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…
Candied Butternut Squash, we’ve been getting a lot of requests for something that isn’t sweet potatoes, but something equally sweet and healthy. Linda Engle of Engle Farms at the Murrieta Farmer’s Market to the rescue! Butternut squash from Linda and the recipe she gave us looks a lot like sweet potatoes and candied perfectly. Now that we’ve discovered butternut squash we plan to use…
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…
Cacahuate Fajitas, tender beef fajitas topped with our Salsa de Cacahuate (peanut salsa) and a “Kiss of Smoke”. I fell in love with this salsa at first bite, I love anything peanut butter and fajitas so we had to try this one. I can tell you that we’ll be doing this one again! Salsa de Cacahuate (pronounced: “ka-ka-wa-tes”) a creamy, spicy salsa made from…
Spanish Steak Sofrito, is a simple but elegant dish that will impress your dinner guests and a nice change for the traditional holiday fare. It’s a sure winner for tailgating. One of our Face Book friends posted a picture of this when he went out to dinner. I had never seen this and I had to know more because it looked so good. So,…
Patti’s Patty Melts, we love burgers. Ken wants them at least once a week in different ways. Patti wanted something different and not on a plain old burger bun and sourdough bread is one of our favorites. Adding grilled onions and Swiss cheese grilled all together with the burger made it just what we wanted. This is grate for tailgating and camping too. Patti…
Slow Smoked Chuckie was truly the best chuck roast we’ve ever done. It was tender and juicy and full of beef flavor after being injected with Butcher BBQ Prime Injection mixed with beef stock and frequently mopped with Ken’s special mop sauce. We gave a “Kiss of Coffee” with Amazing Tube and our mop sauce. An 18 hour smoke gave it a nice bark and…
Pina Colada Sweet Potatoes, the Holidays are right around the corner. So we thought it would be a good idea to post some ideas for sides. Like these Pina Colada Sweet Potatoes. These are sweet and crunchy and a little more kicky than the usual, plus they can be prepared a day ahead, and then popped on the grill to reheat. Patti and I…
Maple Smoked and Glazed Turkey this weekend just to give you some ideas for your Thanksgiving bird. We smoked this guy with Green Mountain's Premium Gold BBQ Pellets for 5 hours and Patti made a maple glaze that was over the top. To Easy for a tender moist turkey dinner. It is recommended that you don’t stuff your turkey as Mom did when we…
https://youtu.be/ixVkhWjc870 Video Cajun Tri Tip Video 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…
Texas Style Bacon Cheeseburger, we made a 5 pound burger!!! I love BIG BURGERS!!! We made this one for National Hamburger Month, we thought we would celebrate with a Texas Style Bacon Cheeseburger. Our Texas Style Bacon Cheeseburger is 5 Pounds of Hamburger Heaven with a "Kiss of Smoke" that will be great for tailgating or parties. We severed it by slicing wedges out…