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Potato, Kale and Bacon Tinfoil Dinners

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Potato, Bacon & Kale Tinfoil Dinners + A New Approach

If you had similar childhood experiences to mine, "tinfoil dinners" probably evoke memories of potatoes, onions and ground beef, rolled up in tinfoil, cooked over a fire. Maybe you had some carrots, too. While I actually love these traditional tinfoil dinners and the camp side memories that accompany them, I've recently adopted a new approach, […]
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May 20, 2014
Grilled potato salad with honey mustard and dill dressing

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Grilled Potato Salad with Honey Mustard and Dill Dressing

The recipe I want to share today is a quick one, easy to execute, but so complex in flavor you'll go crazy for it. See, I've never been a fan of potato salad. There was one potato salad I had while living in Louisiana that was made with mashed potatoes instead of cubed potatoes, and […]
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May 14, 2014
Strawberry-Rhubarb Sodas with Grapefruit and Mint

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Hello, Spring - Strawberry Rhubarb Sodas

Even though we're only a few hours north of our last home in Utah, Spring tends to take its time making its way to Rexburg. And just when you think it's arrived, boom, snow. Well, we're a little tired of waiting for it to officially to be "Spring" here, so we made it Spring ourselves, […]
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April 25, 2014

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4 Courses to Love - Home Made Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Raspberry + Mint

This is the 3rd course in a 4 course meal, designed to be a springboard for your special occasion. You can find the other courses here: Course 1 – Broth Seasoned with Pork + Vegetables Course 2 - Arugula with Pears + Prosciutto Course 3- Pork Tenderloin and Asparagus Over Dijon Potato Puree w/ Pomegranate + Balsamic […]
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February 13, 2014

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4 Courses to Love - Pork Tenderloin and Asparagus Over Dijon Potato Puree w/Pomegranate + Balsamic Reduction

This is the 3rd course in a 4 course meal, designed to be a springboard for your special occasion. You can find the other courses here: Course 1 - Broth Seasoned with Pork + Vegetables Course 2 - Arugula with Pears + Prosciutto I'm not sure if it's the same for you, but whenever I think […]
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February 11, 2014

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4 Courses to Love - Arugula with Pears + Prosciutto (course two)

This is the 2nd course in a 4 course meal, designed to be a springboard for your special occasion. See the first course here. Arugula and Prosciutto are not new ingredients on this blog. I use them often because they have good flavor, and aren't really that expensive. Sure, if you look at the "per […]
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February 6, 2014

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4 Courses to Love - Broth Seasoned with Pork + Vegetables (course one)

I've heard some people say they (and their significant other) don't celebrate Valentine's Day because they "prefer to show affection all year 'round!" ...didn't realize you had to choose between the two... To each their own, but Jules and I are always looking for an excuse to pamper each other, and what better time than […]
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February 4, 2014

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Braised Beef Short Rib with Mushrooms and Polenta

I love beef. Seriously, I'd eat it every day if I didn't care about being around for my daughters' weddings. And when I do have it, any cut that weighs less than 12 ounces just isn't worth my time. Horrible? Possibly. Wonderful? Most definitely. But as much as I love a viking's portion of beef, […]
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January 29, 2014

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Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings

This past summer, when I shared my favorite chicken wing recipe, I said that I'd probably share others. Here I am, making good on that. And usually I'm all about a great sauce on my wings, but every so often, we opt for the dry rub. And I have a pretty rockin' dry rub. Check […]
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January 21, 2014

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Kale and Prosciutto

Yo peeps! Hope all is well and we're all stickin' with those resolutions. To be honest I've felt myself slipping the past few days. So to combat that, I signed up for a marathon relay in August. Yeah, it's only 5 miles. Yeah, it's 7 months away. But running has always been rough for me, […]
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January 15, 2014

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Light Coconut Curry with Brown Rice - a Healthier Take on Thai Red Curry

Hello e'rbody! Long time no blog. I've had a few questions asking about all the gluten in my cooking recently, and why we haven't been so strict on that. Well, because Jules has been so sick, her doctors told her to just eat whatever she could and they'd monitor her levels closely. For almost a […]
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January 7, 2014

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Slow-Cooked, Tender Ham

There are lots of ways to cook a ham. By far the most popular Christmas ham is a baked, spiral-cut ham with the bone in, coated with brown sugar and/or a range of spices. Why wouldn't this be the favorite? It's delicious. But for my ham this year, I decided to try something a little […]
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December 12, 2013

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My First Crack at Italian Wedding Soup - Success

Before marrying Jules, I had never heard of Italian Wedding Soup. Julia's mom is full Italian, and there's a lot of heritage that comes along with that. Honestly I feel like I won the lottery when I married into Julia's family, but that's off topic. This post is about soup. And darn good soup. It's […]
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December 5, 2013

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Thanksgiving Leftovers - Cranberry Turkey Sandwich

Well here we are. The week of Thanksgiving. This is what we've been preparing for! I'm taking it a little easy this week, and getting stuff ready to celebrate my wonderful wife's birthday tomorrow, but I wanted to leave y'all with this quick little gem. Last month, one of our readers asked me for a […]
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November 26, 2013

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Light and Airy Pumpkin-Ricotta Cheesecake

There are a lot of pumpkin cheesecakes out there, and I love them all. The first time I had pumpkin cheesecake, it was more of a New York style, with the thick, dense filling. It was delicious, but also very heavy. When working up my own recipe for pumpkin cheesecake, I wanted to find a […]
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November 15, 2013

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Buttery and Crusty Herb-Topped Dinner Rolls

My mom makes amazing rolls. It's actually my grandmother's recipe and they're famous in our family. Any time we get together, those rolls are always requested. They're buttery, fluffy, and a necessity at any of our Thanksgiving get-togethers. Unfortunately, the recipe I'm sharing is not her recipe. No, I'm afraid that recipe belongs to the […]
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November 14, 2013

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How to Roast the Perfect Turkey

Ok, I'm not gonna get into a long shpeal about the importance of the turkey on Thanksgiving (also called "turkey day"). Everyone knows the importance of the turkey, and we also know it takes more than gravy to fix a dry, flavorless turkey. There's a lot to go over in this post, but we'll cover […]
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November 13, 2013

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Maple and Bacon Vinaigrette

I've never cared much for sweet potatoes, as historically prepared on Thanksgiving (marshmallows and all). I think my beef is that they are often overcooked to the point of mush, and lacking in the flavor department. And adding marshmallows, for me, only enhances the mushy mouthfeel. It's like I'm eating baby food, and I've always […]
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November 12, 2013

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Homemade Cranberry Sauce Worth Serving

Perhaps one of the least heralded parts of the Thanksgiving spread is the cranberry sauce. There it sits on a plate, in the middle of the table, oftentimes still retaining the shape of the can it was extracted from. Dinner ends, and it's still there. Maybe someone cut a piece out of the corner, but […]
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November 8, 2013

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Dijon Country Gravy Made With Turkey Drippings

I'm gonna try to make this post as quick to read as it is to actually make the gravy recipe below. If you're not a fan of Dijon, you can take it out, but I really encourage you to keep it in. It's not an "in your face" mustard flavor, and Dijon goes so well […]
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November 7, 2013
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