Dessert
Serves 8-10
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake with Luxardo Cherries
The classic caramelized pineapple cake, with Luxardo cherries standing in for the usual maraschino.
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Snacks
Serves 2-4
Butter Popcorn
Popcorn topped with clarified microwave-melted butter and popcorn salt.
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Grains
Serves 2-3
Mediterranean Grain Bowl
Quinoa topped with cherry tomatoes, olives, red onion, feta, cucumber, and Greek yogurt.
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Grains
Serves 2-4
Broth-Cooked Quinoa
Quinoa simmered in broth instead of water -- a simple upgrade, and a good light meal when you're feeling under the weather.
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Quick Meals
Serves 1-2
Costco Pupusa Bowls
Del Real Birria and Cheese Pupusas from Costco, built into a full bowl with quinoa, fire-roasted veggies, and endless toppings.
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Sides
Serves 3-4
Honey-Roasted Carrots with Farro
Simple honey-roasted carrots served over farro.
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Steak
Marinated Steak
A soy-Worcestershire marinade and a ripping-hot pan or grill, cooked exactly to how rare you like it.
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Sandwiches
Serves 4-6
Italian Beef Sandwiches
Chicago-style thin-sliced beef, dipped in jus, topped with griddled peppers and giardiniera.
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BBQ & Smoking
Serves 10-16
Smoked Ham
A pre-cooked spiral ham, reheated and glazed low and slow on the smoker for the holidays.
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BBQ & Smoking
Serves 8-12
Smoked Turkey
A holiday-rotation smoked turkey, dry-brined the night before and smoked to a crisp, flavorful skin.
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BBQ & Smoking
Cold-Smoked Cheese (Brick or String)
Low-effort cold smoking for cheese, using nothing more than a pellet tube and a bit of patience.
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BBQ & Smoking
Serves 8-12
Smoked Brisket
Low and slow, fat side down, wrapped at the stall -- the full rundown for a proper smoked brisket.
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BBQ & Smoking
Serves 10-14
Smoked Pork Shoulder (Pulled Pork)
A brisket-style cook applied to pork shoulder: pellicle, mustard binder, low and slow, wrap at the stall.
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Chicken
Serves 2-4
Blackened Chicken Pita Pockets
Warm pitas stuffed with blackened chicken, feta, red onion, hummus, and tzatziki.
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Chicken
Serves 2-3
Blackened Chicken over Spinach and Blue Cheese Quinoa
A from-memory re-creation of a one-off dish: creamy spinach and blue cheese over quinoa, topped with blackened chicken.
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Chicken
Serves 3-4
Blackened Chicken Breast
A quick, high-heat spiced chicken breast that makes a great topper for pasta, pita, or grain bowls.
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Pasta
Serves 3-4
Fettuccine with Butter and Cheese, My Way
A three-ingredient, cream-free pasta sauce that comes together in the time it takes the noodles to boil.
By Ryan
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