Grilled Chicken

Grilled chicken, cheesy potatoes with grilled onions and snap peas with mushrooms.  Lunch with a good, old friend.  Thanks Kari!

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Linda Crismer's Maryland Crab Cakes

Crab cakes with snow peas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Dry Ingredients

1 tbsp. Old Bay                                                            

½ tsp. salt                                                                                           

1 tbsp. parsley flakes

1 tbsp. flour                                                     

¼ tsp. baking powder

Wet ingredients 

½ tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 egg

1 tbsp. mayonnaise

1 tbsp. mustard

1 lb. Phillips chunked crab meat (recommended by Linda found at Costco in the deli section).

Make bread crumbs from 3 slices of bread (no crust) and moisten in milk.

Mix all dry ingredients together.

Add egg, mayonnaise, and mustard to dry.

Add other ingredients to soaked bread crumbs.

Add crab meat.

If mixture is not stiff, add more flour (tsp. at a time).

Form into cakes and fry in hot grease.  After cooking the first side, turn and cook using medium-low heat. 

Recipe by Linda Crismer (they are the BOMB!)

 

Paired with a nice California Sauvignon Blanc!

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Small Plates

Summer Meal

One evening we decided to have a lighter leftover dinner.  Grilled brussels sprouts with ham, cracker - cheese - salmon - wasabi, watermelon and red wine. 

Be creative, have fun.

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Dogs on the Grill

I'm doing some catch up from the summer!  

 

This was in preparation for The 4th Annual "Pie and Beer Day" held each July 23rd.  It was a roaring success!!

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New Cooking Device

I acquired a new cooking device earlier this year.  It is a Traeger smoker and it's the bomb!!  Below it are a couple of results.

On the right - Whole Chicken - super tender and juicy.

On the left - Louisiana Style baby back ribs.


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Ham, Cheese and Spinach Omelet & Cheese Grits

Breakfast the other morning!

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Hamburger Gravy with Mashed Potatoes

Hamburger Gravy
1 pound of extra lean hamburger
1 chopped medium onion
1 can cream of mushroom soup
4 oz chopped mushrooms
1 cup water
1/4 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Fry hamburger with onions, garlic powder, salt and pepper.  Add soup, water and mushrooms.  Bring to boil then simmer 15 minutes.

Mashed Potatoes
4-5 medium peeled and sliced
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sour cream

Boil potatoes 15-20 minutes in pot of salted water.  Drain, add butter and sour cream, mash to desired consistency.  Some like it chunky, some like it smooth and creamy.  You can substitute milk for the sour cream if desired and you can use additional milk if potatoes are too dry ( usually just add a little more sour cream. 

For a quick easy meal you an add any vegetable to complete.  You can double the recipe and have left overs which are fantastic heated in the microwave.  Nothin' more home cookin' than mashed potatoes and gravy!

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