Without owning a hamburger bun pan, I have been unable to make perfectly round hamburger buns. The other day I accidentally figured out how to make perfect buns. Not only did they have perfectly round bottoms but they have perfect tops too. The process will work with almost any bread dough, but it worked great [...]
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Tags: Buns, easy hamburger buns, hamburger, hamburger buns recipe, homemade, Recipes 
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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 [...]
Posted in All, Mexican, Steaks, beef Tags: chimichurri sauce, Grilling, how to, Mexican, Recipes, skirt steak 4 Comments »
After a long week of celebrating I think everyone deserves a shot. I was lacking mixers but ended up finding out that vodka and apple juice are awesome together. The addition of some whipped cream and a pinch of cinnamon and you have an amazing apple pie shot. The whipped cream makes this shot. Apple [...]
Posted in All, Cocktails Tags: apple juice, Apple pie, cinnamon, cocktail, Recipes, vodka, whipped cream 1 Comment »
A couple weeks back I sent Dana to the liquor store to pick up some coconut rum for the pina coladas. When she came back she also had a bottle of firefly sweet tea vodka. This stuff is awesome! You could totally drink it straight up without a mixer. But when mixed with lemonade it [...]
Posted in Cocktails Tags: arnold palmer, Cocktails, daly cocktail, firefly, golfing cocktail, john daly, Recipes 2 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, Recipes, Ribs, pork Tags: BBQ, how to start a fire, how to trim ribs, Recipes, rib rub, smoked ribs, smoker 6 Comments »
I am always on the lookout for a new pasta salad. Pasta salads are the perfect side dishes for bbqs. If you are spending all day outside cooking, the last thing you want to do is run in the house and cook sides. Pasta salads can be prepared the day before and they are cool [...]
Posted in Cold Salads, Recipes, Salads, Sides Tags: cold salad, margherita Pasta salad, pasta salad, Recipes, Sides No Comments »
I purchased a bunch of bananas last week. That was before I realized how long I was going to be gone for Memphis. I ended up being in Memphis for 5+ days. So when I came back, I had a bunch of extremely ripe bananas. So I decided to make some banana bread. I love [...]
Posted in Baking, Bread, Recipes Tags: Baking, banana bread, bananas, Bread, Chocolate Chips, nuts, Recipes 1 Comment »
The other week I recreated the infamous honey baked ham. In doing this, I used pear nectar. The jar of pear nectar that I had was way too big, so I had a lot left over. I used the remaining nectar to make martinis. Yep, pear martinis. They were so good that you could barely taste [...]
Posted in Cocktails Tags: bartender tips, cocktail, Cocktails, Drinks, pear martini, Recipes 1 Comment »
Happy Cinco de Mayo!! In honor of Cinco de Mayo I decided to do a little list of my favorite south of the border recipes. Since this is Cocktail Wednesday the first has to be a refreshing beverage. Nothing starts off a good Cinco de Mayo like a Margarita!! The Margarita
Today I am competing in my third FoodieFights.com cooking competition. I am currently 0/2, but hopefully the 3rd time is the charm. The gist of the competition is that there are six food bloggers, two featured ingredients and whole lot of glory. The featured ingredients for this Foodie Fight are peas and ginger. As soon [...]
Posted in Baking, Pizza, Pizza Dough, Recipes Tags: foodie fights, foodiefights, ginger, peas, pizza, Recipes, samosa pizza 5 Comments »
A steak is just a steak until you add sides. Then the steak turns into a meal. Everyone always focuses on the main entree, but fails to put any thought into the supporting cast. A good side can elevate an OK meal to a great meal. For this reason, I like to focus on side [...]
Posted in Carrots, Recipes, Sides Tags: Brown Sugar Carrots, carrots, easy sides, glazed carrots, Recipes, side dishes 1 Comment »
Every week I try to feature an amazing cocktail. This week includes one of the best creations I have ever made. This cocktail started yesterday when I featured cold brew coffee on my blog. Cold brew coffee is brewed slowly and creates a nice smooth bitter-less coffee concentrate. Therefore, I wanted to create a cocktail [...]
Posted in Cocktails Tags: Cocktails, milkshake, Recipes, spiked milkshake, the insomniac, the insomniac spiked milkshake 1 Comment »
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 »
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.