Hasselback Potatoes, we love these sliced, baked potatoes with cheese and bacon. We bake the potatoes and cool them ahead of time so they’re easy to quickly prepare. These are fancy enough for special dinners and convenient enough to mostly prepare the night before. They’re a different and delicious version of a twice baked potato. You can use any flavor of cheese. This time…
Hickory Smoked Sirloin Steak Sandwich, a trip down memory lane. This is the recipe that started it all in 2009. Five cameras ago and lot's lights, Patti has lost her dinning room, it is now a photo studio. You can see how we've grown!!! By now some of you have heard us refer to “Love the Second Time Around”. What we talking about is…
Scotch Eggs, A friend of ours showed us this little trick, and we have been working on it for three weeks now and made it into a work of art. These things are WONDERFUL; so far everyone who has tried one says “Oh My Gosh, these are great!!!” And being the Chef those words are music to my ears. We always sold out of…
Cranberry Apple Bacon Jam, I was wanting a stuffing for a Christmas pork loin. Not the Ho-Hum, same old, same old stuffing. But something different. I can say that Patti and I knocked it out of the park with this one! It is so good, but everything is better with bacon! Our bacon jam has a pound of bacon slow cooked with apples, smoked onions,…
Smoky Minced Garlic we use a lot of garlic here. We like the smoky minced garlic when we want a bit of garlic and a "Kiss of Smoke" into our dish. The garlic is still raw and will sweeten as it cooks and brings a nice smoky flavor into anything you cook. Every month we cold smoke 3 or 4 pounds of garlic that…
Kens Famous Baked Beans Redux because we love taking a great recipe of ours and making it even better. Ken’s been working on this recipe for over thirty years and these are the best yet. The BIG difference is we are now 5 cameras better and thought we would also do a video. Our friends didn’t really care about the BBQ and sides we served.…
Smoked Bacon Onion Rings, this is our fourth time in making these Bacon Onion Rings. Not only are they good just as they are as appetizers. We are topping burgers and steaks with them and filling the ring with other goodies like sautéed mushrooms. Next week we are doing Filet Mignon steaks and topping them with Bacon Onion Rings and filling them with blue…
Maple Bacon Glazed Pork Breakfast, one of the things I have always loved to do was create AWESOME and hearty camp meals that will be remembered for years. This is most definitely one of those. I have to laugh because thinking about camp meals I can remember eating a cold can of chili in pouring rain, and liking it… Pork sirloin are a camp…
White Trash Potatoes was a recipe Patti’s dear friend Mickey Rose brought to our Women’s Ministry dinner. We changed a few of the ingredients for a potluck we were going to and gave it a “Kiss of Smoke” with a wedgie. This recipe works great if you want to double it or put it together the night before. We also plan to take it…
Green with Envy Chili Verde, Ken has been a chili cooking expert for well over thirty years! We usually make it red and hot. But, we were craving a green chili with the heat of Serrano, red pepper flakes and jalapeno peppers and the tangy goodness of lots of tomatillos. Of course, we added plenty of fresh garlic. Pork sirloin made the meat especially…
Buffalo Chicken Nachos, we made a new Buffalo sauce and have been thinking I need to do some nachos. Here’s the story… I took some boneless chicken breast a shredded it. Then placing it in a bag with some Buffalo sauce to get happy for a day. Then onto a HOT griddle to sear it for some nachos. Topping it with salsa, guacamole, 2…
Uncle Bubba’s Texas Terror Meatballs, on the Zippy side of things and you can experience the terror of Uncle Bubba’s Texas Terror BBQ sauce. A little zippy with a "Kiss of Smoke" and a lot addictive. Great as a tailgating treat or camping and the big game with your beverage of choice. Patti and I have set one night a week just for us.…