You will love the flavor in this Fresh Tomato Vinaigrette! As I've mentioned in a few recent posts, we've not had the best gardening summer. Regardless, we have plenty of veggies making their way into the house still. It makes for busy days, getting everything preserved for the winter, so that nothing goes to waste. This Fresh Tomato Vinaigrette is the result of a few extra tomatoes lying on the kitchen counter at dinner time. It just makes sense - a vinaigrette is mainly an ... Read More about Fresh Tomato Vinaigrette
Grilling & Barbeque
Garlic Scape Chimichurri Sauce
This is a refreshed post, brought up from the archives because the garlic scapes are ready to harvest just now and this is an amazing way to use them. I hope everyone enjoys it this time too. While I was away, constantly inhaling that unmatchable perfume that is only found at the top of a newborn baby's head, Larry had to cut all of the garlic scapes from our over 200 heads of garlic. Garlic scapes are the flower of a garlic plant, and leaving them in place robs the garlic bulb of ... Read More about Garlic Scape Chimichurri Sauce
Buttermilk Sriracha Chicken Burgers
There is something about summertime that makes me feel compelled to grill up some kind of meat and slap it on a bun, surrounded by some fresh garden veggies. It is kind of irresistible to me. You see - we can only grill in the summer. We don't have a covered spot for either of our grills, so once it begins to get really nasty out, we pack them into the barn till spring. Theoretically, we could leave one of them in the nearer-by shop, light up some charcoal in the winter, and trudge across the ... Read More about Buttermilk Sriracha Chicken Burgers
Herb Grilled Chicken Thighs
This is my own version of a very popular local treat. A long time ago, a professor in the food science department at Cornell University, which is a stone's throw from my back door, created a recipe for a chicken marinade that remains a staple of chicken BBQ's and that everyone around here makes all summer long. You can find the original recipe just by googling "Cornell Chicken", but my version is brightened up quite a bit with fresher ingredients than Dr. Baker, the original inventor, used. And ... Read More about Herb Grilled Chicken Thighs
Grilled Romaine Salad
Grilled Romaine? I have to admit that I didn't think up grilled salads all on my own. There are many versions out there, some more complicated, and many using different ingredients. I like to keep this to the most basic elements - fresh, crisp romaine, a flavorful vinaigrette and some salty cheese. Perhaps you haven't yet run across this idea yet, in which case, you might be thinking that I have lost my mind, but rest assured - grilling lettuce is not crazy! When you begin with a nice crispy ... Read More about Grilled Romaine Salad
Grilled Buffalo Hot Wings
Saturday was the perfect day for hot wings. Did you know that if you eat hot, spicy food when the weather is really hot, you won't feel as hot? Alright, I think I made that up actually, but on a day like Saturday, it would have been difficult to feel any hotter, thus, wings seemed like a perfect choice. So, I whipped up some potato salad and Larry fired up the grill. Yes, that is right - I said the grill. We never deep fry our wings. When we first started making wings 25 years ago, we grilled ... Read More about Grilled Buffalo Hot Wings