Category Archives: Recipes

Tomato Pie

Well, here it is again!!! The recipe is pretty much the same, but there are reasons to bring it back. First, this way, it keeps coming up. Secondly, it’s just so good, it’s tough to post it too often. Thirdly, Nika’s great looking tomatoes made me start jonesing for the last of this year’s tomatoes. You’ve got to see them; they’re gorgeous, as tomatoes go.

I have one basic theory about tomatoes…

Local, ripe tomatoes are a gift from God. He’s basically saying, “Night’s will get a bit cooler… Grab the salt and enjoy My best for you!” Ok, He doesn’t tell me to grab the salt; I already know to do that.

On the other hand, hot-house tomatoes, grown out of season and sold all year, are of the Devil, and no one can convince me otherwise! I can almost see Satan personally breathing a bit of evil into each of those plants that look so diabolically similar to the heavenly tomatoes of summer. Continue reading

The week of August 14, 2006

This week in blogging… Great start, huh? I thought I’d do a blog preview of the week, to keep me focused and hopefully keep my readers’ interest!

Carnbbq First off, I submitted my tomato pie entry to “Carnival of the Recipes – The BBQ Edition”, and it got included! This is a feature that can be hosted by just about anyone, but pulls together a topic of recipes. The tomato pie is included in the side dish part of the entry. I’ve submitted another entry for an upcoming “Carnival of the Grill”; if it makes it, I’ll post about that, too.

Later this week, I’ll have some info on salmon. I have generally cedar-planked salmon recently, but I hot smoked some really great salmon, and I’ll talk about salmon in general for outdoor cooking.

I’ll also have my next installment of updates on how I’m doing diet-wise. Already, I’m noticing a difference in how my pants are fitting!

And I’m preparing for my first judging experience at a KCBS event. My wife and I will be going to Madison, IN, this Friday to judge Saturday. The only thing that will change that is whether I can leave my dog overnight… Woody’s having some issues, and I have to be comfortable leaving him with a friend that will come over to watch him. We’ll see how he’s doing later in the week before I make up my mind. Continue reading

Quick, easy, healthy

And if you’re turning your nose up at this now, do yourself a favor… Try it. Stretch yourself and do something new. By pushing yourself a bit here and there, being willing to try something you don’t like to find something you didn’t know you liked, you’ll begin to turn every day meals into meals that compare to any you get when you eat out. Continue reading