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Can’t go wrong with a chicken that’s double drunk. Serves 2 5-6 Chicken tenderloins 10-12 pearl onions (fresh or frozen) 7-8 sun dried tomatoes 1/4 cup bourbon 1/2 cup port wine 1 cup frozen peas 1 tbsp olive oil 1 clove garlic, pressed or finely chopped. 1 tsp sesame seeds Spices: 1/4 tsp salt, a good … Read more
Meat Candy! A favorite. Serves 4 1 package of smoked bacon 3 boneless pork chops sauce: 1/2 cup boiling water 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/2 cup honey Pinch (or more) of hot pepper (smoked habanero, cayenne, chipotle etc.) Pinch of salt 1 tsp vinegar 1 tsp lemon juice 1 tbsp soy sauce … Read more
The sauce makes this dish. Makes it irresistible that is. Serves 2 12-16 Medium size shrimp (thawed if frozen) peeled and deveined, butterfly cut. Juice from 1 Lime 1 Avocado Sauce: 2 tbsp butter 1 tsp olive oil 2 pressed (or finely chopped) garlic cloves. Spices: pinch Black Pepper, pinch Salt, pinch Smoked Habanero or Cayenne, pinch White … Read more
Not much work, so good, and can be used as a main dish, in a salad, sandwich, anything really. Serves 4-5 Flank steak (1.5lb-2lb) Marinade: 1 bottle of Guinness 4 tbsp sugar in the raw 2 tbsp honey Spices: 1/4 tsp black pepper, 1/2 tsp salt, a (good) pinch of smoked … Read more
This is pretty quick to make and is a one dish dinner. Serves 4-5 1 box Orcchiette pasta (Shells will work too) cooked al dente (cook it while preparing the rest, so it’s hot when added). 20 or so medium raw shrimp (thawed if frozen) peeled and deveined, tails on or off as you like. … Read more
Another winning dinner combo. Will also win when done separately! Beef for roasting – from prime rib that will be amazingly good and expensive to any cut you get. Marinade in a ziplock bag overnight in the fridge or at least for a couple of hours: 1 bottle of beer. Any will do, dark lager is … Read more
Quick dinner for me and my daughter. Well, planned ahead a bit and marinated the meat. Steaks – I marinated two steaks, beef tenderloins, in: 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup vinegar 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 tablespoon molasses 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder Black pepper, habanero pepper, white pepper as much … Read more
I’ve been a Sears customer for many many years. I even liked them, especially for tools. Now let me tell you how this all changed a hundred and eighty degrees. Yesterday around noon I was home and discovered that my water heater broke. Water was flowing nicely, there was no question about it – … Read more
This is a comment I posted to this article: “Small businesses: Obama worse than Lehman collapse” I live in north east NJ. All you have to do is drive around and see how many stores are empty with a “for rent” sign on them. You can do as many interpretations of the statistical information, try … Read more
In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, an overused and abused phrase by now, I came to realize something that’s been lurking in my mind for quite a while now. We are going downhill. When I say we, I mean the USA, though in many ways this is true of many other nations, but since I … Read more