
After receiving my great grandmother’s cast iron skillet over the weekend, I wanted to make something using it. The first thing that came to mind was cornbread. It might be because I am a yankee, but I love sweet cornbread. Most cornbread recipes on the internet and in most cookbooks are for savory cornbread. I [...]
When I lived in Wisconsin the Barbecue joints there had a great side dish called cheese corn. It was cheesy, corny and delicious. So this past weekend while at my parents house for the 4th of July, I wanted to recreate it. So I went to the store and they had fresh local sweet corn [...]
Posted in Bacon, Corn, Recipes, Vegetables Tags: barbecue sides, bbq sides, cheese corn casserole, cheesy corn, side dish, wisconsin cheese corn 2 Comments »
