It’s here. It’s official. It’s hot. It’s summer. Summer here in Mobile is a very long, muggy, hot mess. The air is so thick you can cut it with a knife. In a nutshell, it sucks. We’re technically not there yet, where the heat makes you want to kill everyone you see because you’re so cranky. We’re not where all you want to do all day is lounge around in a bathtub full of ice – just you and beer, chillin’ in the tub. We’re not there yet, but believe me, I can feel it. We’re about 2 inches away.…
I don’t want you to go away – just hear me out. Beef tongue is so tender, so delicious, so easy in your pressure cooker, you just need it in your life. Trust me. How many times have I said it? I. Love. Tacos. Lengua tacos included. I get em when I see em on a menu, but never did I make it at home because until recently, beef tongue has been hard for me to find. Not even cattle farmers will sell it to me. But oddly enough, Wal-Mart has started carrying it, so when I saw it I…
Yep, I’m at it again. I got out my Mixtomax sous vide machine and cooked some thick cut pork chops. And oh my goodness it was bombalicious! I actually wasn’t planning on sharing this recipe at all. It was just me and the wife cooking supper, but it turned out so delicious I couldn’t help but share. Let me preface by saying we don’t eat much pork chops. I do have a couple of recipes on here and those are really our go to pork chop recipes and they’re thin cut. Even going out to a restaurant, we never get…
By this time you’ve all heard about sous vide. If you’re not sure what is, very simply, it’s the process of cooking food in a water bath at low temperatures. No, you’re not poaching the food. The food doesn’t touch the water, you either need to vacuum seal the food or put it in a zip lock bag. There’s a local restaurant here, NoJa, and it’s been my absolute favorite restaurant for years. They sous vide the food there and the things that come out of that kitchen! Completely amazing! Fat chance, but if you’re ever in Mobile, you’ve got…
The winter has been unusually cold here! Well, I mean, for here. I know some of you are freezing your tootsies off and I hate that for you, but this winter I’m experiencing winter weather and that doesn’t happen very often. Last year I think I only wore a jacket twice. This year, already, it’s coats, scarves, and we actually got snow. Strange things are happening. All that leads me to my trusty old recipe box. In this digital world, I still keep my tried and true, most beloved recipes in a recipe box. In this box is loads of…
I freaking love greens. Collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens. I love them all. I’ve had some damn good greens in my life, but I’ve had some damn awful ones too. Good greens are hard to come by and the truth is it has taken me a loooonnnnggg time to get my recipe right. But in the end, I did it. My wife even likes them too, actually begs for them and she’s not a greens eater. Had too many bad ones I guess, but this is a winner. When I can’t find sexy fresh greens, I do…
It’s just so easy, but the taste yield is ridiculous! It actually reminds me, tastewise, of a roast. It’s like eating your favorite pot roast but it’s chicken. I know there are Instant Pot obsessed people out there, and I’m glad for it, but the recipe book that comes with that machine sucks. Big ones. You guys are always looking for recipes for the IP and I encourage you to go to the Cuisinart website and look at their recipes. It won’t make you an IP traitor. 😉 I’ve tried lots of them and they are all delicious, especially this…
Whoa guys! Chili Cheese Dog Chili, it is a mouthful. I wish, I only wish I could take credit for this beauty. Let me tell you what happened… My wife was on Pinterest, looking at food. Typical. She spots this slow cooker chili cheese dog chili from 4sonrus.com. Hot dogs are not her number one food. Not even her #1000 food, but she knows how I love hot dogs. She shows it to me, reads the ingredients, and I’m so down. Let’s do this. So yeah, the original recipe is done in the slow cooker. Perfect! Just not for me,…
Risoatmeal? Yep. After putting my bacon sriracha oatmeal out there, it got me and the wife thinking about more savory oatmeal recipes. But it’s not that easy because, let’s face it, savory oatmeal is a little hard to get your head around. Having dinner one night, out of the blue, she said, “You know that pressure cooker risotto I make with the peas and parmesan? I think we should try an oatmeal like that.” Check. So I was just throwing some words out there to call it, I can’t even remember what I was saying, but I kept on getting…
As some of you might have guessed, my wife is the hippy dippy one of the bunch in this family. Sometimes I play along, sometimes I don’t. We play together when it comes to elderberry syrup. But it wasn’t always that way. Let me tell you a story… My city has a drive by flu clinic in addition to the regular Health Department situation. You sit in your car, pull up to the nurse, and boom, she sticks ya! Does that sound weird at all? Because it still sounds weird to me. Anyway, this particular year, it must have been…