Smoked Pulled Pork
Pulled pork is the first thing I became really comfortable smoking and being able to achieve a consistent end product. Dare I say perfect? I mean, the recipe is made the way, I really like it so I guess it’s perfect for me. And it’s become pretty popular with whomever, I have made it for…
Irish Mule
My favorite drink used to be a Big Ginger. It’s a Twin Cities drink that two local Irish bars (under the same ownership) made famous. The Big Ginger is Jameson, ginger ale and a squeeze of lemon and lime. In fact, I’ve heard (although been able to verify) a rumor that these two bars were…
Cuban-ish Sandwich
My mom’s family has a serious obsession with ketchup. When they were little, they all got a bottle of ketchup in their Christmas stocking (there were 10 of them…) so they didn’t need to share. These days they all go out for brunch after Sunday Mass, and when the restaurant stopped carrying Heinz ketchup (gasp!),…
Chicken Tacos with Grilled Corn & Avocado Salsa
First things first. Happy Anniversary to our parents! They’ve been married 34 year today!! We love tacos. Any kind of tacos. Although we grew up eating classic tacos, I’ve since come to think of tacos as sort of a blank canvas. You need a tortilla, a protein, a sauce, and some sort of veggie or…
Chipotle Mayo
A couple years ago, we found a chipotle mayo at a specialty cooking store we stopped at when we were out and about. We put that stuff on chicken tacos with a fresh salsa and on top of quesadillas. And when the bottle ran out we didn’t want to make a one and a half hour…
How to: remove corn silks
We LOVE corn on the cob. Not only on the cob and slathered with butter, but also grilled in salsas, fresh in salads, turned into cream corn – you get the picture. And this is the time of year where you can start getting locally grown sweet corn, and if you can, buy it from…
Fresh Fig Frozen Yogurt with Goat Cheese
I just got back from Aj’s grandmother’s funeral in Michigan, people had a lot of wonderful things to say about her, and one thing that came up frequently is how much Dorthy loved ice cream. Everyone, especially the grandchildren, said that Grandma would always have ice cream in the freezer and had no limits on…
