Creamed Garlic Soup with Toasted Cheese Topping, we love garlic, just about every way it comes. I had been thinking of doing a smoked garlic soup for a few weeks now. Rich, creamy and a garlicky sweet treat. So, I thought I would make some for our special Christmas Eve dinner. This may have been a little rough on our dogs. Not having the…
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 our…
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham Scalloped Potatoes and Ham, This is a great, homey, comfort food recipe. We love ham because there’s so many ways to use the leftovers…and there’s always 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…
Bacon Cornbread Sticks Bacon Cornbread Sticks, Ken was making his famous Chuck Wagon Chili and wanted something different as a side. Patti loves our antique corn bread stick molds. They were Ken’s grandmothers. Ken lives in fear of dry cornbread so I always add extra ingredients after starting with an easy box mix. Tonight was a whole can of creamed corn and some crispy, cooked…
Extra Cheesy Mac & Cheese Extra Cheesy Mac & Cheese, Ken loves mac & cheese as long as it’s extra cheesy. He calls it the ooey gooey factor. Plus, our cold smoked cheese makes it even better. Patti invited her lovely friend Harriett over for lunch to try this new recipe. To make it a little fun she made it with wagon wheel shaped pasta…
Chicken Fried Steak , Rice with Country Bob’s Savory Gravy Rainy Chicken Fried Steak, tonight we had to cook inside. I know it never rains in California. But, we got so much rain our patio roof collapsed. It sounded like an artillery round going off. All that water almost washed the fish out of their pond. We have wanted to do some country fried steak…
Smokey Pulled Pork Enchiladas Smokey Pulled Pork Enchiladas were Patti’s brainstorm after Ken came home with a huge piece of pork. Ken had lots of great ideas, but Patti wanted Mexican and we both love enchiladas. With Ken’s famous smoked pulled pork and just a few other ingredients we made a great meal with lots and lots of layers of flavors. With the added smoke…
Smoky Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf How about a Smoky Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf when the days are drizzly and cold we need comfort food and nothing says comfort like a big beefy meatloaf. And nothing says ground beef that’s good enough for us than Zaycon ground beef. It’s extra lean 93/7, grass fed and fresh, never frozen, with no chemicals or additives. You can really taste the…
Guest Chef Robert Blackout Stew It was October 29th, 2011 we had a very unusual and extremely rare ice storm in New Jersey . Leaves were still on the trees and from the weight of the ice, tree limbs and whole trees were coming down knocking out power lines and left us and tens of thousands of others without power for 5 days. Coincidentally, on the…
Sloppy Joan Bake It’s cold and rainy here and Patti wanted comfort food. Ken loves potato nuggets, so instead of making his sloppy Joe’s on hamburger buns Patti made one of her famous casseroles using hot sausage instead of ground beef. This one can be really versatile. To make it extra hot use hot sausage and pepper jack cheese. For milder you can use mild…
Guest CHEF G's PULLMAN LOAF BREAD A Guest Chef Recipe PULLMAN LOAF BREAD VIDEO: Pullman_Loaf_Bread.mp4 3.5 MB (Adapted from Chicago Tribune, February 27, 2015). A Pullman loaf is a type of bread primarily baked in a pan which gives it a completely square appearance and a flat top. The bread’s name comes from its presence in the U.S. Pullman railway cars of the 1800s. Although…
Potato Cheddar Pierogies Au Gratin Ken loves pierogies, Patti loves how easy they are to buy frozen and fix in lots of different ways. We planned on having simple bacon cheeseburgers for dinner with the pierogies as a side dish. Well, they were so good we had them as the main dish. You can make the pierogies either thawed or frozen and with a few…