Grilled Green Beans

Grilled Green Beans with Goat Cheese

These grilled green beans use sweet red peppers, crispy shallots, and a balsamic marinade to bring these delicious beans to life!
French Toast with Maple Whip Cream

French Toast with Maple Whip Cream

This French Toast recipe uses soft French bread and grated orange peel to create thick slices of toast with a subtle hint of orange topped with maple whipped cream.

Spit Roasted Leg of Lamb

Why You Should Spit Roast Your Next Leg of Lamb

For one of the world’s great culinary treats spit roast your next leg of lamb. Spit roasted leg of lamb is tender and delicious and oh so fun to watch as it spins slowly over the grill.

Umami Old Fashioned

The Umami Old Fashioned Cocktail

The Umami Old Fashioned uses rye whiskey and orange bitters to create a delicious and drinkable old fashioned cocktail.

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Apple Cider Smoked Pork Shoulder

This smoked pork shoulder recipe uses apple cider vinegar as a brine along with smoking to deepen the flavor to create an amazingly tender and juicy pork roast.

Great Summer Gazpacho

What I Love About Gazpacho

A challenge for me can be making sure I’m eating enough healthy vegetables, which is why I love keeping a batch of fresh gazpacho on hand.

Raspberry jam all done

How I Learned to Can and Lived to Tell About It

Canning can be scary, but once I got over my irrational fear of poisoning my future self I was able to finally learn how to can.
Grilled Burger

Simple Grilled Burgers

This simple burger recipe is easy to put together and shows why burgers became an American classic.
Orzo Salad

Orzo Salad with Tomatoes and Basil

This light pasta salad made with orzo, tomatoes, and basil is brimming with late summer flavors and makes a great side dish for grilled chicken and fish dishes.

Great Summer Gazpacho

Great Summer Gazpacho

This Gazpacho recipe is one of my favorite soups to make during the summer. We usually have a big bowl of Gazpacho in the fridge all summer long because it is light and healthy and makes a great side dish for everything we eat when it’s warm out.
Tender shrimp cocktail

For Great Shrimp Cocktail Try Poaching

Making shrimp cocktail at home is a lot easier and more affordable than you think. All it takes to make a tender and delicious shrimp cocktail that is full of bright flavors that highlight the shrimp is learning how to slowly poach the shrimp.
Spit Roasted Leg of Lamb

Spit Roasted Leg of Lamb

Sweet, succulent leg of lamb is one of the world’s great culinary treats. This spit-roasted leg of lamb uses a spit to continually baste the lamb as it roasts.
Three Stick Cinnamon Gelato

Three Stick Cinnamon Gelato

With its deep creamy texture and rich cinnamon flavors, this gelato recipe is a treat for cinnamon lovers & a fantastic topping for pies, crisps, and cakes.
Shrimp Cocktail

Tender Shrimp Cocktail

For tender shrimp cocktail that tastes great try slow poaching the shrimp with some lemons and limes.

Steak getting started on the Grill

Steak Grilled Over An Open Fire

There is nothing like steak grilled over an open fire. This simple rub in this steak recipe highlights the flavors from a real wood fire.

Whiskey Sour

Whiskey Sour

This whiskey sour recipe uses a fresh tasting sour mix and egg whites to produce a frothy, refreshing drink.