This is a pretty simple recipe yet it is very satisfying to put together. The aroma, appearance, flavors and texture of this savory dish are all about comfort from a wet and cold of a winter day.
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Crockpot (Slow Cooker) Pot Roast
A pot roast is another traditional comfort food! This recipe is so incredibly simple and the flavor will knock your socks off. If you cook this in the crockpot, set to low, you could probably start it just as you leave for work. When you come back, your home will be filled with the most tantalizing and entreating aromas!…
Deliciously Healthy Meatloaf
If ever there was a comfort food that takes you back to all those good feelings that come with a home-cooked meal prepared by your mom, it is probably meatloaf. But as time goes on, as much as we love meatloaf, it is pretty high in saturated fats and cholesterol, and may not fit your desire for healthier eating. Here is a fabulous recipe from the book, The Dude Diet, by Serena Wolf. The best thing is that not only is this easy, and low cost, everyone loves it, even the kids!…
Smoked Salmon with a Brown Sugar and Dill Dry Rub
This smoked salmon recipe is super easy, fast, low effort, low cost, and reliably produces a fabulous smoked salmon. The aroma is delicate yet mesmerizing, the meat is super moist and tender, and the flavor is out of this world. Best of all, this dish is equally good cold as it is warm….
Smokehouse Maple Grilled Pork Loin Chops
Smoke and maple sweetness both go so well with pork and I love how they are combined in McCormicks Smokehouse Maple seasoning. These king’s cut pork loin chops are moist and so delicious. Best of all they are super inexpensive, fast and easy to prepare….
Blueberry and Orange Bundt Cake
I have always admired Bundt cakes. I think it might be the variety of flutes and channels that create a visual intrigue combined with that unique shape. To me, they are a bit like snowflakes. This blueberry and orange recipes has fabulous color with the explosions of blueberries juxtaposed against a wonderfully dense and aromatic golden-orange. This cake is sublime in its beauty, taste and texture.
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Sous Vide Pork Ribs
When we think of think of the sort of home cooking that that is emblematic of wholesome American traditions, we often think of apple pie. But, I would also suggest fall-off-the-bone, simultaneously sweet and sour, sumptuously moist and enticingly smoky pork ribs. This technique (sous vide) consistently produces the most amazing pork ribs I have ever (I mean ever!) had.
By the way, I have not lost my way… I know I promised to deliver fast, easy, healthy and inexpensive recipes, and this may not seem to fit that bill. But on occasion, I also want to provide inspiration, and sous vide cooking produces truly amazing results. I also promised recipes that you will be proud to present at the table, and this certainly fits that bill….
Smoked Adobo Chicken
This chicken recipe is amazingly easy with only two ingredients and less than 10 minutes of preparation. Even more importantly, it is so moist and delicious, with an unbelievable aroma, moist and delicate texture, and how can you pass up a recipe that everyone loves, including the kids!
What I love about smoking foods it that it can be ridiculously simple, or very technical, depending on how you go about it. Using an electric smoker is a easy way to get started. It is relatively inexpensive, and practically as simple as plugging it in and pushing a button.
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Grilled Buffalo Burger
I really enjoy Trader Joe’s buffalo burger patties when preparing grilled burgers. This is a great way to take a traditional cheese burger up a notch, not only in flavor, but also health and buffalo tends to be pretty lean.
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Smoked Tri-Tip Steak
Smoking meats has a number of wonderful effects. Cooking a meat ‘low and slow’ allows the proteins to breakdown and rendering a singularly moist and tender outcome. Secondly, this approach to cooking allows the seasoning to make greater effect. But lastly, and most importantly, this cooking method leaves the meat with the most delicious aroma, and aroma makes up much of our taste, in fact, researchers say 80 percent of the flavors we taste come from what we smell.
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