Carnitas were never top of my list of things to order at Mexican restaurants until a few years ago, when I was traveling to Charlotte to facilitate new hire training. My co-trainer and I took our new class of associates out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant one night. She had been to this particular…
Pear and Fontina Grilled Cheese
This time of year you can find lugs of fresh pears ripe and ready for canning. I only know that term because we’ve purchased them in years past and brought them home for my mother-in-law to can when she wasn’t able to get them in our hometown. Although you can usually find them year round,…
Grilled Shrimp Po’ Boy
A couple years ago we were searching for a recipe to use to make shrimp po’ boys, but we don’t deep fry a lot at home so we also wanted something a little bit healthier. Don’t get me wrong, I love the golden brown, crunchy, deep fried goodness as much as the next person, but…
Slow Cooker Chicken Gyros
Slow cookers are great for anyone who works full time because dinner is on the table pretty much when you get home. But they are also great in the summer because you don’t need to heat up an oven or turn on the stove. We have come to love slow cookers when we’re hunting and…
Sweet Potato Hash
A couple months ago, my friend Carmen was telling me about this new trick she found for poaching eggs in a mug in the microwave. And as part of that story, she mentioned that she served them over a sweet potato hash that she made with onions, red peppers and spinach – oh and of…
Mac ‘n Cheese Dogs
There is this restaurant/bar in downtown Minneapolis called Sneaky Pete’s. I’m not sure why it’s called Sneaky Pete’s. It might have something to do with the fact that it’s next door to a strip club and there is a ‘sneaky’ entrance from Sneaky Pete’s into the strip club. I could probably google the restaurant to…
