Growing up in Minnesota, Shepherds’s Pie was a warm winter comfort food.  Living here on the sun tropical island of Okinawa, I guess I had just forgot about this.  It came up in a conversation with the girls, and we decided to try it out.  We don’t own an oven or microwave, and we try…
Month: July 2018
Twice Baked Stuffed Wrapped Potatoes
You know when you get invited to a BBQ, and you offer to bring something? Â I usually get asked to bring my potato bombs. Â This is something I kind of made up along the way, with input from my friends and a little YouTube from the Bbqpitboys. Â I have tweeked it to my liking, and…
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Flower Pot Tandoor oven
My wife and I love naan bread. We have been looking for a way to cook some outdoors. Â We have the dream of building an outdoor oven, but that has not yet materialized. Â We tripped over this idea online, about building a tandoor out of flower pots. We decided to give it a try. This…
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Cast Iron Cookie
So, I was asked if we could make cookies by the girls.  Again, not having an oven makes us have to think of alternatives.  The Lodge deep covered skillet again come to the rescue.  We mixed up some of my mom’s peanut butter and m&m cookie dough, and pressed it into the skillet.  The…
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Quick weekday Beef
After work in a hurry to cook dinner, while the girls are doing homework, and taking their showers, beef is a quick savior.  A little salt, pepper, and garlic.  And the charbroiler does its work.  A bag of mixed frozen vegetables in a cast iron skillet with a little butter and McCormick’s vegetable seasoning, and…
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Roast Duck
I work as a hotel facilities and maintenance manager.  But my passion is outdoor cooking.  I found these ducks from my Gardener.  His father’ neighbor raises them.  Understanding my passion for cooking, and food quality he brought me two.  About 5 months old.  We had fresh duck eggs for a few months, which were delicious. Big…
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Firepit Lasagna
Moving into our house 4 years ago, one of the things it was missing was a real kitchen. I live in Okinawa working for the Marine Corps, and the Japanese version of a kitchen consists of a 2 eye gas stove. This has fueled my drive in outdoor cooking. My girls love lasagna. When they…
