Salsa de Cacahuate (peanut salsa), I fell in love with this salsa at first bite. Because I love anything peanut butter. I did a little research into Salsa de Cacahuate (peanut salsa). Come to learn that it is a very popular salsa in southern Mexico. Salsa de Cacahuate (pronounced: “ka-ka-wa-tes”) a creamy, spicy salsa made from peanuts, chiles, garlic, ginger & onions. There is…
Cold Smoked Baloney, an easy flavorful treat. We do a 10-pound chub of baloney every month. Normally we do a “Hot” smoke. (over 100*) Cold Smoking is done under a 100*. This month I want to cold smoke some onions for a bacon jam and a pork loin for a cook I was working on using my “Smoke Daddy” cold smoke generator” and thought…
This is Our Favorite Mac & Cheese, it’s creamy and delicious just the way it is. But, it makes a great start to adding leftover chicken, seafood and/ or veggies. We had some leftover broccoli we added this time. Patti loves to add mushrooms sautéed in butter and Sherry plus seafood, about a 1/2 pound each lobster, scallops and crab to make it elegant. Ken…
Chocolate Bacon Caramel Cheesecake, those of you that know us know that we like bacon, a lot. We saw a picture of a Bacon Cheesecake last week and have thought of nothing else. They didn’t have a recipe so we worked out one that we liked. Or let me say that everyone loved. Our crash test dummies this week were Jessie and Marcos and…
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, a great, homey, comfort food recipe. We love ham because there’s so many ways to use the leftovers… We’re having a potluck at our community center and this is sure to be a hit. It would also work great as an after Church brunch. You can add chopped spinach, broccoli or your favorite veggie blend to make it a bit…
Smoked Turkey & Cheese Enchiladas, in the last few days Ken smoked a turkey and smoked our favorite types of cheese. With the holidays coming we get asked for lots of recipes using leftovers. These were quick and easy to put together and can be put together the night before. Then, on to the grill for another “Kiss of Smoke". These were gobbled right…
Apple Cranberry Tart, it’s apple season. This tart is extra easy to make, the hard part is deciding what kind of apples you want to use. We went to the apple professionals aka Jaime & Lee of Lim’s Produce. We chose Pink Lady’s because they were crisp and tart, plus Patti liked the name. We filled a wedgie with Apple pellets in our outdoor…
Lasagna Stuffed Meatloaf Smoken on Your Gasser, came from a recipe website called Twisted that we saw on Facebook. When we were invited to a potluck meatloaf is one of our most requested recipes. We needed to make it bigger (and we think better). It looks complicated to make, but not only was it easy (Patti used “no bake or boil” ready- made noodles), but…
A Tailgating Pizza Bar makes camping and tailgating fun for everyone. Perfect for “Personal Pizzas”. The adults like that they can get a pizza the way they like it. Fun for the kids of all ages? Let’s face it they loved that they got to build their own crazy pizzas. We set up a pizza bar for our Green Mountain Pizza Oven insert for…
Dragon Eggs, we dream of things to grill and smoke. I know it’s crazy, but it’s something I really enjoy and I am always trying to come up with new tasty treats. This is what I dreamed up the other night. Five or six ways of doing this and here is how I ended up. Dragon Eggs, a smoky egg covered with veins of…
Smokey Creamy Jalapeno Sauce is a light green sauce that you see on almost every food truck or taco stand and restaurant. We gave it a “Kiss of Smoke” by using our “Smoked Garlic” Oh, did I say this was GOOD??? And you can take this sauce one step farther, you can use any kind of pepper you like. My next one will be…
Venison Tenders, are one of our camp favorites. I have been doing these for 30 years and with hunting season around the corner I thought I would share this one. Venison tenders are very rich and tender with more than a hint of coarse ground black pepper. This is very easy to do and your buddies will always want you to be the camp…