Have you ever had an idea just randomly pop into your head, and then wonder “why didn’t I ever think about that before”? It started with the purchase of rainbow colored peppers that I planned on dehydrating for up at the cabin this winter. They were so beautiful, that I changed my plans for them. […]
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Grilled Asparagus and Gruyere Tart
“I heard it from a friend who, heard from a friend, who heard that you’ve been messing around” Can you name that band? Folks, I’ve been messing around. That is on other food blogs. Some of you know that I belong to the Secret Recipe Club, it’s a place where you get assigned another blog, […]
Grilled Pizza: 4 ways
This post is dedicated to my not daughter. Unbeliever of grilled pizzas. Recently on Facebook, she announced that she was going to make homemade pizza… Naturally I had to post a grilled pizza recipe. I took photo’s of all the steps, it’s good for the kids. We were at the cabin so I made […]
Cabin Ramblings and Greek Style Chicken Salad Sandwich
This weekend we went up to the cabin, like we do most of the Summer time. This time McGyver suggested we go for a stroll through the woods. A stroll through the nice shady woods on a hot summer day, who could resist. We loaded up in the Rhino and Becca was coming along (Summer […]
Garlic Scape and Basil Pesto with Pancetta
I’m not an exotic cook nor do I have an enormous amount of foodie knowledge. I cook more exotic than some and I seem to have an above average knowledge of foodie things. I’m not a foodie fad girl, I don’t go chasing the latest “in” thing. Lamb may be the new bacon, but bacon […]
Roasted Butter Chicken
Only 4 ingredients: Chicken, butter, salt and pepper. The perfection of this roasted chicken isn’t hours of brining or fantastic, or even exotic ingredients and seasonings, it’s the cooking method and the butter. Oh my, what the butter does to this chicken. The butter transforms a regular chicken into a super succulent, super moist meat […]
Chili Rubbed Pork Steak with Cilantro Lime Butter and Grilled Pineapple
Sometimes life gets in the way of riding, cooking, photographing and blogging like I want to. There just isn’t enough time, often times I’ve thought “I should have waited till I retired to do a blog”. I’ve even thought about putting it on hold for awhile, you know, while I try to catch up on […]
Plain ol’ Good Pot Roast
Today we leave on a trip that we’ve been planning for 1 1/2 years. Don’t worry, I have posts lined up for you, I wouldn’t want anyone to go into withdrawals are anything Because of where we are traveling to, I will not be able to reply to any posts, no tweets and no Facebook. […]
Italian Sausage Meatballs and Mushroom Sauce over Fusili
It’s a weeknight, you’ve worked a long day, your favorite way to unwind is to cook. Except tonight, you really don’t feel like it, no energy. Of course you could pick up something on the way home, or you could order out or even have the whole family go out for dinner. But you don’t […]
Shrimp and Pancetta Spaghetti
Ask my family what their favorite Seafood is? Shrimp, they’ll cheer! Ask my family what their favorite starch is? Pasta, they’ll cheer! Ask my family what their favorite meat is? Bacon they’ll cheer! Ask the doggies what’s their favorite? And they’ll cheer, EVERYTHING! Poor Summer thinks she’s a Circus dog, until she looses her balance […]