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Pulled Pork Sandwiches

By Chef Chuck • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Recipes

Pulled pork sandwiches are delicious, and very easy to make.  The beauty of these sandwiches is that they are full of flavor, tender, and fun to eat!  Here is an easy recipe for you to try:

Pulled Pork Sandwiches:

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Shrimp and Crab Scampi

By Chef Chuck • Aug 26th, 2010 • Category: Recipes

Scampi is a great summer dish to make.  It’s filled with fresh shrimp, garlic, butter, veggies, and usually pasta.  Although scampi is usually made with shrimp, you can add all kinds of fresh seafood, and come up with something…

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Vegan Corn Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette

By Chef Chuck • Aug 4th, 2010 • Category: Recipes

Vegan Corn Salad with Veggies and Citrus Vinaigrette

6 ears of organic fresh corn, husked and grilled

½ cup chopped red onion

1 cup chopped and de-seeded fresh tomatoes

¼ cup each of red, yellow, orange and green peppers,…

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Crab Cakes, The Right Way!

By Chef Chuck • Jul 30th, 2010 • Category: Recipes

Here is a simple crab cake recipe.  Before I outline the ingredients, here are a few pointers:

Always use lump crab meat- leave out the claw, and back fin meat.

Old Bay Seasoning may good for some things, but…

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Santa Fe Chicken

By Chef Chuck • Jul 26th, 2010 • Category: Recipes

This is an easy recipe; very flavorful, and perfect for summer!

Santa Fe Chicken

4 chicken breasts

3 ears of corn

¼ each of red peppers, orange peppers, and yellow peppers

½ red onion

½ lemon, plus two slices…

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