Simple Homemade BBQ sauce

A very simple BBQ sauce

It is getting to be that time of year that folks start hitting the grill for dinner, so last night I decided to take another recipe from Cooks Illustrated and add a few items of my own for grilled pork chops.  The picture here is all of the ingredients added to the saucepan before cooking.  I have to say, this is the simplest BBQ sauce I’ve ever made and it packs one helluva punch for flavor.  I’ll be using this recipe a lot this summer.  This recipe takes all of about 7 minutes to cook, and provides you with about a cup of sauce.

 

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Beef Stroganoff (with leftover steak)

Beef Stroganoff

I tend to cook stuff and not look at the serving amount. I’ll see a recipe I want to try and just cook it for Nancy and myself. We’ll then have 2-3 days worth of leftovers. Oops. So, the last time I made a nice London broil, I had a little more than a pound of seasoned and cooked meat left over. I decided that the beef would be good in a nice stroganoff, so here goes. [Read more...]