Food & Recipes, Salad, Seafood |
Who can resist shrimp and peaches in the summer? My husband and I love a nice summer date night meal that involves a simple grilled protein and light sides. It’s just too darn hot in Florida at this time of year for pot roast. This salad is a perfect illustration of...
Food & Recipes, Salad, Side dishes |
So it’s been way too long since I added a new post to this blog, I apologize, or as my father would have said say mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. It’s Father’s Day as I am writing this and thus the nod to my father and the somewhat German inspired Potato...
Beef, Dips and Sauces, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
I can never go wrong in our house serving a flat iron steak for dinner. I normally make a very traditional chimichurri sauce but the other night I was out of a few items for the chimichurri and decided to invent something new. As my family is looking for green sauce...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Traeger Grilling |
Simple and healthy dinners of grilled boneless skinless chicken breast can get pretty boring. Adding rarely used ingredients like hearts of palm and rich flavors like balsamic vinegar can help make a normal Tuesday night meal into something much more exciting. My...
Featured, Food & Recipes, How To, Side dishes, Veggies |
My husband has become quite the grill master. I think having me to prep and figure out the best ways to grill something has resulted in him really loving to grill more than ever and he is starting to have some rocking specialties. As simple as it is one of the family...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Traeger Grilling |
I know what you are thinking, what no beer? Why would you do that? Beer is many splendid thing that makes chicken wonderful. There are two reasons for no beer. First we rarely drink beer so I just don’t have it in the house. And second it can really overwhelm the...
Chicken, Featured, Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Traeger Grilling |
My oldest stepdaughter is not quite the adventurous eater that the rest of us are but for her birthday I wanted to make a fun and kind of fancy dinner she would like. I found cute little Cornish Game Hens in 4 packs and Costco and decided that these mini extra tasty...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Seafood |
This grilled shrimp with mango salsa and cilantro rice has now supplanted all others as my husband’s favorite grilled shrimp meal, it is light, colorful and so very tasty so I am happy to make it whenever he asks. This recipe was the result of my needing a simple fun...
Beef, Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Uncategorized |
Grilled London Broil with Drunken Onions My family loves nothing better than a big hunk of meat, so when I find London broil on sale I know it will fit the bill. Marinating and then grilling this large piece of meat results in a beautiful presentation with a nice char...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
Around here we love a nice TexMex meal either at home or in a restaurant. Chicken fajitas are one of the favorites, but at $15-$20 per person eating fajitas in a restaurant is always kind of depressing. The chicken is bland or dry and the veggies over cooked, but...
Deserts, Food & Recipes |
Baklava is a sticky sweet layered pastry that few people can eat more than a bite or two of but this baked apple desert gives a nod to these great flavors with a much lighter hand. There is nothing better than a desert that is easy to make, tastes good and is easy on...
Baking, Deserts, Food & Recipes |
Grilled pineapple shortcakes are a nice change from s’mores for a desert made on the BBQ grill. I bake the shortcakes earlier in the day so that they are ready to go at dinner time. The shortcake recipe that I use is pretty simple as I am not the worlds best baker so...
