These totchos – tater tot nachos are a great way to mix up breakfast. You can add all your favorite ingredients and end up with a delicious feast. These totchos have some slow cooker pork carnitas, eggs, cheese, jalapeƱos, Mexican crema, salsa and green onions but you can mix it up and substitute in and […]
Disney Style Smoked Turkey Legs
If you have ever been to Disney’s Frontierland, or a renaissance fair and have had one of the monstrous turkey legs they sell there, this is a copycat of those recipes. These turkey legs are to die for. They don’t taste like turkey, more like ham.
Tomato Soup
I don’t know if there is a better comfort food combination than tomato soup and a nice gooey, buttery grilled cheese. This tomato soup recipe is really easy and the grilled cheese is a bonus. The acid in the soup is a perfect complement to the richness of the butter and cheese in the sandwich.
Delicious Shakshuka – Eggs poached in a spicy stewed tomato sauce
Spicy tomato sauce with peppers, onions, and warming spices topped with eggs poached in the sauce and served with some crusty bread or toasted pita. There can be many additions to kick this up a notch. You could add spicy sausage, feta or goat cheese, cured olives, the list goes on.
Sticky Asian Chicken Wings
These sticky, salty, sweet, Asian chicken wings are my take on wings I had growing up at a Chinese restaurant in Warwick, Rhode Island. This recipe comes close to The Islander’s wings, but it is not perfect. I will probably be posting an update in the future as I refine the recipe.
Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
This simple recipe can be found right on the back of the bag for Ghirardelli chocolate chips. These cookies turn out great every time we make them and we have made a lot of these cookies.
Simple Delicious Bruschetta
Simple but so much flavor. The play between the sweet tomatoes, sharpness of the onions, earthiness of the basil, crunch of the toast and tang from the balsamic glaze make for a perfect bite.
Smoked Bluefish and Smoked Bluefish Spread
These smoked bluefish and spread recipes are very easy and the brine and smoke remove all of the unwanted fishy/gamey taste that bluefish is often associated with.
Sous Vide St. Louis Ribs Finished on the Grill
When COVID first hit, we purchased a large deep freezer in preparation for supermarkets being hit hard by people buying everything in sight. We made a huge purchase at that time from a commercial meat purveyor that supplies restaurants and other food services with meat. Some of what we purchased was a bunch of racks […]
French Onion Soup
This french onion soup recipe is really pretty easy, the toughest part is making sure you don’t burn the onions while you carmelize them.







