The next campfire recipe from our week long anniversary camping trip is a simple sausage sandwich that’s perfect after a long hike.  The sausages, buns and red pepper are all roasted over the campfire so that you don’t need to break out a camp stove or grill.  But if you can’t imagine yourself “roughing it” in a tent, you can just as easily make these sandwiches on the grill for your next backyard BBQ. Read more

When you’re on a tight budget, shrimp is a rare treat.  Even buying them in bulk usually leads to a price tag of 25 cents a piece, which means when you eat them you typically want something spectacular.  Sometimes I’ll chop up 2-3 shrimp a person and stretch them in a salad, curry, or soup.  But one of my favorite ways to eat shrimp is hot off the grill. Read more

I’m definitely not a barbecue expert.  My father in law has gotten really into smoking and barbecuing, if I need to know something I can defer to him.  But one thing I do know is cooking to taste, and I put my tastebuds to work making an easy bbq sauce recipe.  I want to create a barbecue sauce repertoire and one day hold a taste testing to find out what kinds of flavors my family likes the best.  So far I’m quite partial to this chocolate bbq sauce that tickles the tongue with just a hint of spice. Read more

“I think we should grill today,” Eric said, looking outside at the robin’s egg sky with fluffy marshmallow clouds.  I wasn’t sure I trusted that sky because over the past week it was filled with a beautiful sun that was deceptively cold then would shock us with massive bouts of hail if we dared step outside.  But as I slid open the patio door, a mild wave of warmth washed over me.  It was actually a nice day, the perfect day for steak! Read more

Oh man friends, can you tell by my internet silence that life has been crazy?  After a couple visits to the hospital and over 10 varieties of medication, I’m finally recovering from the worst bronchitis I’ve ever had.  But in the midst of recoverin,g crazy things have been happening!  But this is a teaser post so I’ll post more on that later this week.  Anyway, the bottom line is…I’m back baby!

See those lovely photos of Korean Galbi or Kalbi Ribs?  My friend Bee (in this day and age you can be friends with someone you’ve only met online!) took these photos of my Kalbi and I got to guest post about them on her blog, the famous RasaMalaysia!  Make sure you check it out and then come back Thursday for my exciting news.