Recently I’ve been craving mussels for some reason, even though i had never tried them before ha. I searched around for different recipes and one of those most popular recipes that people seemed to rave about was steamed mussels with a white wine garlic sauce. I decided to go ahead with the white wine garlic recipe for my first time having mussels. One of the things i liked instantly was how easy and quick this meal takes to make, around 15 minutes or so to cook! However after eating it, …

Empanadas are a very common dish through out Central America and although whats in them varies greatly, most contain some form of chicken and cheese. There are a few tricky steps to making these, but as long as you’re careful anyone can do it. I think the main thing is getting the thickness of the dough right, because if the dough is to thick for your empanada than you mainly taste dough instead of the wonderful filling. Also i think you’ll fall in love with the green salsa, it has …

So today we’re making some juicy, tender, melt in your mouth beef brisket!  Brisket is not the best cut of meat, it has lots of connective tissues and is very grainy; so in order to make it tender and delicious we have to do two things especially. First cook it slow and low and secondly, cut against the grain! If you cut with the grain you’ll end up with chewy stringy meat and we don’t want that. In total it probably takes 3 to 4 hours to make this meal, …

So my goal with this Mac & Cheese was to make something rich and delectable, that makes you forget the stereotypes you gained growing up eating Kraft Dinner Mac & Cheese. To do this we’re using a several types of cheese, Mozzarella, Parmesan and most important Gruyere! Gruyere has a distinctive creamy and nutty taste, but is not over powering like a blue cheese. As well it is good melting cheese which makes it ideal for this dish. The bacon and leeks are also important in this dish, leeks …

Well after making the Beer Can BBQ Chicken I still had lots of the Cola BBQ sauce, and what goes better with BBQ sauce than ribs! So today we’re making ribs and we’re making them in the oven because its still way to cold outside for barbecuing. We’re using a different dry rub than the one we used for the chicken however, one that is better for beef. Our goal with these ribs is going to be building up a nice thick layer of BBQ sauce, along with getting them nice and tender of course. Anyways, time to cook.