Pork belly was on sale and I really wanted to try to make it as most of my attempts have been fatty, oily messes. The meat and fat were good but the skin was hard to the point of being inedible. This one started with my new obsession of trying to better understand curing meat, …
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Sticky, honey ribs with rice and broccoli
We are now at a point where we sat down on Sunday afternoon while making make aheads and had a discussion, based on everything that we have made, what do we really want to eat again. The first intentional repeat are the sticky, honey ribs. These are awesome easy and everyone should be making them. …
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Herbed pork loin with potatoes and green beans
Simple Midwestern meal yet again. There seems to be a theme recently. Hopefully the sun will come out soon and we can get back to grilling and less roasting. Got home from work and immediately got to work. This whole daylight saving time is really screwing with me this year. For the pork loin: 1 …
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Stealing Giada: Stuffed pork tenderloin with orecchiette and sauce
While cooking something last weekend, Giada and Jade cooking show came on and tonight we are recreating one of the dishes they made. Again, the theme for this week is simple. Took a break while working to butterfly and stuff the pork so that all we had to do at dinner time was cook the …
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Snowy Sunday: Soup dumplings and egg rolls
With it snowing outside, I wanted to push what I could possibly make. I have always wanted to make soup dumplings so today was the day (actually I started it yesterday). And as a backup, some vegetable egg rolls just in case it fails miserably. Also, it gave me a chance to go to the …
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Pork tenderloin, roasted sweet potatoes with garlic and herbs, and Brussels sprouts
Simple but hearty Friday night dinner. We had a lot of potatoes this week and even though I wanted to try to have a successful potatoes au gratin, sweet potatoes were what we needed to eat. Just a nice Friday evening cook that was not stressful nor creative. Good ol’ Midwestern comfort food. To start …
National Margarita Day: Carnitas tacos with Palomas
Today is National Margarita Day but my wife likes Palomas better so we had carnitas tacos and Palomas. Came home a bit early from work so was able to do a quick carnitas while finishing up emails and going and getting the kid. Only 3 hours but still turned out pretty well. The spread was …
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Meh Monday: Honey-ginger pork tenderloin, baked sweet potato and green beans
Tonight we serve a traditional 1980’s midwestern dinner, meat, starch, and vegetable. Nothing fancy but filling and maybe even a little healthy. To start, we first made a simple marinade that we probably should have made the night before but wasn’t thinking about it. Then while the meat was marinating made the sweet potatoes. While …
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Sticky honey ribs, broccoli, and rice
When I was in school a friend invited a bunch of us over for dinner where she proceeded to make her favorite recipes growing up. She was a first generation Chinese-American and served one dish that has had me salivating ever since: sticky, sweet, salty ribs. Last summer I remembered those ribs and set out …
Ribs, beans, and boiled potatoes: Make ahead ribs
We made a rack of ribs on Sunday because I had to work late tonight. Why can’t people work normal hours like 6am-3pm? These late afternoon (3pm) meetings kill when I have to deal with traffic. Our ribs were pretty simple: 2 lbs baby back ribs Chili powder Garlic powder Fenugreek powder Squeeze of honey …
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