Category Archives: Dinners

Garlic Shrimp Skewers

Another family favorite (I seem to say that alot lately but it is true) We have alot of favorites and Chad does a good job of coming up with them! Ingredients- 1 lb of peeled and de-veined shrimp 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil heaping pinch of coarse black pepper heaping pinch of coarse salt 4…

Grilling Oysters

1st of all if you are local- you have to check out www.supremeseafoodretail.com they have wonderful seafood- wholesale to the public. We got 1/2 bushel of oysters (fresh- harvested 2 days ago off the coast of Texas) In Orlando area!! 23.00 for 100 of them. That is 4 meals for us!! Anyways- Grilling Oysters in…

Grilled Tomatoes & Cheese

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Grilled Tomatoes are the FASTEST vegetable you can make!! My kids were not very sure about this till they tasted it!! What is important when making this- you use very large beefsteak tomatoes.  Large ones- and you cut them very thick. Ingredients- 1 large tomato pinch of coarse salt pinch of cracked black pepper approx…

Grilled Lemon Herb Chicken

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We love to grill and now that we have great weather… we plan to put this baby to work!!! We decided one evening to do all our veggies and meat on the grill. The entire meal.  So be sure to check out the other grilled veggie recipes from this meal on the blog as well….

Blue Cheese Scallion Burgers

Tonight Chad whipped these up, (another Chad creation) and they were WONDERFUL! Easy ot make and something different. Instead of having to put so many toppings on the burgers, he put them in the burger. Very flavorful!! Moist and delicious!! If they were not so big could of eaten a 2nd!! The kids were saying…

Lemon Parsley Fish Cakes

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An awesome friend gave me this recipe a few weeks ago. I have been dieing to try it!! It sounds so easy yet so yummy. I took her word on it.. and they are a hit with the entire family. The kiddos too! I put one of them to work as well in the kitchen…

Delish Chinese-style omelet- Egg Foo Yong

This is another really yummy recipe. We love going through different foodie magazines and books and making recipes. Most of the time we leave them pretty close to as they make it but it seems we always alter something. The kids were very happy with this dish! They loved it as did we. Something different…

Very Stuffed Pork Chops

Another winning recipe from Chad himself!! Stuffed Pork Chops with spinach and mushrooms!!! Trust me it is REALLY GOOD!! Read on… Made this a few weeks ago. Getting around to sharing it with you now. This is another winning dish from Chad!!  In fact it is on the menu again for this weekend! The kids…

Grilled Corned Beef with Irish Cheddar Sandwich

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We actually cooked out corned beef the day before St. Patrick’s day in the slow cooker. You just put the corned beef and all the juice it comes with and any seasonings it comes with in a slow cooker, set to low and cook till it reaches 160 degrees internal temperature. It came out sooo…

Asian Potsticker Soup- It’s a party in your mouth!!

Sorry it has been so long since we posted. We are still cooking but nothing really NEW that was bloggable. HOWEVER… this new soup.. is very blog worthy! Extremely easy, fast and I told folks after we made this, the flavors are like a party in your mouth!! Definitely you want to try this!! I…

Fall off the bone delicious — chicken wings!!

Chicken Wings in Honey Garlic Sauce These are just as the blog post says.. FALL OFF THE BONE DELICIOUS!! They are so tender, and moist and good!! The recipe has a short and a long time for the crock pot. We used the short time (on high setting) and it was great!! We also upped…

Left over Turkey? NO PROBLEM!! Turkey Bundles

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We have many names for this in my home. Turkey Bundles, Turkey Pockets, Turkey Rolls. Whatever we call it but it = MAJOR YUMMY DINNER!! I actually make this more than once a year. I boil up some chicken breast and will make a few times in fact. This recipe is MY all time favorite!!!…

Juiciest Turkey EVER! (gravy too!)

This recipe is so legit, that I have done this for the 4th year in a row!! And it has been juicy EVERY single year!! What you will need 1- 15 lb Turkey (I had two 15lbers for thanksgiving to make) 32oz Chicken Stock of your choice 1 stick butter Parsley Salt Pepper Roasting Pan…

Chad’s Cheesy Chicken — It’s Crazy Good!!

This recipe was completely made up in the kitchen by Chad and I tonight. We looked in our fridge and knew we had some very yummy ingredients that needed to be used up but just didn’t know how. After some discussion during the day we finally  went ahead with this meal with no real idea…

Sloppy Freds (aka Sloppy Joe)

We call these sloppy Fred’s in honor of my dad.  No rhyme or reason for it. He would make us all giggle when he called them that growing up. He figured he didn’t know who Joe was, and figured Fred deserved a “sammich” too. Over the years I have tweaked our family recipe, and this…

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