Porter House

Meat!

If your eyes are messing up due to some newly discovered aura business, signaling an oncoming migraine, you know what you shouldn't do? Lay down on the couch an read an entire novel in low light. Not a good idea. It might make you nauseous, dizzy, and tired. You might have to go to bed early, forcing your husband to: make dinner, put the kids to bed, go back to work, come home from work, and get your oldest off to school. I am really sorry Justin that I felt so bad. I know you must be exhausted today. I will keep Ryan super quite and let you sleep.

I have been trying to post our wonderful smoked meat from the weekend. They both turned out perfectly. We had three racks of baby back ribs on Saturday, and a huge smoked brisket on Sunday. This is why we had the nice meatless Spanish tortilla on Monday.

This grill works perfectly. The hinged grate make adding charcoal during cooking simple. The ignition works without a hitch.

Both of these meats are brined then rubbed. Cook's Illustrated knows how to barbecue meat! We can't wait to try some new things....

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By the way Bloggers, The Clean Plate Club is giving out a $50.00 gift card to Williams Sonoma! I believe I could put it to good use. I would find myself a tea pot. (More on my new obsession in the future...)

Snickery Squares (Thanks to Blake Makes)

I have been eying the snickery squares in Baking From My Home To Yours. Unfortunately I was low on dulce de leche. That is, until I was one of the lucky posters to receive 2 jars of peanut butter dulce de leche from Blake Makes. You can find out all about his network of food bloggers at his site. You will also be able to sign up for future give aways, if you happen to have a food blog of your own. Please do not sign up until Wednesday though, as Tuesday happens to be a very exciting chocolate give away.  I am of course partially kidding.

The snickery squares turned out to be very snicker like. I really enjoyed them. I have been eating a lot of chocolate and peanuts lately. Good stuff. Now Go check out Blake Makes...



Stay tuned tomorrow for the results of the ultimate lemon pie battle. Which lemon pie will be the favorite....?

Everyday Hillsboro

My lovely and clever sister has launched a new blog devoted purely to her burgeoning love of photography. I have been avidly anticipating the new daily picture, so I thought you might enjoy it as well. Check it out: Everyday Hillsboro.

Pioneer Woman Cooks!

I wanted to give all of my readers a heads up. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman happens to be one of my favorite sites to read. I check in on her site every day. She occasionally posts recipes. They are usually good family pleasing meals. I actually made her lasagna for supper night before last. I have to say, cottage cheese and all, I like it better than Cook's Illustrated's.

She has now branched out and created a totally food-centric blog. Personally I will definitely still read her regular one, but it is handy to have the separate one for recipes. It is called Pioneer Woman Cooks.

Make sure you check out her cinnamon roll recipe. It is so good!