Ever wonder what to pair with a great steak other than Cabernet Sauvignon? I’ve listed some of my favorites, and you might be surprised. When it comes to pairing wine with a great steak most articles will go for the easy pairing – Cabernet Sauvignon – and there’s a good reason for this (more on…
Beef Recipes
Grilled or smoked beef recipes are some of our favorites! Here you will find everything from Tender Smoked Beef Ribs to Reverse Seared Ribeyes.
Grilled Flank Steak Salad
A simple and delicious recipe for Grilled Flank Steak Salad, made with flank steak marinated in a savory soy and rosemary mix. Perfect for a hearty salad, or filling for a delicious sandwich. You’ve gotta try this incredible and full flavored steak salad! And we got ya if your looking for a great grilled flank steak…
Classic Grilled Cheeseburger — Reverse Seared and Grilled
There’s a time and a place for an over the top cheeseburger with a million additions, but there’s something comforting about a classic cheeseburger recipe. We’re doing a reverse sear method using a grill and wood chunks to give your Grilled Cheeseburger an incredible smoked flavor and that perfect char to finish. I love going…
Recipes for Valentine’s Day On Your Smoker or Grill
Our best recipes for Valentine’s Day on the grill or smoker. Avoid the restaurants this year and dine in. Here are our top 21 Recipes for Valentines Day you can cook on your Smoker or Grill. We even highlight a 3-course meal you can create in one post! I used to be one of the…
Smoked Tri Tip Mac and Cheese cooked on the grill
Smoked Tri Tip Mac and Cheese is cooked on the grill with perfectly smoked and tender tri tip, mixed with an ultra creamy cheese sauce. It is sure to up your mac and cheese game… by about a million percent. Mac & Cheese Recipe Inspiration If a winery could be my spirit animal it might…
Red Wine Marinated Grilled Skirt Steak
Grilled Skirt Steak is a delicious cut of beef that cooks up quickly and marinates perfectly in our savory red wine marinade. It is great for weeknight meals, or your next Taco Night. Grilled Skirt Steak has to be one of my all time favorite cuts for a quick and easy weeknight meal. Shoot, it…
Our Top 7 Posts of 2017
Our Vindulge Reader Favorite Recipes from 2017. We’re wrapping up this year end with a look back to the top reader favorites of 2017. I know you may be sick of these kinds of posts right now (because they’re EVERYWHERE!!!). But I honestly love them. And I truly enjoy looking back at what people enjoyed…
Smoked Cranberry Meatballs (in a Cranberry Red Wine Sauce)
Smoked meatballs braised in a sweet and savory Cranberry Pinot Noir Red Wine Sauce is one of our all time favorite holiday appetizers. These cranberry meatballs are ALWAY a hit at any party or gathering! The best part is the cranberry wine sauce comes together with 4 simple ingredients! These Smoked Meatballs in Cranberry Pinot…
Smoked Brisket Chili (recipe and video)
Got leftover brisket? Make this Smoked Brisket Chili! Recipe and video tutorial for our favorite chili recipe of all time. We’re also answering all of your controversial questions and concerns regarding this Smoked Brisket Chili! Check it out. Go ahead and insert your jokes about “who the heck has leftover brisket” 😉 I’ve heard them…
Favorite Tools for Grilling Season on AM Northwest – and a Giveaway!
We went back on AM Northwest this week to talk about our favorite tools for grilling and cooked up a simple recipe for a marinated flank steak. You don’t need a million gadgets to get started grilling. We we’re so stoked to go back on AM Northwest to talk about the most wonderful time of the year. Yeah…
Smoked Meatballs with Cranberry & Red Wine Sauce on AM Northwest
Guys, we got to back on AM Northwest! This time cooking up one of our favorite holiday appetizers – Smoked Meatballs with a Cranberry & Red Wine Sauce. This is a fantastic appetizer for any party! Scroll to the bottom for the video, or just click here. Several years ago I discovered a very cool…
Prime Rib Steak Sandwiches
What do you do with leftover prime rib? Make an out-of-this-world Prime Rib Steak Sandwich, filled with tender meat, melted cheese, and sweet caramelized onions, that’s what. This is pretty much the greatest sandwich there ever was! It’s possible you’re here because you saw our recipe for Smoked Prime Rib. If not feel free to…
Smoked Tri Tip and Wine Pairing
Smoked Tri Tip is an easy, quick, and affordable alternative to brisket. Learn the secrets for perfect Smoked Tri Tip Recipe from a professional BBQ caterer. We’ve said it once, and we’ll say it again. We absolutely love Smoked Tri Tip around these parts! It’s the #1 requested meat we cook at Ember and Vine catering…
Smoked Tri-Tip Fajitas
How to get smoke flavor into your fajitas by using Tri-Tip and slice thinly for incredible, tender, smoky, and savory steak fajitas. I think it’s safe to say Tri-Tip has become the number one cut of beef we cook around here lately. It has surpassed brisket, rib eye, and NY strip. The primary reason is that we cook…
Reverse Seared Ribeye Steak Tacos – Stretching your budget
How to take an expensive cut of meat, like a thick cut Ribeye steak, and stretch the portions so that you can have your steak without worry of breaking your budget by making Ribeye Steak Tacos. This is also a great recipe for any leftover ribeye or prime rib. Ribeye Steak Tacos We had a reader reach…
Prepping for Memorial Day on AM Northwest
Mary and Sean we were back on AM Northwest today to cook up Tri Tip with Chimichurri Sauce. Memorial Day Weekend is coming! First and foremost, Memorial Day is all about celebrating and honoring those brave service members who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and we truly believe in celebrating that this coming weekend. But…
Reverse Food & Wine Pairing: Sbragia Cabernet Sauvignon with Flank Steak
More often than not when it comes to food and wine pairing it’s just that — food, and then the wine. “We’re having this killer grilled salmon for dinner, what wine should we pair with it?” But sometimes you find a wine (or in this case two) that is so interesting that you create a meal…
Hosting an Elegant and Easy Oscar Party on AM Northwest
We were back on AM Northwest! This time to talk about How to Host an Elegant and Easy Oscar Party! I still pinch myself each time we get the incredible opportunity to share our food with an audience like the awesome folks and viewers of AM Northwest. It’s always an honor to share our food…
12 Tailgate Recipes (on the Smoker or Grill)
Here are 12 awesome Tailgate recipes that can be cooked on your smoker or grill for you to enjoy this year whether you’re at the game live or while watching your favorite game on tv! Tailgate Recipes Even in the dead of winter, people area willing to fire up the grill for their favorite Football…
Stretching your Budget with Brisket on AM Northwest
Brisket for Christmas? Yes please! Our first year as parents was our first Christmas away from all of our families. The boys were just weeks old, and I was recovering, so there would be no traveling. That was the year our holiday traditions would forever change. At least regarding the foods we ate for Christmas dinner….
Beef Empanadas (with Leftover Brisket)
Tender smoked beef brisket, mixed with some savory vegetables, herbs, and just a hint of spice, sandwiched in puff pastry, and baked into the most flavorful Beef Empanadas! Beef Brisket Empanadas are truly the best way to use any Leftover Brisket! There are some amazing uses for leftover brisket, from chili, to pizza, to tacos,…
Smoked Brisket Pizza
Brisket Pizza takes leftover brisket and gives it a fresh makeover! This is another fantastic use for leftover Beef Brisket. My husband’s weakness is pizza. Usually he prefers plain ol’ pepperoni pizza (which I find quite boring). But lately, with his never-ending obsession with trying to perfect his brisket (this is a real problem, people),…
How to Make Homemade Orecchiette (pasta)
How I learned how to make Homemade Orecchiette at Masseria Il Frantoio in Puglia, Italy… and how YOU can too! Plus a full authentic recipe for Orecchiette with Tomato Sauce and Meatballs. It was already getting dark by the time our group arrived at Masseria Il Frantoio for a cooking lesson and dinner, otherwise I could have easily…
Smoked Tri-Tip Sandwich with Chimichurri Sauce
An easy smoked tri-tip sandwich recipe topped with our awesome Chimichurri Sauce, onions, and a ciabatta roll. Don’t have a smoker? That’s fine, you can grill or roast it in the oven. Tri-tip, where have you been all my life. We serve this cut at catering events and in our house. And when we have…