Potluck Smoked Ham & Cheese Gratin was an idea of Patti’s. A friend of hers wanted an Easter dish for lots of people coming for dinner after Church. And it had to be put together the day ahead, so they could just pop in their Green Mountain Grill in a snap. I used Ken’s famous smoked cheese for an extra layer of flavor with a “Kiss of Smoke”.
NUTAPENOS A game day Must!!! Patti’s best girlfriend, Peggy just loves our different stuffed jalapenos, especially our “rattlesnake eggs” and "armadillo eggs”. Over lunch last week she suggested, knowing how much Ken loves peanut butter, to just stuff some in a jalapeno. So, Nutapenos were born and it’s easier to say than peanut butter poppers. Wrapped with Zaycon Fresh bacon they made a fun and…
Red, White & Blue Potato Salad lets you declare your independence from boring potato salad. We used red potatoes and red onion, blue cheese and blue cheese salad dressing to add lots of color and flavor. Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker…
Santa Maria Sirloin steak was so easy and delicious marrying a 2” thick sirloin steak and our Santa Maria Seasoning. Too easy and so good. We have been working on a new seasoning “Santa Maria Seasoning” and giving it a workout on the GMG. We are Really Pleased with the results. Thinking ribs and chicken up next. You can use our recipe and mix…
Southern Strawberry Pie, ‘tis the season for big, beautiful strawberries. Ken’s good friend and fishin’ buddy Joe gave us 5lbs. of these luscious beauties, so the least we could do is make him a thank you dessert with a “Kiss of Smoke”. Ken likes strawberries on his biscuits, but I put biscuits on his strawberries for the pie crust because it just felt more…
Potato Tart, Bacon Bacon Bacon, our thanks to Chef Michael Smith for this idea! It’s an awesome side dish, but would work well as a main dish. We used two whole pounds of fresh bacon combined with Ken’s smoked cheddar cheese, sliced potatoes, onions and garlic. We seasoned it to perfection with “Swimmin’ in Smoke Boo Yah Beef” and coarse grind black pepper. I…
Cajun Tri Tip, real simple with just 3 ingredients! We both love Cajun influences in our cooking so we thought we would pair up two of our Date Night favorites for our Date Night Tri Tip. First, we generously seasoned our 4 pound tri tip with Chef of The Future Cajun Rub and finished it off brushing it with Grandville’s Cajun Kick BBQ Jam.…
Sriracha Mac & Cheese Sriracha Mac & Cheese, a simple supper with grilled pork loin chops . Ken wanted something super spicy as a side. Sriracha sauce is a bottled chili sauce…Ken approved. Patti added a bit of sour cream to lessen the heat. Farmer John makes a jalapeno bacon, but you can use regular bacon instead. For lunch the next day Patti heated the…
Smoky Boneless Beef Ribs are a great way to start the summer grilling season. We were asked for a different way to do ribs (and we have some totally awesome beef and pork rib recipes). These lovelies were boneless beef, seasoned with Loubier All Purpose Rub with some Country Bob’s Sweet Honey BBQ Sauce as a dipping sauce. Meat Candy!!! All with a “Kiss…
Southwestern Shredded Beef we get a large Chuck Roll every month that we cut into huge roasts along with a few steaks and stew meat. This time we cut a beautiful 7lb. chuck roast and had a wonderful time deciding all the things we wanted to do with it, Southwestern Shredded Beef. Doing this one a little different than I usually do, I am…
Smoke Daddy Cold Smoked Cheese. We really enjoy smoked cheeses; we eat them as snacks and Patti uses them in lots of different recipes. So, every month we smoke a bunch of cheese and about 4 pounds of garlic that we use in our recipes. Think about pizza done with smoked cheese. You’ll never want it any other way! We grate a pound or…
Braised Short Ribs On the Jim Bowie This recipe post is an older post in honor of my friend Tony, a Vet who is still with us in spirit... This week our friend Tony came down and we wanted to do something special for his birthday. We haven’t seen Tony for about four months and he was starving for some good “Q”. Sailors are easy…