Blue Cheese Smoked Brisket Burgers Our friends at Camp Chef came up last week and we smoked up a meeaaannn brisket. As if the brisket wasn’t amazing enough on it’s own (it was) we had to take it to the next level and add it to a blue cheese stuffed burger. Oh man, you guys. I can’t even begin to tell you how good it was. First of all, we used a sirloin ground beef for the burger patties....
My family takes football season very seriously. But in truth, I’m just there for the food. With this buffalo chicken dip, I’m ready for kick-off! Ingredients for Buffalo Chicken Dip Buffalo chicken dip takes the flavors of buffalo chicken wings and transforms them into one tasty party dip: hot sauce, chicken, and a creamy, tangy sauce made with cream cheese, sour cream, and shredded cheese. Many recipes use bottled ranch dressing dressing to add extra flavor and creaminess, but my twist is to skip the bottled dressing and make the dressing from scratch....
As kids we would have pit spitting contests to see how far we could make them fly. Do kids even do this any more? They’ve already bred the seeds out of watermelons, I sure hope they don’t breed the pits out of cherries. Call me old fashioned, but I don’t mind working for my food, pits, seeds and all. To make cherry ice cream, you do have to pit some cherries....
I think he looks forward to Thanksgiving just because he knows he can have as much cranberry sauce as he wants with his slices of turkey, and plenty leftover for turkey sandwiches. When he finally runs out of frozen cranberries sometime in May, he’ll start buying the cans. He’ll hide the cans in a remote corner of the pantry and eat up the canned cranberries all by himself. Yes, he’s a little obsessed....
These days when birthdays arise in our household, I’ve found my own tricks to achieve a really moist, super chocolatey cake and cupcakes. This recipe uses one of our son’s favorite foods: bananas. If you’ve got an overripe banana laying around and some gluten-free flour in your pantry, you’re well on your way to making these delicious allergy-friendly cupcakes. They’re gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and nut-free—always a winner for class parties when your kiddo or any of their friends have dietary restrictions....
Can You Freeze Cookie Dough? Yes! In fact, we freeze cookie dough all the time. It is so easy to do and makes life easier. You can freeze ALL kinds of cookie dough, not just chocolate chip (although chocolate chip cookies are my favorite)! Reasons For Freezing Cookie Dough Only clean up once: Do the prep work once and have delicious cookies many times. ONE day of cleanup is much better than FIVE (or more) All about saving time where I can....
It was July, when lobsters are in season, and we had a huge pot of them for our gang. Aunt Judy then explained that one makes lobster bisque from the leftover shells. I still recall my astonishment. How could something so delicious come from boiled shells? While New England has its summer lobster season, we in Northern California have our winter Dungeness crab season. In anticipation of making stock for seafood bisques and stews, I have been collecting our leftover shells from each crab feast and freezing them....
Why Rinse Rice When rice is processed and shipped, the grains rub against each other, creating a dusty powder. This powder is basically starchy rice flour. If you don’t rinse it off, it hydrates and cooks, forming a sticky, gummy texture. If you’ve ever had a mass of mushy gluey rice, it’s most likely because the rice wasn’t properly rinsed. Rice is also a crop, grown in a field, which means there can be dirt, debris, and pesticides....
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These miso glazed chicken wings are fit for Game Day, for sure, but they also serve year-round for any gathering or even just a fun weeknight meal. This recipe also doesn’t dirty very many dishes, which makes these wings even more appealing for a weeknight dinner. One small mixing bowl and a lined baking sheet is all you need. A pound and a half of wings is perfect for four people if you serve it with a hearty side of veggies or a quick Asian stir-fry....
One pot meals are always a favorite go-to dinner in our family. This Spanish rice sounds like the perfect side dish but it can be a main dish as well. This meal is filled with meat, cheese, tomatoes, and onions. All the hearty ingredients with all the flavor! This Spanish rice is the perfect family meal that everyone will love! It is a simple large skillet meal that can have added ingredients to make it even more hearty and nutritious with several variations....
Just like the name implies, Poke Cake is made by poking holes into the cake after baking, which are then filled with yummy goodness like pudding, jellos, cream, condensed milk… basically anything that is deliciously rich and decadent. You can use the end of a wooden spoon, a knife sharpening rod, or a straw to get those holes just the way you like them. How Do I Make the Batter for this Pumpkin Poke Cake?...
For this recipe, I’m using store-bought green curry paste, which you can find at the Asian section of a supermarket or at Asian markets. The paste should be thick, not saucy. Once opened, a jar of curry paste will keep in the fridge for a month or more, and you can use it to make other curries. (If your curry came in a tin, I recommend transferring it to a small storage container or freezing it in tablespoon portions....
So I decided to riff off standard cole slaw, only using nothing but shredded root vegetables, dressed with a parsley vinaigrette. The combination works great, and this recipe has definitely earned a place in my lineup. The trick to this salad is to use a coarse grater or a vegetable peeler to make it. I like using the peeler because you can get prettier shavings and you can deal with long, skinny roots like parsnips or carrots better with the peeler....
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Initially, I embraced bouillon, but when I got older I dismissed it as a culinary cheat: artificial and inferior. But I eventually loosened up, especially when I learned skilled cooks in many countries rely on bouillon as an easy and affordable way to infuse rice, bean, meat, and vegetable dishes with extra flavor. What can bouillon do for you? A lot, especially if you use it strategically rather than an all-out replacement for actual stock....
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