Cranberry Granita

I think I saw this recipe one morning on one of Giada's Food Network shows. It seemed really simple so I gave it a shot. It turned out to be a big hit with Kim and just about anyone else who tries it. It's really light, full of flavor, and incredibly easy to make.

The recipe can be found here. Cranberry Granita.

I plan to try it with other fruit juices in the future. I think it would be pretty good with Ocean Spray's Blueberry juice cocktail and maybe with a flavored vodka.

Nick's Supermarket Kabobs

I came home from work the other day and decided to see what I could grab from Nick's Supermarket. If you're in Clinton, Waldorf, or Prince Frederick you should check Nick's out if you're looking for something to throw on the grill. They've got great cuts of meat and the prices are good. The one by us has beer too so that's one less stop I have to make.

I came home with a bunch of hamburgers and some kabobs. The kabobs had beef or chicken with onions, green peppers, and tomatoes. They had some light seasoning already on them but I decided to marinate them also. For the chicken, I went with Lawry's Baja Chipotle and for the beef I used A1 Chicago Steakhouse marinade.

I cooked everything over medium heat coals until it was all done and charred on the edges. Check it out.

S'more Brownies

While browsing my news feed on Facebook the other day, I saw that my friend Becky had shared a link to a recipe for S'mores Brownies by Food Network. Most of the time, the Food Network has pretty decent recipes so I thought I'd give this one a try. Besides, I'd never made brownies from scratch before and this seemed like a good opportunity.

Aside from being a COMPLETE mess, the brownies were great. They can't really be compared to s'mores though. While they have all the ingredients of s'mores, the flavor of s'mores just isn't there. I feel like the graham cracker flavor just wasn't as pronounced like it is in an actual s'more. Still, this was better than the s'mores cupcakes I'd had a couple months ago from a gourmet cupcake shop.

Red Robin. Yummmmm.

Last night, after shopping for dress clothes, doing yard work and taking a short bike ride, I didn't much feel like cooking. Also, it was a Monday and I like to take Kim out on her days off. She didn't have any ideas on what to eat so I suggested Red Robin. We hadn't been there in a while and a burger sounded really good. 

Started it off with a Black and Tan. 

On to the appetizers. Kim and I shared the double combo Jump Starters. She picked the fried clam strips and I got the jalapeno coins. 

Bring on the meat! X and I ordered our burgers with the extra patty. He also requested bacon. My burger came with bacon so I didn't have to worry about that. From left to right: Bleu Ribbon burger with bacon and an extra patty, Burnin Love burger, and A1 Peppercorn burger on the jalapeno cornmeal kaiser roll with an extra patty. 

We entertained the idea of splitting dessert but when X and I saw that there wasn't anything on the dessert menu with peanut butter, we gave up.