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Blackened Bourbon Braised Pork Tenderloin & Vegetables + Video
Feb17

Blackened Bourbon Braised Pork Tenderloin & Vegetables + Video

If you’re looking for a flavorful, quick & impressive meal, Blackened Bourbon Braised Pork Tenderloin & Vegetables should be on the menu! Perfect for Mardi Gras, tailgating, entertaining guests, or just a weeknight meal, the combination of blackened spices is sure to please! Choose the celebratory colors of Fat Tuesday – gold, green & purple – or pick your favorite veggies to accompany this pork...

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How to Make Louisiana Blackening Spice Rub + Video
Feb02

How to Make Louisiana Blackening Spice Rub + Video

Louisiana Blackening Spice Rub: Type: Condiment Recipe Prep Time: 5 minutes Yield: ~ 1/3 cup spice rub The ingredients & instructions are listed below the video for measurements & directions. Please enjoy this webisode of Cooking with Kimberly: Ingredients: 2 tsp kosher salt 1 tsp black pepper 2 tbsp paprika 1 tbsp dried ground thyme 1 tsp dried ground oregano 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika – I use La Chinata Sweet Smoked...

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How to Make Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine + Video
Dec01

How to Make Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine + Video

 Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine is a great idea for most any poultry, at any time of the year! Brining will do wonders to kick up the flavors, especially of your Holiday turkey, using this poultry brine recipe and directions. Until you try this method of preparing poultry for roasting, you won’t fully appreciate the fantastic results as your birds are more moist, more tender and have much more flavor, as the delicious...

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How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video
Nov10

How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video

Holidays are the time for turkeys, but for me, I love roasted turkey and could enjoy it any time of the year, especially when this recipe for How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey is used. There’s nothing like a golden brown, roasted turkey with crispy, tasty skin, and moist, juicy turkey meat. The savory aroma carries throughout the house, making taste buds dance & mouths water. Whether it’s Thanksgiving,...

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How to Make New Potatoes Stuffed with Crab Meat: Memorial Day Celebrations
May17

How to Make New Potatoes Stuffed with Crab Meat: Memorial Day Celebrations

This recipe How to Make New Potatoes Stuffed with Crab is perfect for holiday weekend fare, a party or just because you like it so much, and it is so simple. How to Make New Potatoes Stuffed With Crab Meat: Type: Side Dish or Appetizer Prep Time: 40 min Yield: 24 pieces Ingredients: twelve 2 inch new potatoes 3/4 tbsp salt sprinkle of kosher salt 3/4 cup sour cream 1/2 cup fresh crab meat – shredded; canned,drained and rinsed is...

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How to Cook Plantain Tostones: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
May01

How to Cook Plantain Tostones: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

This delicious recipe for How to Cook Plantain Tostones is a traditional Caribbean and Latin favorite. Now, it will become a favorite of food lovers everywhere. With the sweetness of the cooked plantain and the salty overtones, these Tostones tease your palate in a delightful way. How to Cook Plantain Tostones: Perfect for appetizers or accompanying your entrées. Tostones are delicious when using them as the bread slices in a tasty...

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How to Cook Quick Baked Potatoes in the Microwave
Sep23

How to Cook Quick Baked Potatoes in the Microwave

One of the fastest side dish recipes on the planet is the microwaved baked potato. It is so easy to make, and has marvelous results each time. Type: Side Dish Recipe Serve With: sour cream, butter, bacon bits, chives, and whatever fixin’s you enjoy on your baked potato! Prep Time: 2 min Cook Time: 10 min Yield: 3 servings Ingredients: 3 large potatoes kosher salt – to taste olive oil – to coat The ingredients &...

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How to Brine a Whole Chicken + Video
Apr30

How to Brine a Whole Chicken + Video

The most effective, easiest and inexpensive way to impart flavor into your whole bird (albeit a chicken, duck, turkey, hen) is to use a brine. If you’ve never brined a chicken or turkey before, you really don’t know what you’re missing. The increased flavor intensity, as well as the moisture it imparts, and the dark, crispy skin it lends itself to, make brining an amazing trick in your flavorful kitchen. This is a...

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How to Make Quick Baked Potatoes
Jul23

How to Make Quick Baked Potatoes

I would venture to say that most people love baked potatoes, especially with a bit of a BBQ taste. Am I right? I thought so…So, here’s a way to make them without having to slave in your kitchen with a hot stove for at least an hour. You can literally have baked potatoes, even with that BBQ flavor, done in 15 minutes. Here’s how… Type: Side Dish Recipe Serve With: sour cream, butter, bacon bits, chives, and...

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How to Grill a Top Sirloin Steak
Jul23

How to Grill a Top Sirloin Steak

It’s summer time in North America, and that means we are barbecuing out butts off! Well, at least I am, every chance I get. In fact, I feel guilty when I don’t get out there and grill knowing the Canadian winter is so long. Everyone’s favorite has to be the perfect steak. I’ll bet you can smell that steak on the grill when your neighbors are using their BBQs, don’t you? One of my favorite cuts is a Top...

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How to Roast Garlic
Oct11

How to Roast Garlic

There aren’t many things tastier to eat than roasted garlic. If you’ve never tried it, you’ll be so happy when you do. Not only is it fantastic for adding to other recipes, but it’s delicious all by itself. Plus, it’s really easy to do. Try it! Type: How To Cook Serve With: spread on bread, in potato recipes or anywhere else you use garlic Prep Time: 2 min Cook Time: 35 min Yield: 1 head garlic –...

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How to Make Kimberly’s Ultimate Holiday Turkey Brine
Oct10

How to Make Kimberly’s Ultimate Holiday Turkey Brine

Last year, I finally tried brining our turkey for the first time. We were all so very impressed that we said we’d never do it any other way again! Not only does brining impart fabulous flavor into your bird, but it makes it so much juicier as well. What we also noticed was that the turkey browned so much more evenly and more easily. I’m brining our turkey tonight and cannot wait to feast tomorrow! Try the...

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How to Bake Kimberly’s Quick & Fabulous Focaccia Bread
Nov12

How to Bake Kimberly’s Quick & Fabulous Focaccia Bread

Yum…So quick and easy too! Fantastic, freshly baked and authentic Italian focaccia bread in a flash! Really, I made the focaccia to go along with my “Non-Italian” Minestrone Soup, and it was the perfect compliment to dunk into the tasty broth! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Bread Serve With: A fabulous, Italian soup or stew, or with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and Italian spices on a warm plate to dunk in. Prep Time: 17...

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