New Years Day meat and cheese platter

There was bread but it's just not in the photo

Christmas Day meat and cheese platter

Irish beef stew

This was similar to my Irish venison stew. This time I used boneless short ribs

Braised baby back ribs

This is definitely my new favorite way for cooking ribs. I braised these in my Dutch oven for about three hours and then they were put on a wire rack under the broiler for a few minutes each side with a healthy glazing of barbecue sauce. They were fall off the bone tender and super delicious

Elk fillets

Served on Himalayan sea salt plate. Had some veggies and tater tots on the side. 

Hot dogs

I toasted the buns with some yellow american cheese. Chef sauce and grainy mustard - my first time having bread and butter pickles. Addicted. 

Chicken souvlaki salads

Made a whole bunch of these for me and the wife for the week. Really tasty. Got some homemade Greek style salad dressing and taziki sauce and sliced up some pita bread but they’re not in the photos

Naan bread

I bought this bread in the store. It’s not anything as close to fresh made but it’s still pretty damn good. I rubbed it with olive oil and threw on some fresh tomato, red onion and fresh mozzarella. Of course just a little sea salt and crushed red pepper as well. Threw it in the toaster oven for about 15 minutes. It was a terrific lunch

Shrimp boil

More salads

My wife and I take these to work. Saves money and they’re pretty healthy 

Porterhouse

Got some porterhouse steaks from my favorite butcher shop on Long Island – Main Street Meats in Farmingdale. Sign up for their emails. Get weekly notifications on their sale items. I got these on sale for a great price and they were delicious. I Served them with blackened sweet carrots. 

Dubliner cheese wedges and Guinness

Elk top round

Smoked it with a nice rub.

Mother's Day 2016

Found more pics stowed away in the cloud. Steak teriyaki, carmelized endive, bacon wrapped asparagus, salmon on cedar planks, meat and cheese boards - and a nice salad to start is all off.

sliders for my sons

My little guy doesn't like cheese. Can't figure this kid.

BLT on the grill

I like making bacon on the wire rack like this. It's easy and less clean up. I also like my bread toasted this way... just over the direct heat for a few seconds.

Antipasto

These photos were from 2015. I cannot remember the holiday but I made these for some occasion. The antipasto skewers were great and the ciabatta with goat cheese and roasted peppers also a hit

Salmon and shrimp

I grilled up some asparagus but it's not in the pictures. Anyway, I made a nice crust on the salmon with Panko breadcrumbs, regular breadcrumbs and a whole bunch of spices. 

I think the shrimp was my favorite. I just grilled them in a cast-iron pan. I put a little lemon juice on them and then coated them with a barbecue rub. Into the pan with some butter and they came out fantastic 

BBQ/braised ribs

This was different but super easy and really great. I took a bunch of seasoning and sauces along with 2 bottles of beer and chopped onion and threw a rack of ribs that I segmented into thirds and slowly braised them in the Dutch oven till super tender but not quite falling off the bone. Then I put them over the coals and glazed with BBQ sauce. I have to say - these were excellent.