Let’s be honest… ham isn’t exactly a tradition in my family. We aren’t Kosher, but it’s not often you have ham on Hanukkah. 🙂 However, this is a delicious ham recipe, that we use, and I highly recommend serving it with scalloped potatoes and a steamed vegetable. Enjoy! Glaze Ingredients: Juice and pulp from twoContinue reading “Orange-Maple Glazed Ham”
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Homemade Tamales
We recently discovered a great way to use and repurpose leftovers into something quick and delicious for dinner in a hurry. Homemade tamales! So far, we’ve made them with leftover shredded smoked chicken, and pulled pork. This weekend brisket is on the menu, and you can bet we’ll be keeping some leftovers to try asContinue reading “Homemade Tamales”
Chimichurri
This Chimichurri recipe (or a variation of it) is one of our go-to additions to a delicious grilled steak. It can be made in advance, or whipped up in a hurry. Also makes a great spread for steak sandwiches! Ingredients 1 cup Parsley leaves & stems ½ cup Cilantro leaves & stems 3 cloves garlic,Continue reading “Chimichurri”
Grilled American Lamb Chops with a pomegranate and fig salsa
Lamb is a delicious and special meat to cook, and we are particularly fond of cooking it on the grill. Due to the tender nature of the various cuts, it does not need to be cooked long– medium rare lamb is truly amazing. Recently, we’ve discovered that the best lamb is American lamb around. NotContinue reading “Grilled American Lamb Chops with a pomegranate and fig salsa”
Technique: Resting Your Meat
This blog post is sponsored by Ace Hardware. The first of May marked the official beginning of “BBQ Month” and while I personally like to BBQ year-round (yes, I’m that guy outside in my puffy jacket on sub-zero nights, in the dark, grilling up the perfect dinner), I think that most Americans really do fireContinue reading “Technique: Resting Your Meat”
Vietnamese-Style Pork Eggroll Bowls
INGREDIENTS: · 1 pound ground pork · ½ yellow onion, finely diced · ½ red bell pepper diced · 3 large carrots, grated · ¼ small head green cabbage, finely shredded · ½ jalapeno, thinly sliced into half-rounds · 2 cloves garlic, minced · 1 tsp grated ginger · 2 tbsp cooking oil · ¼Continue reading “Vietnamese-Style Pork Eggroll Bowls”
Big Game Snacks
Super Bowl weekend is upon us! It’s one of America’s biggest grilling days, and I love to have the opportunity to cook a bunch of fun, tasty snacks and have friends over to enjoy the big game. Here are four easy and delicious recipes that are perfect for the big game or any big gatheringContinue reading “Big Game Snacks”
An Amazing Valentine’s Day Dinner- cooked at home!
Every year, my wife and I comment that the food we have learned to cook at home really is so much better than most things we can get in a restaurant. And at half the price! Getting immersed in the foodie world has been so fun, because we’ve experimented (and failed) with new recipes, andContinue reading “An Amazing Valentine’s Day Dinner- cooked at home!”
Smoked Corned Beef
Saint Patrick’s Day is another holiday where food traditions live large, and indulgence is a norm. While I’m not Irish, my wife is, so Corned Beef and Cabbage is a family staple this time of year for her. Her mom makes an incredible boiled version, which we enjoy annually. But as grilling and smoking hasContinue reading “Smoked Corned Beef”
Sourdough Bread
This has been something we’ve talked about trying for a while. But life gets in the way and making bread (generally) seems like it would be a lot of work. But combine stay-at-home orders, a shortage of bread in the grocery store and plenty of time on our hands, and we finally gave Sourdough BreadContinue reading “Sourdough Bread”
