Food

The Brain Dead Oven: She’s Right, I’m Rob Chicken and Chorizo Chowder

Nov 13, 2011 No Comments by

This recipe is one that Lesley and I came up with after being stuck inside during a blizzard.  We happened to have the ingredients on hand and tried to come up with something that would keep us warm, fill us up, and go well with a nice cold beer.  Thus, the “She’s Right, I’m Rob [...]

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CQC: Holiday Classics Renewed…

Nov 10, 2011 No Comments by

Greetings, squaddies! Today, we discuss the holidays. I know… most people find them to be a world of suck, but not me. Thanksgiving and Xmas are a time of joy, well… at least I think so. I get to cook for my loved ones. I get to drink. Maybe every so often, I get a [...]

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CQC: Eggplants… Is There Nothing They Cannot Do?

Nov 08, 2011 No Comments by

As you were, people… Today, you will receive a block of instruction on how to prepare an old favorite of mine. Now when I say ‘eggplant’, most people think of Eggplant Parmigiana, and that’s not a bad thing actually. But what I have here is something different, delicious, and quite easy to make. And as [...]

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The Brain Dead Oven: BDR SlowCooker Chili

Nov 06, 2011 2 Comments by

It’s getting to be that time here in Minnesota where all you want to do is drink, eat, and hibernate.  There are few things better than a nice slow cooked meal cooking all day, drinking beer number 6, and watching the original Dawn of the Dead.

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CQC: Stilton In The Treeline!

Nov 03, 2011 1 Comment

Sorry about the title… but it’s hard to come up with pithy, military oriented phrases when talking about Stilton cheese.

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The Brain Dead Oven – SALMON PATTIES OF AWESOMNESS

Nov 01, 2011 7 Comments

Hello there.  My name is Rob.  I run this place.  I like to eat.  I’m assuming you like to eat as well.  Let’s eat together.  Ok, maybe not together, but let me share a killer recipe that always bring the boys to the yard.  Well not so much the yard, and there really aren’t boys…I [...]

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