Corn, Tomato and Zucchini Salad
When you are cooking a lot of heavy food for a meal, it is nice to have something light that also tastes really good. For the 4th of July, I was cooking a lot of BBQ. I had both BBQ ribs and pulled pork and both […]
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Eggy Bear’s Sweet Tea Brined Chicken Wings on the Big Green Egg
Denise has a friend, Eggy Bear, who is essentially one of the masters of the Big Green Egg cult. He recently hooked Melissa up with her own BGE and she is quickly learning the ropes on this incredible smoking device and is hoping to be indoctrinated […]
Grilled Eggplant Pasta
Ok, so I know Denise will never try this with her family but I’m just saying that my 5 year old, who had no idea what she was eating, loved it! It’s simple and tasty and beautiful. It could be a main dish or a […]
Pastor Ryan’s Pasta Carbonara
My friend Maria always come through with amazing dishes that she brings to our different “Fests”. This time, she brought Pasta Carbonara which she got straight from The Pioneer Woman. It was the perfect dish for Baconfest – The Sequel because it was very adult AND […]
How to Freeze Meat
We all have food issues in some way, shape or form. I don’t eat seafood or “freaky” meat. Melissa goes to the store almost daily to ensure the freshest ingredients for meals and will whip something up based on what “looks good that day” (yes…always […]
Tomato Bacon Bites – Mini BLT Explosions
For Baconfest The Sequel, Denise asked me to do some items on the ‘lighter’ side just in case everything was uber bacon heavy. I opted for a traditional spinach salad with hot bacon vinaigrette and these little tomato bacon bites. I don’t know what they […]
Roasted Tomatillo and Lobster Salad
When Denise and I made our video on How to Kill a Lobster Humanely, I had the pleasure of eating the lobsters since Denise won’t touch them, let alone eat them. I still laugh out loud every time I think of her jumping out of […]