• Green Onion Sausage Scrambled Eggs

    Green Onion Sausage Scrambled Eggs

    Meant to be an omelette So I started this meant as an omelette but as I said is an earlier post that does not always work well in a deep pan. Ingredients 4 eggs 1/4 cup milk Sliced green onion sausage from @tnmeatco Salt, pepper, paprika, and adobo to taste Slice you green onion peppers…

  • Cast Iron Cleaning Tips

    Cast Iron Cleaning Tips

    Getting the burn out It will happen, I was cooking burnt ends and got burnt ends in the pan. Not to worry cast iron is not hard to clean. While it is usually done best when still hot, not everyone wants to clean before they eat.. If you don’t want a lot of scrubbing, add…

  • Oven Baked Burnt Ends

    Oven Baked Burnt Ends

    Yes you can make burnt ends in the oven So not everyone has a backyard, a fancy smoker or can afford to eat out. This is the importance of Cooking with a Veteran. To show my veteran friends, and really anyone who watches the show, other ways to make great meals. Today I bring you…

  • Oven Baked BBQ Chicken

    Oven Baked BBQ Chicken

    GRUNT Style Ingredients: Brine your chicken with salt and pepper, sit in fridge for 20 min. In a cast iron pan (I am using my Smithey No 12), sear your chicken with butter. Remove chicken and add onion, green pepper, garlic, ginger and sauté (be sure to not burn) Add ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, chicken broth,…

  • Portuguese Duck Rice

    Portuguese Duck Rice

    Great Portuguese meal made from fresh or left-over duck This is a great one-pot-dish with wonderful flavor. I first had this dish in Macao when visiting a university for a possible teaching job. We had a great tour of the island, which included a small Portuguese restaurant. There is a long history of Portuguese people…

  • Texas Meat Chili

    Texas Meat Chili

    Made from left over BBQ meat This is a great meal, with a good kick to it. I made this chili from left-over BBQ I had after a party made from steak, pork, and ribs. Growing up we ate chili from a can, I had no idea how many different variations of chili there is…

  • Okinawa Taco Rice

    Okinawa Taco Rice

    Japanese Twist on a Taco This is a dish that I never really got to try in my travels, while I have heard of it through most of my Marine friends, it was a dish I missed out on while traveling to Japan. I made it on my show as a tribute to my Marine…

  • Frog legs in a white wine mushroom sauce

    Frog legs in a white wine mushroom sauce

    A French/Louisiana kind of meal Growing up, the idea of eating frog legs seemed gross. But back then the only place in NY to get frog legs at a restaurant was one of those fancy places that cost an arm and a leg, or cajun place might have them from time to time. Still it…

  • Pasta Bolognese

    Pasta Bolognese

    A classic Italian dish Growing up I never really knew what bolognese was. We simply had pasta with meat sauce. It was not until I traveled to Rome that I really experienced a good pasta bolognese. This dish is my Grunt twist to that version. Ingredients: In a pan (I am using my Smithey Cast…

  • Review TN Meat Co.

    Review TN Meat Co.

    check them out at @tnmeatco If you follow my show on Facebook, you will see that I get most of my meat from the @tnmeatco When I first moved down here, I was worried about finding a nice craft butcher to buy my meats. Anyone who is a foodie knows that while meat at the…