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Gyro Style Kafta Kabobs

PJ Mullen — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:25:59 +0000

With the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been having this year, I decided to keep Easter dinner on the grill and the heat out of my kitchen. For the menu I devised a Greek and Mediterranean inspired meal for my family by making Gyro Style Kafta Kabobs. Easter on the grill, part deux, my latest at Digital Dads.

Avoid the Slime

PJ Mullen — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:20:44 +0000

If you have a package of ground beef in your refrigerator, then there is about a 70% chance that your meat contains pink slime. Over at Digital Dads I talk about the only way to truly be sure that you can avoid the slime.

Planning a birthday dinner

PJ Mullen — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:49:19 +0000

One of my favorite aspects of cooking is preparing a menu for an event. I always use these opportunities to test out ideas, try out new techniques, and expand my repertoire in the kitchen. My wife recently had a big birthday and I took the opportunity to detail my thought process in planning a birthday dinner. My latest at Digital Dads.

Maple Berry Breakfast Stratta

PJ Mullen — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:45:11 +0000

I’ve been a big fan of strattas for a while now and like to make them in both sweet and savory configurations. For Christmas I made one for my family where I substituted egg nog for the normal milk and cream and added a touch of nutmeg to give it a bit of a holiday spin. You can take this in any direction you want, but this Maple Berry Breakfast Stratta is a great place to start. My latest at Digital Dads.

Mixing Holiday Traditions

PJ Mullen — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:40:47 +0000

One of the more challenging aspects of being a parent is figuring out how to incorporate traditions from each others upbringing. For the most part my wife and I have compromised well since first becoming parents three and a half years ago. This past Christmas we were successful in mixing holiday cookie traditions, my latest at Digital Dads.

A Brilliant Red Porchetta

PJ Mullen — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:37:46 +0000

Classically, a porchetta is a when an entire pig is deboned, broken down and various parts are ground and seasoned before being stuffed back in and getting rolled up. The process of butchering and rolling an entire pig was definitely not in the cards for me, plus I’m not feeding the third regiment. Drawing inspiration from both Chef Michael Symon and Chef Mario Batali I went to work assembling my own porchetta style pork loin roast. The result? A brilliant red porchetta, my latest at Digital Dads.

Homemade Pop Tarts

PJ Mullen — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:33:55 +0000

Over the past few weeks our son has made some real headway in the potty training arena and I wanted to do something special for him to let him know how proud we were of him. At first I thought I’d go for a walk and take the kids to the bakery up the street and treat him to the homemade pop tarts he likes so much. Then, I began to think about how pricey one little pop tart was and how I’m pretty sure I could make them myself. Homemade pop tarts, my latest at Digital Dads.

Turkey Three Ways

PJ Mullen — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:32:29 +0000

A few weeks ago when I wrote about my Thanksgiving dry run to test my wellington recipe I had intended to offer my guests turkey two ways. Well, after attending my latest monthly cooking class, things changed slightly – into turkey three ways, to be more specific. My latest at Digital Dads.

Thanksgiving Dinner Dry Run

PJ Mullen — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:09:35 +0000

Another year, another quest to find a Thanksgiving meal I want to actually stick with for the long haul. Last year I wrote about how I’m not one for the traditional Thanksgiving with a large, majestic turkey sitting in all of its roasted glory at the center of my holiday table. Having tried osso bucco style turkey legs and a roulade in recent years, I decided to take things in a different direction and try my hand at turkey two ways. I decided to test out my turkey wellington recipe by doing a Thanksgiving dinner dry run, my latest over at Digital Dads.

Dilled Skillet Potatoes

PJ Mullen — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:00:19 +0000

A few weeks ago I wrote about my excitement at having received a shipment of fennel pollen and the shrimp ravioli dish I made with it. I was excited mostly because I knew what I wanted to do with it before I even ordered it. However, the deal I found on the fennel also included a container of dill pollen, something I was less than sure I knew what to do with. My first attempt at using it produced these dilled skillet potatoes, my latest at Digital Dads.