Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
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 ...
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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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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Back in December, I tried a mix from Target for Pumpkin Monkey Bread. It was quite good, and I made a note to try to replicate it. Yesterday talking to my mom, she mentioned making sweet potato biscuits for a Kentucky Derby dinner, and it set off the ...
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Food | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
About a month ago I made this citrus grilled chicken. Tonight I made a couple tweaks - adding cumin and replacing the food coloring with turmeric, which added some flavor as well as keeping the distinct yellow color. I'm quite happy with it now. It still isn't ...
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
This is a recipe from Cooking Light, July 2001. I had some strawberries and buttermilk that needed to be used up today, and Google was kind enough to point me to the recipe. I've paraphrased the recipe below. It's very nice and refreshing. I was expecting ...
Posted in Desserts, Food, Frozen, Fruit | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
This is a great way to enjoy shrimp in the summertime. The flavors are reminiscent of a margarita with spice instead of sweet. I sometimes omit the tequila or add various other finely minced fresh herbs - basil and oregano work well. We served this with the ...
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
This is a simple and tasty side dish. The garlic flavors the broccoli subtly and is great on its own or smashed on some crusty bread.
Roasted Broccoli with Garlic
Serves 4
4 broccoli crowns (about 2 lbs)
2 tbsp olive oil
½ tsp kosher salt
½ tsp black pepper
12 whole peeled garlic cloves
Preheat oven ...
Posted in Food, Vegetables | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 27th, 2009
This was a quick and easy dinner that I came up with on the fly. I had some skinless boneless chicken thighs that needed to be used up, so I threw together a Mexican-inspired wet rub, grilled them up, along with some tortillas, and made some very tasty tostadas. ...
Posted in Beans, Food, Grilling, Mexican, Poultry | 1 Comment »
