Last week I bought a bottom round roast and had no idea what to do with it. Then I decided to go through my cabinets to see what I had lying around. I had some tomato paste and a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Then it hit me. How about making some spicy [...]
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Tags: queso fresco, recipe, shredded beef tacos, spicy shredded beef, tacos 
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This last weekend my buddy Mark came out to visit Dana and I. Mark was my roommate and co-worker while I was in college. We bartended together at a college bar for 5 years. It was a blast. Mark still bartends and makes a mean bloody mary. His secret is a spice concentrate that together [...]
Posted in All, Cocktails Tags: best bloody mary, bloody mary, cocktail, concentrate, mix, recipe, tomato juice 5 Comments »
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, Recipes, Sausages, Veal, pork Tags: brat, brat burger, bratwurst, bratwurst burger, hamburger, homemade hamburger buns, recipe 4 Comments »
The other day I wanted something sweet. So I poured through my cupboards and refrigerator and all I found were the components to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. On a good day this would be awesome, but I wanted the cookies right away. Needless to say, I had to wait. :( But as you can [...]
Posted in Baking, Chocolate Chips, Cookies, Recipes Tags: awesome, chocolate chip, Cookies, low fat, oatmeal, recipe, the best No Comments »
Since it is almost summer and extremely hot and humid here in DC, I decided to make a tropical drink. There are a ton of tropical fish bowl drinks out there, but I stumbled across one that fits the bill. It is tasty, it is blue and it is tropical in flavor. All of the [...]
I picked up some pork chops the other day and decided that grilled pork chops with applesauce sounded like a winner. I had to, it was a Brady Bunch staple. So I picked up McIntosh apples and went on a journey to make homemade applesauce. All of the recipes out there used a ton of [...]
Last weekend Nick from Macheesmo came over for a great day of grilling. We ate like kings. The first dish of the day was grilled lobster rolls. Every once in a while you will find lobster on sale. Who would have thunk it. However, I got a great deal, two 5oz lobster tails for $5.99. [...]
Posted in Lobster, Recipes, Seafood Tags: grilled lobster, grilled lobster rolls, Lobster, recipe, Seafood, top cut rolls 4 Comments »
This past weekend Nick from Macheesmo came over to grill out. I grilled, he grilled and we ate incredibly well. One of my courses was Salmon with Mango Salsa. Perfectly grilled salmon with a fresh salsa over the top. It does not get any better than that. Plus, this post is my world wide debut [...]
Posted in Movies, Recipes, Salmon, Seafood Tags: how to dice a mango, how to grill salmon, mango, mango salsa, recipe, Salmon, salsa, video 3 Comments »
There is a little pizza restaurant in DC called Matchbox that makes pretty darn good pizzas. Although they are known more for their sliders than their pizza, they make a pretty mean pie. My favorite is the Fire and Smoke pizza. It is a mixture of spicy and smokey ingredients that play together to make [...]
Posted in Pizza, Recipes Tags: chipotle sauce, fire and smoke pizza, pizza, recipe, roasted peppers, smoked mozzarella 3 Comments »
The other week I was coming back from Pork in the Park when we stopped at a Sonic Drive-in. I love Sonic. The food is delicious and the drinks are amazing. I am a huge fan of the cherry limeade. After taking a few sips, you realize that it would be amazing with alcohol. So [...]
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The other day I was strolling through the local Super Market when I came across an amazing loaf of Challah bread. I knew I had to make something with it. So I decided to make my favorite French Toast for dinner. Who doesn’t love breakfast for dinner. Plus, a little brown sugar and Cinnamon to [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Recipes Tags: breakfast, brown sugar, cinnamon, cinnamon french toast, french toast, nutmeg, recipe, sugar, vanilla 4 Comments »
So it has been getting warm around here and I have been spending a small fortune on iced coffee. I like the caffeine and since it is hot, why not get it cool and refreshing. To save a little money I wanted to try something a little different. It is called cold brew coffee. Basically [...]
Posted in Coffee, Recipes Tags: coffee concentrate, Cold Brew Coffee, Cold Brewed Coffee, concentrated coffee, iced coffee, recipe, Recipes 4 Comments »
The weather here in DC has been like a rollercoaster. Everywhere from the mid 90′s to the low 40′s all in the span of a week. Needless today everybody is suffering from a little cold. So I decided to make homemade chicken noodle soup (Recipe on Saturday), however I wanted to make noodles from scratch. [...]
Posted in Pasta, Recipes Tags: chicken noodle soup noodles, dumpling noodles, egg noodles, homemade noodles, how to, recipe 2 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.