If you have ever been to a Japanese steak house, then you know all about this sauce. Depending on the place you go, it actually has many names: Yum Yum Sauce, Sakura Sauce, or just White Sauce. In reality this sauce is very easy to create and goes great with grilled meats, seafood, and vegetables. [...]
September 2010
So what would you say if you had a combination of Italian Sausage, Oranges, Onions, and Bay leafs on a skewer? Well, I was kind of skeptical at first, but the flavor combination of these ingredients actually works out wonderfully. Just don’t eat the bay leaf as it is there only for aroma. Not only [...]
Notice something different than normal in the picture for this post? Ahh yes, the first official spoon swoosh was performed in my house. Michelle (beautiful wife and loving mother of our 3 kids), came up with that idea. We watch the show Chopped quite a bit, and after seeing basically every chef on the show [...]
When I first saw this dish made by a friend of mine, I knew I had to cook it up, the aroma alone was enough to get me addicted to it. Calabacita is a traditional Mexican (me like Mexican food, no way) recipe made from zucchini and the word calabacita is loosely translates to little [...]
For the Project Food Blog contest I compared myself to Rocky Balboa. It is only fitting now that I create my version of a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich. For the sandwich I used rib eye steaks and sliced them into 1/4 inch thick slices. To make the slicing easier, do it while the steaks are partially [...]
You know what makes a good marinade for vegetables, especially asparagus, on the grill? Definitely homemade vinaigrette. For this asparagus recipe, I whipped up classic vinaigrette that I marinated the asparagus in for about an hour. The smoky flavor of the grill plus the vinaigrette made this an amazingly good grilled asparagus. Ingredients: 1/4 cup [...]
It seems that everyone has been trying these little stacks of flavor, and now I see why. Not only is the recipe easy to prepare, but pretty quick to cook. I did some modifications to this recipe to help bring in a bit more flavor. The change I did was to dice up some fresh [...]
This is a simple and tasty Italian pork chop recipe. As I have mentioned many times I love using fresh herbs when grilling. The pack so much more flavor than dried herbs. This is a wonderful marinade that can be used on almost any type of meat or vegetable. Ingredients: 1 cup olive oil 4 [...]
Shrimp on the grill, every time I grill it up, I wonder why I don’t do this more often. The best part of shrimp, it is super easy to enhance the flavor with marinades and rubs. One thing to remember is that when you are creating a marinade or rub for shrimp it is important [...]
A granulated garlic and dried herb mixture is another great way to come up with a simple rub for the mid-week grilled chicken breast, I am so busy with life, meal for the family. As you may have noticed I have been doing this quite a bit lately. One of the reasons is we are [...]
