tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130798672011-04-21T14:00:13.738-07:00I've always loved to cook. I thought this would be a good way to share recipes I've collected over the years and a few of my own creations. Enjoy!Illusionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11722090021683738769noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079867.post-1123377927278910072005-08-06T18:24:00.000-07:002005-08-06T18:25:27.283-07:00

If you love garlic this is a great place to go. Here's a great description of what its like. Click here to view the blog.

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Peach season is here and we were lucky to get a small batch of sweet, juicy peaches. In some ways I'm happy this year wasn't a 'bumper crop' because I've been too busy to can, bake, jam, and anything else you can think of to do with peaches. Although I think a few people at work are probably wondering what happened to my peaches, because a few years ago the tree exploded with peaches and we

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This is just a quick little dish I made today. I wanted something relatively simple, but tasty. All I did was lightly season some boneless pork loin chops with some Garlic Award Mix. Then I pan fried it in just a little bit of oil. I made the sauce in the same pan, taking advantage of the fond that developed while I was cooking the pork chops.If you've been read some of my other recipes, there

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One of my favorite appetizers are buffalo hot wings. This is a simple hot wing recipe. For healthier wings, they can be baked in the oven at 350 degrees for about 45-60 minutes. If you bake them, spray the pan with cooking spray (like Pam) to prevent sticking. I also lightly spray the wings with the cooking spray to promote a crispier skin. For a spicier sauce, add a few dashes of

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This is fairly simple recipe for BBQ chicken. I just gussy up some bottled bbq sauce, and voila yummy sauce. The chicken can be grilled or broiled. If broiling, I suggested basting with the sauce prior to putting under the broiler and to make sure its at least 6" from the element. Otherwise the bbq sauce can burn before the chicken cooks. The recipe I made was for a big batch of chicken, it could

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I was in the mood for some guacamole for the bbq. I rarely have it, but a good guacamole recipe is hard to find. This is a fairly easy and quick recipe.I don't like my guacamole super chunky, but I do like to have a few chunks of avocado in it. And when I came across the base of this recipe, I was thrilled. I did try the original, that I got on the Cook's Illustrated website (original recipe here

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When I was doing my shopping in preparation for the BBQ I was having this weekend, I came across a Jack Daniels Mesquite EZ Marinade. The marinade was already in a heavy duty zip lock type bag, and all you needed to do was add meat. I've always liked the Jack Daniels menu items at Friday's, and I thought what the heck I'll try it. I did have enough tri tip to marinate both in the Jack Daniels

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I thought I would get started a little earlier for the Memorial Weekend BBQ I'm having tomorrow. Its going to be a small get together, and I thought it would be a perfect time to make a small batch of salsa. The porpotions I have below makes a somewhat spicy salsa. Since some of my famly doesn't like spicy foods, I used 1/2 the amount of the chilies (1/2 jalepeno, 1/2 serrano and 1/2 anaheim

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I had picked up italian sausage from my favorite italian deli, Lucci's, in Huntington Beach, CA some time ago and stored some of it in the freezer. I had actually bought 2 lbs from them several weeks ago and froze 1 lb of it. the other day I was digging around in my freezer contemplating what I could cook and saw the sausage. A little light bulb went off in my head and I thought, why not make

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I've been craving Tonkatsu for weeks and I just haven't gotten around to making it. I think this is probably one of the easiest Japanese dishes to make. I learned this technique from a Japanese co-worker years ago. I did make a few of my own tweaks to it that I thought made a crunchier (and better sticking) crust. I bet you're wondering what 'ajinomoto' is, well, its just MSG. I just think

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This is one of my dad's favorite snacks and its probably one of my favorite filipino snacks as well In a nutshell, its a slightly sweet banana spring roll. Lately it seems like at least once a week I've been wrapping a big batch of these, and freezing some to cook later. I've never made these with regular banana you get at the supermarket. I've only made it with the filipino saba bananas. The

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I experimented with variations of the dry rub before I came up with the combo that I have here. I started off with the base from the Good Eats episode "A Rib for All Seasons" The dry rub recipe that he used is excellent as well. I've changed quite a bit of the ingredients but have roughly kepts the proportions at a ratio of 8:3:1:1. This rub works well quite a few meats, I've used it on the pork

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This is one of my favorite filipino dishes. This is my Aunt Dolly's recipe, and I think I almost have it close to tasting like hers. When I first asked for the recipe, she kind of joked, well you put this in then you put that in. So I finally sat down with her and she showed me how she makes it. After taking down notes while cooking, this is what the recipe turned out to be. It is best served

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I thought I would start off with my course, dessert. This makes very yummy chocolate cake, with a nice taste of Kahlua. The first time I made this, I tried to invert it out of the pan a little too early. I would suggest letting it cool on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes before trying to invert onto your serving plate. Dusting the cake with powdered sugar is optional, but it makes for an

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