Chunky Beef Chili with Butternut Squash

Chunky Beef Chili with Butternut Squash

If you’d asked me even at age 25, I’d have told you squash wasn’t something I thought I’d enjoy eating at any point in my life.  I’d just begun to experiment with zucchini about then and that’s only because I had a small garden and 

Dry Rubbed Steak and Grilled Corn Salad a Perfect Combo

Dry Rubbed Steak and Grilled Corn Salad a Perfect Combo

We see them all the time — those recipes on the back of boxes in our pantry, or the inside of a chocolate wrapper, or an herb package label.  Do you ever try them?  I do, but it depends on what they are. Like the 

BBQ Beef Sandwiches with Bacon Cheese Slaw

BBQ Beef Sandwiches with Bacon Cheese Slaw

Nothing like a little blogging break, huh?  It wasn’t planned, exactly, but the combination of finally moving my Mac back up to the office from where it sat for a few weeks on the kitchen counter, and a very busy weekend left me completely not 

Herby Chimichurri on Grilled Tri-tip Steaks

Herby Chimichurri on Grilled Tri-tip Steaks

The dog days of summer are definitely here.  No, there’s no heat coming from Sirius, the Dog Star, as the ancients believed, but it does mean quite a bit more.  To me, it’s about more than heat and humidity, especially since the average temperature here 

Grilled Beef Loin with Green Peppercorn Sauce

Grilled Beef Loin with Green Peppercorn Sauce

For the last two years, we’ve been experimenting with roasting meat on our barbeque.  You know, roasting it as in it could have been in our oven roasting type roasting.  And there are some who would argue that because we have a gas grill, that’s