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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Mrs. Grail's B.T.P. Salad

Mrs. Grail (Celeste) is usually responsible for our side dishes.  I asked her to come up with a new pasta salad to go with some grilled turkey we had for dinner.  She came up with a real winner.  The Bacon Tomato Pasta Salad!

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Fatty & Eggs For Breakfast

Start with a 1lb chub of Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage and some Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Cajun Foreplay rub.

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Elvis Inspired Peanut Butter & Banana Pork Belly

Ever since I went to Graceland last month I have had the urge to come up with a BBQ dish inspired by the famous Elvis Presley Peanut Butter, Banana and Bacon sandwich.  Known as “The Elvis” this sandwich is known worldwide and my goal has been to come up with a main course that used

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Egg Nog Chipotle Battered Shrimp

On my Facebook page I post a “Topic For Discussion” each morning.  A couple of weeks ago the topic was Egg Nog.  The topic turned into a discussion with Laura of Laura’s Best Recipes on how hard it would be to come up with a couple of recipes that used Egg Nog as an

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