Smoked Brisket
It’s a quintessential Minnesota spring, the weather is teasing us. 70 degrees one day and 30 the next day with snow. But those sparse warm days are enough to have us watching the forecast and planning when we break out the smoker! Although we grill throughout the winter, it’s a lot harder to do a…
Grandpa’s Christmas Fudge
Merry Christmas Eve! One of my favorite parts of the holidays is the food. Not only because I love food and love to eat but because of the memories, the history, the stories that comes along with food. Many of the foods we eat on various holidays have an element of a tradition. And I…
Big Batch Boulevardiers
Tory & I always post our Christmas Cocktail the year after we make it. Why? Because it allows us to take pictures when we are actually enjoying the cocktail instead of premaking and staging it. This year, with COVID19 changing the way many of us are able to celebrate the holidays, preparing this post and…
The Ultimate Smoked Turkey
We’ve now made this smoked turkey two years in a row for Thanksgiving to rave reviews both times and this year my friends from Bald Man Brewing in Eagan tested this recipe for their Thanksgiving. For all of my local Minnesota readers, we recommend their Tupelo Honey Brown Ale, the smoke from the turkey…
Baja Style Carne Asada Burritos
I’m BAAAACK! Man, that has been almost my longest hiatus from the blog so far. We’ll see if I can get back into the swing of things this spring or not. Lots going on in the yard with spring getting started, getting the yard cleaned up and getting the garden ready to be planted. And…
Figgy Old Fashioned
Oh bring us a figgy old fashioned; Oh, bring us a figgy old fashioned; Oh, bring us a figgy old fashioned; it’s a cup of good cheer! It’s been quiet here on the blog lately – life kind of got in the way – but since Tory & I started talking about planning the Christmas…
Grilled Lemonade Cocktails – Two Ways
Tory was probably so proud of me when I came up with these two grilled lemonade cocktail recipes. Derek was away for the weekend and I had just made some grilled lemonade. Somewhere along the line, I decided that I needed to spike them. Now, many people are sitting there and reading this thinking, “well,…
