Sorry for the long interval between posts. Dana and I have been very busy. Plus, our camera was broken. Therefore, I was unable to take photos for the blog. However, we discovered that we had an old point and shoot camera. It takes mediocre shots, so please forgive the photos. We were thinking of dishes [...]
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Tags: casserole, delicious, easy, squash, Thanksgiving, yellow squash, Zucchini 
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I love baked sweet potatoes, but they take so long to make. Plus, you have to heat up your oven and thereby heat up your house. Not what you are looking for when it is hot outside. So I started to roast the sweet potatoes in coals of the grill. You need a charcoal grill [...]
Posted in All, Grilling, Recipes, Vegetables Tags: best, charcoal, coal, easy, method, quick, roasted, sweet potato 2 Comments »
I love shrimp so much that I purchase it whenever it is on sale. I don’t mind buying frozen shrimp as all of the shrimp sold in supermarkets/fish markets where I live sell previously frozen shrimp. Therefore, I like to thaw the shrimp under my own conditions. I usually thaw it in a strainer that [...]
Dana has been wanting to make some of her childhood recipes, so I told her to go for it. So here is Dana with another great recipe. The other day I was wracking my brain over what to cook for dinner that would please our almost two year old. I started to think back on [...]
My Father-In-Law Bill has a great garden and has been harvesting tomatoes for the past couple of weeks. He utilized the fresh tomatoes to make a great homemade bruschetta. It is a delicious recipe with extremely fresh ingredients. It is a must try. So here is Bill’s first guest post. Take it away Bill. Bruschetta [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers Tags: appetizer, basil, bruschetta, easy, garden, Garlic, tomatoes 3 Comments »
Dana has been wanting to make mushrooms ever since we made the mushroom sauce for the steaks a couple of weeks ago. She said that her Mom used to make mushrooms as a side dish all of the time. She said that she would always fight her brother for them. So she called her Mom [...]
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While in the Midwest visiting family, Dana and I were introduced to beer bread. The bread comes in a mix and all you have to do is add beer. It was great, but the mix costs an arm and a leg. Highway robbery if you ask me. So I decided to try to make my [...]
While I was New York I accompanied Dana’s Father to a nice market. This market has a small wheel of Camembert cheese on sale for half off. Yeah, I could not pass up on the offer. So I thought about making a wheel of Camembert wrapped in puff pastry. Then Dana’s dad said that he had some [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers Tags: asparagus, Camembert, cheese, delicious, easy, puff pastry, puffs 3 Comments »
The Marinara Sauce from the other day is not Bill’s only specialty. My Father-in-Law also makes a mean Shrimp Marinara. This is a simple dish that utilizes his Sunday gravy. Sauteed shrimp and garlic mixed with awesome marinara sauce makes for a great meal. Bill’s Shrimp Marinara Peel and de-vein the shrimp. Make sure [...]
My wife took over the blog for the day. Here is Dana! I am from Queens, NY and one of the main Italian cuisine staples is vodka sauce! I wanted to make a delicious vodka sauce to celebrate our 2nd anniversary. We both loved this meal. I hope you enjoy it! Dana’s Rigatoni a La [...]
My Father-In-Law Bill came down to visit a while back and he made some awesome Marinara. It was so delicious, I had to get the recipe to share. The Sauce had great color, texture and best of all – taste. It is a simple recipe that uses the best ingredients. The best types of recipes [...]
While Janine and Robb were here I wanted to try out my new smoker. I purchased a slightly used Superior SS1. It is a gravity fed cabinet smoker. I will explain more in a further post, but for now all you need to know is that it is awesome! I wanted to make them a [...]
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I have been trying to come up with a new competition rib glaze that will add a nice sheen and flavor to my ribs. I tried this recipe out but it was not a right fit for my rib flavor profile. However, it was amazing and worked great as a glaze for chicken. I grilled [...]
