Notes about Recipes in this book

• Tennessee pulled turkey sandwiches

  • twoyolks on June 04, 2016

    This is a really nice, flavorful smoked turkey. The barbecue sauce also compliments it well. The turkey was moist and flavorful. It had a little but of smoke but not too much. I used a single 4 lbs turkey breast that took longer to cook (approximately 2.5 hours for the cooking in total).

  • Shewi128 on August 29, 2022

    I really liked this interesting method of smoking turkey. The resulting flavor and texture of the turkey was good. I also liked the sauce, but I did not include the horseradish. I haven't made this again yet, but I would.

• Smashed potato salad

  • Rinshin on May 30, 2016

    I was surprised to find that using yukon poatoes makes this ultra creamy potato salad. I did not use the water. The ratio of mayo, mustard and vinegar was right on. Very delicious!

  • twoyolks on July 27, 2017

    I found this to be a nice potato salad with a good balance between sweet and sour. However, it wasn't particularly special. I did use sweet relish in place of the sweet pickles. Also, to really be properly sized, the potatoes need to be cut into pieces closer to 1/2" than 1".

• Backyard barbecue beans

  • Rinshin on June 05, 2016

    Very good bbq beans more reminiscent of Boston baked beans with sweeter overtones than Frijoles charros. Although I like this Northeastern style of beans too , my preference is Mexican style beans without much sweetness when accompanying sweeter bbq sauced meats.

• Whole-grain mustard chicken salad

  • ldholakia on October 03, 2021

    This comes together very quickly (we use a rotisserie chicken) and is surprisingly tasty for how few ingredients it has. Perfect for a light, healthy lunch. Have made it many times.

• Roasted corn and poblano chowder

  • twoyolks on August 25, 2020

    The flavor was good on this but I couldn’t taste the poblano at all.

• Sweet-and-sour chicken

  • Shewi128 on March 16, 2021

    This definitely was a typical sweet and sour chicken dish, but that's not an insult. It was really good, but I wanted the sauce a LITTLE thicker. However, the chicken fried up really nice. The only tricky thing was getting the chicken out of the batter because it was thick and stuck to the chicken. This was worth the effort, and I would make it again (when I actually feel like frying food, which isn't often).

• Mississippi mud pie

  • Shewi128 on August 08, 2022

    My husband has declared this the best recipe and chocolate dessert ever. He is a chocoholic, so it works for him. For me, it is incredibly rich, and one slice is too much. However, the crust, brownie, mousse, and crunchy wafer topping combo just hits all the right notes for chocolate lovers.

• Grilled boneless skinless chicken breasts

  • anya_sf on August 15, 2020

    Method worked very well on a gas grill. Chicken did not stick at all and remained moist. Great way to cook chicken for a salad.

  • Shewi128 on August 29, 2022

    Simple but perfect recipe for grilled chicken breasts. They turned out moist, not dry, not tough, etc, with enough flavor for everyone to ask, "what seasonings were in the recipe?". Just water, oil, salt, pepper, and garlic.. and you never would have known it was so simple. This recipe is a keeper for the simplicity and end result.

• Mushroom rice pilaf with thyme

  • Rinshin on June 05, 2016

    Simple pilaf with good taste. I added broken pieces of angel hair pasta as well and shitake mushrooms.