Hello everyone!! This post is dedicated to my friend and co-worker, Hanks. He is not a vegetarian but is open to trying some plant-based dishes. So, I obliged. And I must say this dish turned out absolutely delicious! So what do we need? Black beans (obviously), bell peppers, onions, avocado, lime, garlic, cilantro, […]
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Happy 2026, glad to be back. A much needed break, and ready to get crackin. I hope you enjoyed the Christmas gift post – shows you just how much content we throw at you. Over NINETY posts in a year?! C’mon now. It took me a little bit to gather the numbers, but
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Friends, we are back to wonderful, tasty, healthy posts! The holidays are taxing on everyone. Stress, travel, poor food choices… We all experience it. The key is bouncing back and bringing yourself back to how you normally live. I actually get excited to eat healthy. I love how it makes me feel. The
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Happy holidays everyone! This post is for our friend Ralph, who has requested more “dessert posts.” Happy to oblige! Like the cheesecake post, this one is very non-plant-based. And highly processed. Unlike how I normally eat as well. I can only eat like this rarely. Usually it’s around the holidays. I just don’t
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The best gift I can give to you is the “Search” magnifying glass. This many years in, we’ve probably tackled a lot of the recipes or spun up enough ideas that’ll get you want you want. That search will take you right where you want to go. If that’s not good enough for
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Oh. My. Goodness. This dish was delicious! Let me start by telling you about the quest for wild rice though. Originally, Mr. FBBQ and I went to Kroger (midwest grocery store). No wild rice. The next day I decided I would stop at Fresh Thyme (another smaller, more organic grocery store) but then
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Another year of ForensicBBQ is in the books. As we turn the page on yet another year, we’ll finish it off with our second tailgate post. These are always fun ones – and today was no different. It helps that our November game turned out to be outstanding weather. She was a bit
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Hey y’all! We are in the midst of holiday season and I don’t know about you but I cannot eat like crap on a regular basis and not feel it. SO…I will be throwing some healthy (but still delicious) meals your way for the next few weeks! For this week’s recipe, we need
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A well done breakfast sets the tone for the day. Now I don’t do many breakfast posts on here, because I don’t each much breakfast – but this particular weekend, I had some bread to use, so we’re going french toast. I didn’t think we could adequately smoke a french toast product, as
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Happy Monday, y’all! Got a hearty dinner for you today! For the actual meal portion we need little potatoes, a sweet onion, garlic, black beans, and bell peppers. For the Cilantro Sauce, we need cilantro, nutritional yeast, raw cashews, and a lime or lime juice. There is vegetable broth in the photo, but
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