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  • Breakfast Meat Lovers Pizza

    Printable version The aroma of breakfast cooking was my Saturday morning alarm clock growing up, and to this day I love a big morning feast to start a long road trip or a busy Saturday. Most days I eat little or no breakfast at all, which is why I really savor it when I get…

  • Tacos For 125: Meal Overview

    I was completely excited about making the food for this party as soon as I was asked to do it and was told “do whatever you think will work for 100 to 150 people.” Tacos, Mexican fiesta, sauces, nachos, chili – That was my first thought and the party hosts were totally cool with it….

  • Tacos for 125: The Meat

    Margarita chicken taco When I originally started to plan this meal I was gunning for lime-garlic chicken and a flank steak preparation of some kind. As I got to pricing it out I quickly realized that I would need to replace the flank steak with ground beef because the steak would have eaten up to…

  • Tacos for 125: Salsa Verde

    Salsa Verde I knew I would have a variety of red sauces for the party so I wanted to make a green sauce, or a salsa verde to go with them. The base of this sauce is similar to the red sauces, the major difference is tomatillos replace the chilis and tomatoes. (Hence, the green…

  • Tacos for 125: Gaujillo Chili Sauce

    Gaujillo Chili Sauce This sauce features the guajillo chili and required less sugar to balance the bitterness than the other red sauce I made for the diner. Because of that I decided to make a super hot offering. The first batch was of medium heat but the second batch I left the jalapeños whole except…

  • Tacos for 125: Ancho Chili Sauce

    Ancho chili sauce Due to the ripeness of the tomatoes I was using and the natural bitterness of the ancho chili I needed a good amount of sugar in each batch to give this sauce balance. I made a mild and hot version. The mild, which was also very sweet was the most popular red…

  • Spaghetti Squash Parmesan

    Printable version As I drive around rural Northern Indiana I’m noticing a couple of things. First, the leaves are starting to change and the colorful fall landscapes are emerging over freshly harvested fields. The reds, yellows and browns create some of the most beautiful scenes mother nature has to offer and are one of my…

  • White Chicken Chili

    Printable version Now that October has arrived we enter the cooler phase of outdoor events here in Northern Indiana. Large fires and food to warm the belly are almost mandatory. One of the best ways to keep the cold away on a frosty night is a yummy batch of chili. Usually I make it meaty,…

  • Stove Top Enchiladas

    Printable version I went to the store last Wednesday and bought everything to make enchiladas the next afternoon. I was planning to make them from scratch. This meant making the filling, warming the tortillas, dipping them in sauce, stuffing, rolling and putting everything together so it can be baked off. It’s a labor intensive, but…

  • Southern Style Poutine

    Printable version It seems that the Canadian dish poutine has become all the rage. Traditional poutine consists of french fries smothered in gravy and fried cheese curds. I have seen it a couple of times on the Food Network and to my surprise poutine is now featured on the special temporary menu at Buffalo Wild…

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