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Avocado Bacon Cheeseburger
Read more: Avocado Bacon CheeseburgerPrintable version Grilling season is in full swing. When I was in college at Ball State, I’ll never forget walking to work at the campus newspaper on warm evenings and smelling barbecue grills all around campus perfuming the air like fresh cut grass on a five-acre lawn. According to a…
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Tandoori Chicken Pitas
Read more: Tandoori Chicken PitasPrintable version I started to become a real Food Network junkie around 2004. I was really into cooking by that time and was mostly following magazines like Cuisine at Home and Food Everyday. It wasn’t long before my television was tuned to the Food Network all the time except for…
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Chicken Wings With Bacon Chipotle Sauce
Read more: Chicken Wings With Bacon Chipotle SaucePrintable version Over this past Memorial Day weekend my cousin-in-law grilled up an inspiring mess of chicken wings. He used a teriyaki glaze that he kept basting them with as he turned them on the charcoal grill. The end result was a juicy and tender bite with great flavor. I’m…
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Eggs and Sausage Gravy Over Hash Browns
Read more: Eggs and Sausage Gravy Over Hash BrownsPrintable version In the town of Churubusco, Indiana there is a small diner called the “Ramble Inn.” It has served the 2,000 residents of Turtle Town USA since well before I was born. When I was in college at Ball State University I would work during the summer break and…
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Grilled Chicken Soft Tacos with Pico de Gallo
Read more: Grilled Chicken Soft Tacos with Pico de GalloPrintable version Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and with it the unofficial start of summer. If you haven’t already, it’s time to clean up the grill, fill up the pool and get the bug zapper primed for the upcoming mosquito invasion. The holiday is the perfect excuse to get…
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Shrimp, Crab or Tuna Salad
Read more: Shrimp, Crab or Tuna SaladPrintable version These salads are relatively inexpensive because the meat is processed. The flavor and freshness would multiply by a thousands if you purchased and cooked all of this meat yourself, but it would cost a ton of money and time, and if I had fresh tuna or crab –…
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Battered Onion Rings
Read more: Battered Onion RingsPrintable version When we were kids, my sister used to eat raw onions like they were apples. She would keep a sandwich baggy in the refrigerator with a peeled raw onion in it, every so often she would take out her pungent little treat and sink her teeth in for…
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Italian Bread Pizza
Read more: Italian Bread PizzaPrintable version When most people think of pizza they imagine flat round bread with sauce and an assortment of toppings. One of my favorite non-traditional ways to make pizza is to split Italian or French bread and use it as a substitute for the dough. I like these types of…