I’m always looking for ways to change up the old grilled hamburger in the summer, like tonight for example when I made meatloaf burgers. They made a better version of a meatloaf sandwich, more tender than a regular hamburger and … Continue reading Spicy Grilled Ground Meat Kebabs
We’re beginning to get a lot of jalapeños in the garden, so I have to come up with ways to use them, and I don’t really want to do the fried cheese-stuffed poppers. Using them in their fresh state is … Continue reading Orange Jalapeño Salsa and Marinade
I used flank steak, as I usually do, because I have never seen skirt steak in the two grocery stores I shop at. I think I saw it once when we lived in Texas in the mid-90s, but not since. … Continue reading Carne Asada Wraps with Pico de Gallo
It was one of those what-to-do-with-ground-beef days. I almost, in desperation, fell back on grilled burgers, even though it was only 54° outside, then wondered if I could do something different with meatballs—and I mean different from all the meatball … Continue reading Spicy Skewered Meatballs
I had in mind some fabulous beef tacos I had a few years ago in a restaurant called Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar, near Cleveland, Ohio. A faculty member treated me for having helped her with some technology for … Continue reading Spicy Braised Beef Tacos with Cilantro Pesto
I’m sure you’re hoping this is the last garden tomato post. Probably not. I wanted to make some salsa for the freezer, but not that wet salsa I made last week with peaches, rather something with a lot of the … Continue reading Roasted Salsa for Freezing
When your garden gives you tomatoes, make salsa. All the gathered vegetables look so nice and ripe and neat before you begin, and then you create a gigantic mess of fruits and vegetables with skins and seeds to be removed, … Continue reading Peach Tomato Salsa
Kitchen Portfolio 