I just went and got the gas in the grill refilled and I was ready to grill out. I just didn’t know what to grill. I asked Dana and within a second she said skirt steak with chimichurri sauce. It took little to no effort on her part to come up with this. I had [...]
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4 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 sorry that I was unable to post this weekend. I was in New York watching the Big East Tournament. The weather was horrible, but the games were amazing. Marquette made it to the semi-finals and the final game between Georgetown and West Virginia went all the way to the wire. It was a [...]
Posted in Recipes, Steaks, beef Tags: feta, Grilling, Recipes, roasted peppers, stuffed flank steak 3 Comments »Last week I read the cookbook Weber’s way to grill. I usually only grill meat, but I have been wanting to expand my grilling repertoire. So I went to the store and found some nice portabella mushrooms. In the Vegetable section of the book there is a nice marinade for portabello mushrooms.
Posted in Mushrooms, Recipes Tags: grilled portabello mushrooms, Grilling, Mushrooms, portabello mushroom burger, Recipes 4 Comments »Happy Fourth of July!! For the holiday’s I like to do a big post with great food. Since this is the summer and the 4th of July is such a big grilling day, I decided to make burgers and fries. Not just any burgers, firecracker burgers. Not just any fries, sour cream and chive fries. [...]
Posted in Burgers, Events, French Fries, Potatoes, Recipes, Vegetables, beef Tags: 4th of july grilling, 4th of july menu, BBQ, burger and fries, chipotle ketchup, firecracker hamburger, fourth of july menu, Grilling, homemade fries, homemade sour cream and chive fries, Recipes, sourcream and chive fries, sourcream fries 3 Comments »Last week my friend Jeff had me over for a little grilling and drinking. I brought the Corona and he gave me the workings for a great steak taco. I must say, having a food website has open doors. Everyone wants me to come over, but in return I have to do the cooking. I [...]
Posted in Mexican, Recipes, Tacos, beef Tags: cheese, flank steak, flank steak tacos, grilled steak tacos, Grilling, how to grill steak tacos, how to roast peppers, lime, Recipes, roasted peppers, steak, tacos, tortilla 4 Comments »I love tacos and I love grilling. So the combination of the two is basically the perfect meal. Shrimp tacos are quick and easy and best of all, tasty. My buddy Jeff called me yesterday asking if I was interesting in grilling out. The only thing was that he had already purchased shrimp. So the [...]
Posted in Mexican, Recipes, Shrimp, Tacos Tags: grilled shrimp tacos, Grilling, how to, how to grill a pepper, how to roast a pepper, Recipes, shirmp, shrimp and roasted pepper, tacos 5 Comments »Every wednesday I review a cookbook to help weed out the good the bad and the ugly. This week I am reviewing 25 essential techniques for grilling by Ardie A. Davis. I love barbecuing and grilling and this book is right up my alley. Ardie A. Davis Ardie is an award winning expert with his [...]
Posted in Book Reviews Tags: 25 essential techniques for grilling, ardie davis, Book Reviews, corn, Food, Grilling, Recipes, Restaurants Reviews No Comments »Every wednesday I review a cookbook to help weed out the good the bad and the ugly. This week I am reviewing 25 essential techniques for smoking by Ardie A. Davis. I love barbecuing and this seemed right up my alley. Artie A. Davis Artie is an award winning expert with his own barbecue university. [...]
Posted in BBQ, Book Reviews, Tips and Tricks Tags: 25 essential techniques for smoking, Barbecue, BBQ, Book Reviews, Grilling, help, how to barbecue, meat, Recipes, smoking No Comments »Update: It was a great time competing in foodie fights. In the end I ended up in 5th place. I want to thank everyone that voted. With your help I ended up receiving the 3rd most popular votes. Thanks again. The time has arrived for my entry into the Foodie Fights Battle. After you check [...]
Nothing says summer more than firing up your smoker, sitting in the sun and drinking some beer. Last sunday it was 65 degrees and sunny so I decided that I wanted to make some pulled pork. I went to the butcher and of course, he was on vacation. So I had to choose from the [...]
Posted in BBQ, Cooking, Picnic Classics, pulled pork Tags: Add new tag, Barbecue, BBQ, Cooking, Food, Grilling, howto, meat, Pork, pork butt, pulled pork, smoke ring, smoker 2 Comments »The perfect side dish for barbecue, sandwiches, pork, or any picnic is Potato Salad. My Grandma Dot has a great recipe for potato salad. So, I called up my Mom this weekend for the recipe and instructions for Grandma’s perfectly creamy potato salad. The perfect potato salad takes at least 6 hours to make. So if you are [...]
Posted in Cooking, Picnic Classics, Potatoes, Recipes, Vegetables Tags: Barbecue, BBQ, creamy, Food, Grilling, picnic, potato salad, Potatoes, Recipes 2 Comments »A couple of weeks ago I ran into Nick from Macheesmo, and we started to talk about sausage making. I then invited him over to help make some Jalapeno Cheddar Bratwurst. This was key as it really requires two people to make sausage. Not just two people though, two people that really like to cook. [...]
Posted in Helpful Hints, Recipes, Sausage Making, Sausages Tags: BBQ, casings, cheddar, Grilling, jalapeno, Pork, Sausages, Veal 5 Comments »
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.