Smoked Chicken Legs and Thighs
Mark Bronkalla We have become turned to chicken legs and thighs as our meat of choice lately. We have become dissatisfied with chicken breasts and Teal thinks the thigh meat also makes…
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Bananas Foster Cheesecake
If you are wondering what to serve for Mother’s Day Brunch… Here is a preview of tomorrow’s desert. Banana’s Foster cheesecake. Teal Bronkalla saw a Facebook posting for the Ina…
Asian Inspired Sous Vide Mixed Ribs
Asian inspired mixed Ribs I wanted to make some asian style beef short ribs. However the local store did not have any . However they had both boneless beef short…
Multi-grain Sourdough Boule
Background I have been experimenting with sourdough breads. The various books and articles take you through arduous kneading, rising, forming, shaping steps and then backing with steam (tray full of…
Spatchcock Turkey
We have made several spatchcocked turkeys. Each has been delicious whether on the grill (Big green egg) or in the oven. Oven 1 The turkey was an experiment. I took…
Smoked Salmon
My daughter Elyse and her husband Paul went fishing on Lake Michigan for Paul’s birthday. Charter boat for 5 hours with a no catch / no pay policy. It was…
Stuffed chicken roll-ups
We have been making stuffed chicken roll-ups of various sorts for a number of years. They have been a family favorites, but we keep experimenting, trying new variations on the…
Salsa Day
It is now late summer and we are blessed with an overabundance of tomatoes and peppers. It is always hard to predict how well they will do so we plant…
Beef Brisket – sous vide and smoke
We had a craving for slow cooked smoked brisket. I have tried a couple of times in the past with corned beef but that was too salty (even after soaking…
Sous Vide cooking – steaks
This past summer I talked Teal into letting me get a an Anova Culinary Bluetooth Precision Cooker. It was a bit of a stretch as she once again thought I…