We love Big Beef Ribs and we got some beautiful beef ribs that were full of meat. Our favorite butcher, Juan Carlos, calls them “Plank Ribs” and he always calls us when they’re on sale. To sweeten up the recipe we marinated them overnight in teriyaki sauce and pineapple juice. Plus, they were seasoned just right with Chef of the Future Honey Garlic Bourbon…
Pork Benedict Breakfast was everything you could want for breakfast!!! Texas toast, spinach, 2 eggs, bacon, a smoky grilled 2-inch pork chop all drizzled in “Patti’s Lite Hollandaise Sauce”. Served with fried potatoes and onions. These 2-inch chops were very tender and juicy! We even kissed them with a hint of coffee smoke. Great for camping or tailgating or any meal. Guests will oh…
Uncle Bubba’s Shredded Beef. One of the things I like about camp is camp cooking. Uncle Bubba claims “Camp Cooking” as his, and who am I to argue with him. He can put a spin to his Dutch oven. He told us we were going “South of the Border” on this trip. This week he brought about 7 pounds of some really tough beef,…
Creamy Stuffed Pork Loin was stuffed with some of our favorite things: bacon and cheese. Our friend Kevin sent us his recipe and Patti loved the fact that you could vary the ingredients. Instead of onion-chive cream cheese you could use a fruit cream cheese like peach or honey. Instead of pepper bacon use maple. Because, as you know, we love to play with…
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…
Video Pepper Crusted Sirloin Roast Video Pepper Crusted Sirloin Roast Smoked rare, thin slicked make crazy good roast beef sandwitches. Big beef flavor just a hint of pepper in the sliced meat with a “Kiss of Smoke” in every bite. Think of all the deli style sandwiches that you can serve up to your friends with a pile of beef like this. They will be…
https://youtu.be/AlaYFztf2FU Texas Sliders, Honey Bourbon Brisket Video Texas Sliders, Honey Bourbon Brisket, with the Super Bowl coming up and folks gearing up for some Tailgating we wanted to come up with something to “Knock Your Socks Off”. Well, we did it. What do you think about a Honey Bourbon Brisket slider? Thought we would go big with a Texas Slider. It’s rich, meaty and off…
Meat Lovers Breakfast Skillet, if you like sausage and bacon you need to check this out! Off the Hook!! Ken wanted breakfast for dinner guests. Happily we just got lots of bacon and sausage. The sausage links are one oz. each, natural spice blend and rated #1 by Cooks Illustrated. The bacon is cured a minimum of 24 hours and hickory smoked a minimum…
Stuffed Pork Chops with Cranberry Stuffing, this is one of our very 1st recipes from Dec. 2009. I thought some of you may enjoy looking at this and seeing how we've grown. This was done on a Traeger. The only editing I've done here are with the photos and the closing... These were something special Patti dreamed. Literally she had a dream about these. We…
Taco Tuesday Skillet came about because once a month we would get together with friends and neighbors for taco Tuesday. We miss that, plus Patti had some extra tortilla chips she wanted to do something creative with. This was an easy, inexpensive dinner to fix with a lot of ingredients we had on hand. Perfect when you want a hearty, quick dinner with a…
Reverse Seared Tri-Tip on Date Night. Date night this week we wanted “Big Beef”. The market had some beautiful Tri-Tip roasts on sale. Enough said, Tri-Tip it is! We did a 2 hour reverse sear, in our Green Mountain Grill/Smoker Off the hook!!! It was tender, juicy and packed with smoked big beef flavor. Patti added some twice baked potatoes and I did some…
Tri Tip Pizza is perfect if you like the smoky big beef flavor of a reverse seared Tri Tip you’re going to love this pizza. We did a “Reverse Sear” on a big Tri Tip roast. Then cubed the leftovers up for pizza. We like to use Ragu Roasted Garlic Parmesan sauce for our sauce for another layer of flavor. Next we piled…