Archive for May, 2009
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Celebrating Shaun's birthday a bit early, we made Homemade Chicken Noodles today. We did most of the cooking early in the day while it was still cool, and just enjoyed it for a late lunch / early dinner and watched movies on the couch. A nice relaxing day ...
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
I found this recipe in "Picnics, Potlucks, and Barbecues" Taste of Home special magazine. Here is a link to the original recipe for Sesame Pork Kabobs. I used less onion, increased the garlic a bit, and used fresh ginger. This was decently good, but I think it ...
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
We just spent most of the weekend grazing rather than actually making meals, so we made a nice grilled dinner tonight. I got some fresh white corn and some halibut fillets, and then I saw these humongous shrimp on a super sale since they were getting close to their ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Shaun and I were in the mood for a sweet tonight, and I had a bag of coconut lying about, so I dug through my cookbooks to find a macaroon recipe that I could make without going to the store. Joy of Cooking came through with a recipe I ...
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
This was a definite success. I was trying to make a garlic bread similar to the old recipe at Buca di Beppo before they got bought out last fall by Planet Hollywood, and while I did not succeed there, I did nonetheless succeed in making a very tasty bread! ...
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
This recipe came from the flank steak package. It wasn't too bad, but I don't think we'll probably be repeating this recipe. I'm posting it just in case one of my three readers might enjoy it more than we did :-) I used ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Tonight I grilled up some chile rubbed pork tenderloin and served the meat with tortillas, salsa, and refried beans. I added a tsp of onion powder to the rub and used more like 5 cloves of garlic. It took about 25 minutes on the grill, low heat, turning ...
Posted in Food, Grilling, Mexican, Pork | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Happy Mother's Day! We could not be with our mothers today, but we still wanted to have a nice dinner in honor of them. I grilled up some top round tip steaks with my galbi marinade (pretty good, but the marinade is better on the thin flanken-cut short ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
The recipe for Sweet, Sticky, Spicy Chicken from Allrecipes has been making the rounds on a message board that I frequent, and it's become a staple of quite a few of my friends. I made a few changes, of course. First, I used skinless boneless chicken thighs instead ...
Posted in Asian, Food, Pork, Poultry, Ramblings | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
(Image source: Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages)
On a Costco run on Monday, I came across a display with a case of the new, limited time Pepsi Natural - made with real sugar, no artificial colors, just old fashioned ingredients. I had to give it a try. I popped a ...
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