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  • Easy Grilled Corn on the Cob

    Perfectly cooked corn on the cob Sometimes nature provides the most delicious flavors. All you have to do is cook it right. To me, the greatest sauce on a burger is an egg yolk. There is nothing more delicious than biting into a perfectly cooked burger and piercing the yolk of a fried egg that…

  • Old El Paso Pork Chops

    Old El Paso Pork Chops seasoned with American Taco Spice. I always have a homemade Mexican seasoning in my pantry that I like to call American Taco Spice. If you sprinkle two tablespoons of it on a pound of ground beef, it will taste just like meat seasoned with the spice packet found in an…

  • Caribbean Style Chicken Wings

    Printable version This is a past post, but I decided to share it again. It’s one of my favorite preparations for wings and I can’t wait to make a batch of these to devour now that the warm weather is starting to roll in. These are a must try … When I first moved to…

  • Southwestern Braised Chicken Thighs

    When it comes to chicken, I’ve always grilled, fried or roasted it. Braising was something I hadn’t done that often. With bone-in thighs on sale recently, I decided that it was time to get my braise-on and throw together a platter of Southwestern-style chicken. The main reason I don’t opt for cooking chicken in braises…

  • Guilty Pleasures: Chili Dogs!

    Chili dogs! I love them. Every greasy, salty unhealthy crumb. They used to be my hangover cure. Now they’re just my dirty little culinary secret. I was at Meijer searching for the ingredients of a braised chicken dish when it hit – A craving from deep in my belly. It felt like a need greater…

  • Homemade Chicken Stock

    Printable version To take soup or other broth based dishes to a different level on the flavor scale, it should should feature a homemade broth or stock, like the recipe featured in this post. The end results can be restaurant quality recipes sure to warm the soul. I recently found leg quarters on sale for…

  • Multiple papers publish Super Bowl recipes!

    I’m happy to say that 11 Newspapers out of the 17 put together at the Design Center in Munster for Lee Enterprises have used my Super Bowl snacks project. I put it together from recipes that have originally appeared here! It has been my goal from day 1 at my new job to find a…

  • Crunchy American Tacos

    Printable version Since I was a young boy my favorite food has been tacos. I would go crazy when I saw that boxed taco kit sitting on the counter as Mom began to prepare dinner. I would gorge myself on them – most kids experience binge eating for the first time with sweets – not…