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FINALLY... Grilling season is HERE!

I am a self proclaimed freak about certain foods, I don't like bananas or banana flavored things - except banana bread. I hate beans - except green ones. Craziest of all, I HATE GROUND MEAT. I am not sure where that came from, but I just can't get over the texture. I love steak, no go hamburger. This normally doesn't bother me, but this time of year, I love the smell and the idea of a really great burger. Here was my solution! I bought a giant portabella mushroom. I rubbed it with smoked paprika, rosemary, bacon salt (mentioned in early posts and DELICIOUS) and olive oil. I let it sit for a while in the rub and then put it on the grill. While that was marinating, I also prepared some giant asparagus with olive oil, salt and pepper and a heavy dose of balsamic vinegar. I also put them on the grill. Word of caution on grilling asparagus, use large stalks, cook them quickly and be careful, they easily slip between the grates. Once the mushroom was grilled well on both sides

Long break from the blog...

Busy work and life has distracted me from writing here! I hope I am back in it now, just because I was away from the blog doesn't mean I have been away from cooking. Unfortunately all of the cooking for spring just hasn't happened for me yet because Mother Nature has not cooperated. I actually made not only a batch of delicious chili but biscuit bread pudding. I am hoping this is the last of that! I have made this version of chili a number of times, but I have to say this was my favorite one. As I might have mentioned before, I don't do ground meat. I also am not a fan of beans. However, I have always loved the idea of the flavors of chili. So I made beanless pot roast chili! I first seared the seasoned pot roast (salt and pepper and cumin) in a very hot dutch oven. After the pot roast has a good brown crust take it out and add in thinly sliced onions. As the onions cook they pull up the delicious brown goodness left in the bottom of the pan. Then I put it all in the slow