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Mustard and Dill Smoked Salmon
This past Thanksgiving was pretty darn good. As you recall I made a couple of different turkeys, including a smoked turkey breast that was out of this world. My mother-n-law laid out a few appetizers...
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Slow Cooker Beef Madras
You know that time when you are really wanting some great Indian food, and wanting that great curry gravy? Yeah, I had one of those moments recently, and I was glad that I did! The most recent dish I...
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Italian Style Pulled Pork Sandwich
Do you love sandwiches? I know I do and as a matter of fact I really was craving a BLT the other day, but you know what, tomatoes are just not in season here. This sandwich however is in season as it...
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Twice Baked Pimento Cheese Potatoes
Good Lord I love pimento cheese! Pimento cheese is something that I probably only make about twice a year, but when I do, I just cannot get enough of it. As a man from the North, this recipe is...
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Smoked Ham
I’m probably getting excited, not only because it is Spring time, or at least getting close, but probably because Easter Sunday is near. Unfortunately this year much of the family will not be around...
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Crispy Fried Shallots
This past weekend I stopped by one of our local ethnic markets called Cermak. I actually like shopping at this place as the have an array of ethnic aisles and pretty good produce to boot. This...
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Jalapeno Stuffed Lumpia
Gosh, I do love jalapeno poppers, don’t you? I love the actual surprise, not only with the piping hot cheese but the uncertainty if the jalapeno is going to be on the mild side, or the hot side. I...
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Mexican Alambre
You know when you have that craving for tacos, or better yet fajitas? Yeah, I know, I pretty much have that craving all of the time! This dish, known as alambre, is a popular Mexican dish that should...
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Buttermilk Fried Spring Onions
Every time I visit my local Mexican grocery store, I tend to shop around after devouring some tacos. I get the staples which typically include limes, cilantro, garlic, chilies, avocados, and tortillas....
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Skillet Fried Chickpeas with Garlic and Herbs
One of the things I truly love is snacking. I could snack all day long, however I find that my snacking time is really only after work. My go to snacks are pretty much cheese, hummus, or kettle style...
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New Mexico Hatch Chile Pork
Recently our local grocery store began selling New Mexican hatch chiles, something I have been wanting for many, many years. Granted I have made plenty of chili over the last ten years or so, but I...
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Chinese Orange Chicken
It was not too long ago when we went to visit my wife’s uncle who was in town visiting. Chinese food was on the menu, and there was one thing, the orange chicken, where I could not get enough of. There...
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Beer Braised Taquitos
The taquito. What’s not to love? It’s one of those menu items that often gets overlooked due to all of the other delicious items on a Mexican restaurant’s menu, but take a pause, slow down, and look at...
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Crawfish Etouffee
If there is one thing my oldest loves, it has got to be crawfish. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, but he’s my pickiest of eaters, 16 now, and when he tore into eating crawfish years ago I...
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Pizza Muffins
Recently I was thinking of making another batch of my taco cups. Gosh we loved those, and what’s not to love about using a muffin tin to batch out something that everyone is going to love, in bite...
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Loaded Baked Potato Muffins
With one of my most recent recipes, the pizza muffins, I kept thinking as to what to make using the muffin tins as the pizza muffins were such a huge hit. To me the muffin tin is a bit like the waffle...
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Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwich
I have been craving French dip sandwiches lately. The French dip could be one of my favorite sandwiches of all times. That time came when I really wanted one and so I decided I would take things in my...
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Pizza Montanara
I’ve probably said it before, but I will say it again. If there were a couple of things I could eat on a regular basis, it would be pizza and tacos. There are so many different ways to make either of...
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Vietnamese Green Nuoc Cham
I have bee tinkering with Vietnamese nuoc cham for some time now, tinkering with both a red version and a green version. The subtle difference between the two is the red uses sambal (which I totally...
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Thai Style Beef Jerky
My kids go nuts over beef jerky, or heck any type of jerky for that matter. It almost sits on the fence of borderline ridiculous as if they have a bag of eat, they pretty much would devour the entire...
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