November 2015 archive

Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet With Bacon Dijon Sauce

Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet With Bacon Dijon SauceAll year long I’ve been using Smithfield’s numerous Marinated Fresh Pork products to create various recipes. I started off in March by making Teriyaki Pork Fries With Sriracha Mayo and followed those up with a Pork Sirloin Benedict in April, Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin Sliders With Pineapple Coleslaw in June, Garlic & Herb Pork Loin Filet Shish Kabobs in August and Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin Flatbreads in September.

For my final recipe of the year Smithfield asked … CONTINUE READING »

Deep Fried Mashed Potatoes With Leinenkugel’s Cranberry Ginger Shandy Dipping Sauce

Deep Fried Mashed PotatoesDo you know what I love most about Thanksgiving aside from the food? No, it’s not getting up at 2am the following morning to stand in the freezing cold so I can save some money on a bunch of cheap electronics that I don’t need, it’s that for a few days I get to hang out with all my old high school friends who have since moved away while they’re back in town visiting their … CONTINUE READING »

The Spaghetti and Meatball Cone

The Spaghetti and Meatball ConeBack when I made Spaghetti Fries I mentioned how my buddy Kyle A.K.A. The Vulgar Chef and I had both been attempting to make  Spaghetti and Meatball Tacos but that he beat me to it.

Since then I’ve wanted to make a Spaghetti and Meatball Cone and seeing as how he already perfected the whole forming spaghetti into a shape and baking it thing I figured that I could just pull a BuzzFeed — the … CONTINUE READING »

Pear Stuffed Soft Pretzel Balls

Pear Stuffed Soft Pretzel BallsWhen you think of classic sweet and salty food combinations what comes to mind? Chocolate covered bacon? Ham and pineapple? Well, here’s a new one for you Pear Stuffed Soft Pretzel Balls!

The folks over at Foodbeast partnered up with the Canned Food Alliance and asked a few different food bloggers  myself included  to create quick and easy recipes that make use of canned items as an integral part of the dish. … CONTINUE READING »

Deep Fried Doritos Breaded Taco Bell Burritos

Deep Fried Doritos Breaded Taco Bell BurritosI’ve made a ton of ridiculous things over the years using items from fast food restaurants, but out of all of them this is the one that I could actually picture ending up on said restaurant’s menu.

For one, it seems like Taco Bell is continually rolling out new items and two, they definitely don’t seem opposed to adding crazy new items that most other chains would shy away from. Items like the Quesarito (which, if we’re being … CONTINUE READING »