Monthly Archives: March 2021

Grilled Potato Wedges

Since the pork chops needed to be grilled, it made sense to grill the potatoes, too. The problem was to find some way of grilling those potatoes so the pork chops and potatoes could be the grill at about the … Continue reading

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Apple-Mango Chutney

As mentioned in the previous blog entry, Kardea Brown on Food Network included this recipe for chutney with grilled pork chops. The link is here. We didn’t have any mangoes on hand, so we used frozen strawberries instead. We again … Continue reading

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Grilled Pork Chops

There are plenty of grilled pork chop recipes that follow this pattern. Marinade the chops for a while, remove chops from marinade, grill chops. Unfortunately, the marinade and grilling instructions often receive short shrift, resulting in a chop that is … Continue reading

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Pressure Cooker Caribbean Pot Roast

Always on the look-out for flavorful Instant Pot® recipes, we were anxious to try this one. The potential for a quick pot roast laden with the flavor of the islands was too tantalizing not to try it. Our results were … Continue reading

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Cornbread-Topped Chili Casserole

Sometimes we can predict a particular dish will be well received, but nearly as often we are surprised when we receive accolades for what we thought was a mundane weeknight selection. This recipe is definitely in the latter category. All … Continue reading

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Chicken Paillard

Paillard is a cooking technique for boneless meat. The word likely comes from the Restaurant Paillard in Paris in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It was originally applied to veal and beef; the boneless cut of meat was pounded thin … Continue reading

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Homemade Hamburger Buns

Are you ever frustrated at the quality of hamburger or hot dog buns you pick up at the local grocery store? We have too many such stories to relate all of them here. You just can’t tell looking through or … Continue reading

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Red Curry Marinated Skirt Steak Fajitas

What’s the difference between a fajita and a taco? We looked at several accounts of the differences and came to the conclusion that for traditional fajitas the meat and vegetables are both grilled and cut into similarly-sized thin strips to … Continue reading

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Rusty Chicken Thighs

We are grateful for a gentler-than-normal March weather pattern to allow for an earlier-than-normal onset to grilling season. This recipe is one of our first attempts this season, and we found it by searching for grilling boneless chicken thighs. Not … Continue reading

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