July 2012 archive

Mesquite Grilled Steaks

Mesquite Grilled Steaks

Mesquite Grilled Steaks!  Sounds delicious, right?  And they are, if you do it right.  Of course that’s always the case, isn’t it?  Here’s the right way and the wrong way to grill steaks with mesquite. A few months ago, I got some charcoal briquettes going, prepped the steaks and got them sizzling over the hot …

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Outdoor Cooking Magic Challenge #7

Outdoor Cooking Magic Challenge

The 7th Outdoor Cooking Magic Challenge has been selected! I decided to use a magazine as the source of my recipe for the 7th challenge.  Taste of Home publishes several recipe magazines, such as Simple and Delicious.  I’m selecting from Light & Tasty, which I don’t believe is published anymore, but is replaced by Healthy …

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Dutch Oven Cinnamon Breakfast Cake

Dutch Oven Breakfast Cake

I finally got the breakfast cake cooked that I chose for cooking for Outdoor Cooking Magic Challenge #6.  It’s been awhile since I selected it and a vacation and other things got in the way.  Dutch ovens are great for baking anything, so that’s what I used to cook this dish.

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Outdoor Cooking Magic Challenge #6

Outdoor Cooking Magic Challenge

For Outdoor Cooking Magic Challenge #6, I used a cookbook that my sister gave us for Christmas.  It was a homemade cookbook that contained favorite family recipes (a great idea, I might add, if you are looking for something to give for Christmas). The recipe that was randomly selected was Quick Cinnamon Breakfast Cake.  Like …

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Grilling Accidents – Don’t Let This Happen to You!

One would think cooking on the grill might be pretty safe. But you could be wrong.  You could have things happen like this:

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10 Tips for Grilling Delicious Hamburgers!

Hamburgers!

Hamburgers are one of my favorite foods from the grill, so I decided to ask my email newsletter subscribers what their favorite tips where.  I have some tips for grilling juicy hamburgers, but I knew that my readers had great tips as well.  This is part of a new Outdoor Cooking Magic Question of the …

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