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Pork Loin Tacos with Avocado Slaw and Black Beans (Part 2) and Banana Vinegar

I like tacos because each guest can pretty much decide how much meat or veggies they want wrapped in their tortilla. A tortilla with just the pork would be great, better with a little slaw, but still good. For the non-meat eater the black beans and slaw will make a tasty and hearty meal.

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Meatless Monday: Portobella Mushroom Tacos

I love meat. There’s just no getting around the fact that for many people meat is BBQ. Over the past year or so I’ve been trying to expand my grilling horizons with some Meatless Monday dishes and the mushroom tacos were both easy to fix and quite filling.

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Can black be appetizing?

For some strange reason I had the urge to create a meal in “honor” of Black Friday. I have no reason other than sometimes cooking has to be fun and I just needed to do something different. The only way to represent Black Friday properly would have to create an all black meal.

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Teriyaki & Pineapple! Another Grilliant Idea.

My good friend Frank at We Got Burgers was kind enough to send some burgers up for the recent BBQ Brethren Bash. I’ve reviewed a couple different flavors in the past and was surprised to see a couple new flavors in those he sent up. So, I kept a package or two for myself.

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Grilled Sweet Potato Fries

Ingredients:

4 sweet potatoes or yams, peeled and cut into “fries” 1/4 cup cilantro or any other fresh herb, finely chopped (Todd’s Dirt Seasoning works well too!) 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup olive oil Kosher/Sea Salt Pepper

Directions:

Pre-heat your grill to medium-hot.

Mix all ingredients together. Make

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The Great Frog Leg Failure

I stopped by my favorite “meat company” on the way home from work on Wednesday to pick something up for the weekend. For some reason I decided on frog legs. I’m not sure what actually possessed me to buy frog legs, but I’d sure like to find out, so I don’t ever do it again.

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Dirty Chicken with Tomatillo Cilantro Cream Sauce on Chipotle Pasta

I made a trip to Seattle recently which included a stop at Pikes Public Market. There are so many amazing foods to try Pikes. This trip I picked up some Pappardelles Chipotle Fettucine. Pappardelles one of the premier makers of artisanal pastas. They make over 100 different handcrafted dried pastas and raviolis. One of the

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