My next door neighbor Rich has been firing up his grill over the last couple of nights. One evening I happened to peek my head into his yard and ask what he was cooking. Chicken thighs was his reply. I haven’t had a chicken thigh in a while so I decided to fire up my [...]
Archive for June, 2012
Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Hamburger
June 21st, 2012
cmanteria One of the things that says summer best is pretty much anything on the grill. Hamburgers are probably at the top of almost anyone’s list when it comes to what you eat at a barbecue. What makes a burger better? Season the meat then Stuff it with delicious cheddar and crisp bacon. I got this [...]
Hearty Tomato and Olive Bread
June 19th, 2012
cmanteria A good friend of mine stopped by the other day while I was making pizza dough. “What’s in bread?” he asked me. I was amazed. He’s a highly intelligent highly successful individual who is inquisitive about how things are made in general and he didn’t know where this basic staple of most people’s diets comes [...]
Grilled Miso Chicken with Roasted Corn and Edamame Salad
June 14th, 2012
cmanteria I was trying to use up some miso paste I had left over so I started playing around with miso marinades. This one came out great, though was just a tad salty. Cutting back on the miso paste will help that. The edamame salad was snagged from Ruby Foos and found on Epicurious. The salad was tasty [...]
Spinach and Blue Cheese Stuffed Sirloin
June 10th, 2012
cmanteria Ken and Patti Fisher from Date Night Doins recently did me the great honor of asking me to be a guest blogger on their site. While doing some research to make sure that they were legit – They are BTW – I came across this recipe which really caught my eye, a grilled blue cheese [...]
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