Wow Chow Cooking

For the second time ever, I have made steak on the grill. It’s *OK.* I’ve never been much of a steak eater because the best tasting steak is rare or medium rare steak… and I like it well done because I don’t like eating raw cow. :-p I tried marinating it in mustard and Kens [...]

Well, after procrastinating for MONTHS, I finally mustered the courage to open the BBQ grill. I got it only last year. It’s a VERY nice grill (well, best one I’ve ever had) and it came in very handy when we had no kitchen during the 2010 kitchen renovation. In April, we had a vicious windstorm [...]

I got a new one!!! Praise the Lord! It was cheap– on clearance at Lowe’s. They are trying to clear out all their grills, now that summer is almost over. So if you have been looking for a good deal on grills and other summer stuff, now’s the time. I was very pleased with the [...]

We usually use the grill all summer long every summer, just because I don’t like the oven heating up the house…. but we are grilling more frequently now that I couldn’t use my oven even if I wanted to. I used to LOVE grilled food, but it has kinda lost it’s charm for me. The [...]

I love spiedies. They are a cultural dish in the Southern Tier of New York State. All the fairgrounds and regattas offer them… oooo the smell of them would drive us mad. Spiedies are very easy to make, and they are inexpensive (well, more inexpensive than best wrinkle cream!); I usually buy my meat in [...]

Woohoooo! My kitchen renovation is ready to roll! It all begins tomorrow, with the arrival of The Dumpster. That makes it official. Gals, just WAIT until you see what my kitchen will look like! I will actually be able to COOK in it! Under LIGHT! It will be CLEAN! No falling plaster, no leaking pipes, [...]

Now that it’s officially summer, we are all scratching our heads again this season, wondering what we’ve got for simple summer meals. Summer is a busy time of the year for me, and I have a few ideas up my sleeve. I thought I’d share. 1. Think salads! Salads are great for the summer. We [...]

Oooh yeah. The smell– the delicious, saliva-stimulatin’, stomach-rumbling smell of grilling meat and veggies. Drives me CRAZY. I recently caught wind of some great grilling tips from the Pit Master himself, Mike Davis. Check this out!! National Champion Pit Master Mike Davis of Lotta Bull Barbeque in Oklahoma shares some of his secrets: When cooking [...]

Easy easy easy! I love it when cooking is this easy. Here’s a really simple, DIY marinade for meat. I used it on beef steak, but it’s delicious with chicken or pork, too. Also, it’s verstaile enough for vegetables. 5 pounds beef steak (I slice mine into chunks for quicker cooking) 1 cup Balsamic Vinegar [...]