Recipes
Chris Cooks: Salt & Vinegar Chicken with a Grilled Corn Salad
Very few meals become regulars around our home, because I love cooking new things all the time. But this meal is so good (and so easy), that I make it at least twice a month. Even more during the summer months. You can watch the full video on how to make here on CLJTV, right […]
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July 1, 2018
Chris Cooks
On Pursuing Passions
Do you ever think about what you really love to do? What you're passionate about? I, myself, feel like I jump around a lot. I love designing rooms and watching that evolution take place. I love art--painting, looking at, being around and in an artistic environment. When I am deep into my fitness goals--there's no […]
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April 15, 2015
Recipes
Shepherd's Pie With Ground Beef (Cottage Pie, I Guess)
You know what's crazy? Life! Goodness, I haven't posted a recipe for quite awhile. But the weather around here has been cooling quickly, which always makes me want to slow down and cook something hearty. My first Fall-feeling meal of the year? Shepherd's pie. Ok, well it's not exactly shepherd's pie, because I used beef […]
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September 18, 2014
Recipes
Grilled Lemon & Rosemary Garlic Bread
I grew up helping my mom in the kitchen, and I still remember the very first thing my mom ever let me make all by myself for family dinner. Garlic bread. I sliced the bread into really crooked, misshapen pieces; spread way too much butter on each piece; poured garlic salt from the wrong end […]
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July 3, 2014
Recipes
Bright and Fresh Panzanella (Tuscan Bread Salad)
A couple weeks ago, Jules called me up and gave me the news. "Well," she said, "my thyroid numbers are now completely in the opposite direction to where my doctor says I have HYPERthyroidism, instead of hypo." Being a husband who loves his wife, I immediately assumed this meant she was going to die and […]
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June 20, 2014
Recipes
Grilled Chicken Cordon Bleu
Chicken cordon bleu is a classic dish. Chicken stuffed with ham and Swiss, coated in bread crumbs and baked to perfection. Truly delicious. This version cuts the carbs and oils, while adding that hint of smoke characteristic of grilled food. It's also way easier and faster than traditional chicken cordon bleu - basically the same […]
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June 12, 2014
Recipes
5 Ingredient Lemon Poppyseed Dressing
I know I'm all about grilling during the summers, but just important are the things served with your grilled food. To me, food in the summer is fresh and flavorful, especially the salads. But a less thought-out part of the meal is the dressing. There are thousands of recipes for lemon poppyseed dressing out there, […]
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June 4, 2014
Recipes
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
Recipes
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
Chris Cooks
4 Courses to Love - Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Raspberry + Mint
So today we're wrapping up our 4 Courses to Love meal with a tasty ice cream dessert with fruit sauce, and hopefully you've found something useful along the way. And there's one thing I just want to make clear - you don't have to make all four courses! I posted each recipe separately so you could make […]
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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
Chris Cooks
4 Courses to Love - Pork Tenderloin and Asparagus Over Dijon Potato Puree w/Pomegranate + Balsamic Reduction
I'm not sure if it's the same for you, but whenever I think "special occasion," filet mignon jumps out at me. And of course, there's good reason for that. Filet mignon comes from a part of the back that cows don't strain too much. Muscles that a cow uses a lot will be tougher, as […]
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February 11, 2014
Recipes
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
Recipes
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
Recipes
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
chris cooks
5 Gifts a Foodie Would Totally Love But Might Not Buy For Themselves + A Wüsthof Cheese Knife Set Giveaway
Chris Cooks
5 Gifts a Foodie Would Totally Love But Might Not Buy For Themselves + A Wüsthof Cheese Knife Set Giveaway
Most people have things they want that they can't justify buying because they can get by with something not quite as good, that's still functional. Well, I use Christmas as an excuse to buy people the things they really want, not just the practical versions. So while browsing Williams-Sonoma's website the other day, I found […]
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December 10, 2013
Recipes
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
Recipes
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
Chris Cooks
Proper Knife Care: Best Storage Options for Kitchen Knives
Well now that we all know how to properly clean and sharpen a knife, the last and possibly most important is storage. The way you store your knives will have a major impact on how sharp they stay, and how long they last. First, the bad. The worst thing you can do for your knives […]
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November 22, 2013
Chris Cooks
Proper Knife Care: The Best Way to Sharpen Your Kitchen Knives
Don't you hate it when people try to tell you, "You're more likely to cut yourself with a dull knife than a sharp knife"? You just want to smack them, I bet. That doesn't make sense, right? How can a dull knife cut you worse than a sharp one? It seems so obvious that sharp […]
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November 20, 2013
Chris Cooks
How to Cook An Entire Thanksgiving Meal In One Oven
Ok, so I realize it's Saturday and we typically don't post on weekends, but we had a question from one of our readers that I thought required a "quick" post. Here's the question, from Rachel: I've really enjoyed the recipes you've shared this week and really want to make some for the big day. But […]
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November 16, 2013
