Tag Archives: Pineapple

Parfait! Grilled Sausages With Beer & Pineapple

Who knew? As I’ve noted before, I was never really a huge fan of the grilled sausage, until I came across this genious! method of pre-cooking them before popping ’em on the grill to get nicely charred. The secret? Beer. … Continue reading

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Creamy Grape Salad

We were down at my mom-in-law’s for the holidays, and she was sharing some recipes she had come across while sorting stuff. Note: for more of mom’s recipes, see The Doris Project on this here web thing-y. Anywho, mom was … Continue reading

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Ham, Pineapple, and Jalapeño Dinner

I was rummaging through my freezer and came across a packet of leftover ham. Recent leftover ham – not always a given with my top freezer organization system. Now, what to do with it? Ham salad? Tempting, but I wasn’t … Continue reading

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Parfait! Banzai Burger Sliders

The Banzai Burger at Red Robin has been one of my faves since I first discovered it when I was living in Northern California in the ’80s: a burger marinated in teriyaki sauce with grilled pineapple, melted cheese, and mayonnaise, … Continue reading

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Pineapple Jalapeño Chili Sauce

This nicely sweet – and surprisingly zippy! – chili sauce is based on a recipe from the nice guy at Closet Cooking on the interwebs and facebook. He called for two each, Cayenne and Bird’s Eye peppers, which I substituted … Continue reading

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Tuna and Pineapple Curry

This is one of those dishes that could be really good, or really terrible… As it turned out, it was really good, but, surprisingly, needed a bit more curry. See, I came across the basis for this recipe on a … Continue reading

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Banzai ‘Za!

When last we met, I’d made a large-ish batch of Terryaki sauce and some very nice marinated, then grilled, beef short ribs. With extra sauce in the fridge, I was thinking Thai Pork Stew a good idea, but we’d just … Continue reading

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Pineapple, Pimiento, Pork, and Peppers

Which is to say: grilled ham and pineapple sammich with (nicely) spiced pimiento cheese. It all started with this recipe I cam across for a spicy pimiento cheese dip, made with Pepper Jack and Cheddar cheese. Then I came across … Continue reading

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Coconut Red Curry Chicken With Pineapple and Biryani

Spoiler Alert: this is a really, really good curry; but the biryani is from a frozen packet (also really, really good) from Trader Joe’s that you just empty into a ‘wave-safe bowl and… well, ‘wave as instructed on the packet. … Continue reading

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Pineapple Pork Packets

OK, so, the original name for these tasty little porcine bits o’ goodness was “pork chop and pineapple pie”, and Paula Deen meant to cook them in individual packets nestled into charcoal on teh grill. Well, I had the chops, … Continue reading

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