There’s an old saying that the secret’s always in the sauce—and honestly, summer proves it every time.Summer Dressings & Sauces. These easy homemade dressings and sauces bring that “extra” energy every plate deserves. Billie Lemon Vinaigrette Dressing This easy-to-make, incredibly flavorful, and … Continue reading
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This Chicken Tenders recipe brings restaurant-style strips home with a buttermilk brine and deep-frying for maximum crispiness. By Chef Billy Parisi, https://www.billyparisi.com/fried-chicken-tenders Ingredients For the Marinade: 2 pounds chicken tenders 1 ½ cups buttermilk ¼ cup pickle juice, or white distilled vinegar 1 tablespoon hot sauce 1 ½ tablespoons garlic granules … Continue reading
5/3/2025 – Last week we bought an 8 lb. well trimmed pork butt from Rouse’s. Yesterday afternoon, trimmed the small amount of fat still on it, salted to dry brine, rubbed it with Meat Church’s Voodoo Pig Rub and let … Continue reading
4/17/2025 – Inspired by the recipe developed by Ann Maloney in Rouces’ spring 2025 magazine and from their web site here. This was excellent and could be used with shrimp, sausage, etc. We used at least 25% more spices. This … Continue reading
This recipe was inspired by Chef John’s Roman-style chicken recipe and has a lot of potential. He is John Mitzewich and has a good video at his page. Our version below has much larger volume of spices than his but we … Continue reading
3/18/2025 – Smoked a 10×10 package of relatively thin sliced country-style ribs on the RecTeq and they turned out great: moist and more tender than in the past. The smoke was at 225° for two hours and after the ribs … Continue reading
3/2/2025 – This dish was great and fairly easy to prepare. It was inspired by the recipe here. Ingredients: For the Shrimp: 1 pound large shrimp. Used frozen easy-peel and deveined from Publix2 tablespoons olive oil – or more if … Continue reading
2/22/2025 – This was a great, easy meal inspired by Suzy here. Ingredients For chicken 6 bone-in, trimmed, skin-on chicken thighs Kosher salt and black pepper 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon coriander 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil For Mushroom Sauce 2 tablespoon butter 12 ounce fresh large mushrooms, sliced … Continue reading
1/30/2025 – This easy dish was inspired by the recipe at The Mediterranean Dish’s web site here. Mary made a lot of adjustments. Ingredients 6 chicken thighs, bone in, skin on Extra Virgin Olive Oil 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped ~1 cup dry white wine Lemon … Continue reading
1/4/2025 – We met Kelley and Rocky at Prejeans in Lafayette LA to drop off the girls after their week with us and had lunch. Mary ordered their Chef’s Fried Rice entree from the Brunch menu and it was great. … Continue reading