Food & Wine Recommendations, Favorite Recipes
Ham & Bean soup is one of my favorite cold weather cooking recipes. Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs of smoked ham and one ham bone from previous festive meal. 6-9 slices of thick butcher cut hickory smoked bacon 1 20oz bag of dried beans for Hurt’s 15 bean soup (After soaking over night or several days [Continue]
Cajun Turkey Chilli with Spicy Sausage is destined to become one of my signature meals. This recipe makes an entire large crackpot full. Ingredients: 2 1/2 lbs of ground Turkey 14-28 oz hickory smoked Spicy Andouille Sausage ( Andouille Sausage is typically made with pork, but can also have turkey and beef combinations that has [Continue]
This dish is called Ken’s Southwest Five C Chilli because 5 of the major ingredients start with the letter “C”, which makes it easy to create a mental shopping list. The 5 C’s= Chicken, Corn, Chipotle, Cumin & Chilli Powder This recipe makes an entire crackpot full of southwest chicken chilli for those special guest [Continue]
Who has time to make breakfast? Making up a batch of Burridge Breakfast cookies earlier in the week insures that you always have some good brekkie (instead of spam on toast) to take-away. These cookies are equally good when washed down with cold milk or strong coffee. Prep Time: about 20 minutes Cook Time: 10-12 [Continue]
As two buck Chuck from Trader Joes is no more, trying to find a good replacement is beyond a worthy challenge. Primitivo is basically the Italian cousin of the same grape called Zinfandel in North America and the parent of Mali Plavoac in Crotia. This particular 100% Primitivo from Grifone is created from Old Vines [Continue]
If you are a big fan of coconut then do yourself a favor and try to find some coconut oil. Depending upon where you live in the world, you can find it in the local grocery store along with the other traditional cooking oils. You will find coconut oil in either a clear liquid form [Continue]
Taste Notes: A classically good Zin with: berry and cherry notes that finishes with a smooth oak and chocolate flavors. It’s an easy red to drink that would appeal to most red wine drinkers and even some of those traditionally white or blush wine drinkers. Wine Enthusiast Magazine said “There is absolutely no better valued [Continue]
Beef, Beans & Bacon Chili A great mild chili to make for a party or just because it is time for some cold weather cooking. This recipe makes enough a for dozen people. It should be fairly easy to half or cut by a 1/3 etc depending upon your needs and/or the ingredients on hand. [Continue]
Yes wine ice cream really does exist, obviously people in Australia are just finding out about it, but Mercer’s Dairy in New York started selling wine ice cream back in 2007. The wine ice cream from Mercer’s Dairy contains 5% alcohol and can be purchased in assorted wine flavors for about $7 a pint. “This [Continue]
I have found it best to just serve this Carrot Soup dish as an appetizer before the main and not tell people what it is made from. In recent years this carrot soup has slowly become a Thanksgiving tradition in addition to a staple of savory cold weather cooking. Main Ingredients Carrots 4 cups peeled [Continue]
