Grandville’s Duck Smoked then Grilled to Perfection Grandville’s Ginger Orange Duck, last week I had a friend call and ask “if he brought dinner, would we cook it?” What can you say to something like that: “What time will you be here?”… He talked with Patti and she gave him some things for sides to think about. Next day he shows up with two big…
Butter Pecan Stuffed Texas Pork Chop Butter Pecan Stuffed Texas Pork Chop, Ken wanted a stuffed pork chop…a big one. So Patti bought one aka bone-in pork loin roast at almost 6 lbs. Now that’s a pork chop! Being this was a manly sized pork chop power tools were required. Ken used a drill to make a whole for Patti’s butter pecan stuffing. Then, a…
Cold Smoked Cheese Cold Smoked Cheese, we love smoked cheese and we use it in our recipes to add a whole new layer of flavor. Things like Mac and Cheese, Stuffed meatloaf and burgers are crazy good picking up the smoky flavors of the grill. Not even talking about sauces and dips. Cold smoking cheese is so easy to do. Today we used our Pacific…
Southwestern Stuffed Pork Burgers Southwestern Stuffed Pork Burgers, I love BIG BURGERS and thinking about doing something with pork. We found some ground pork on sale and Ken had a hankering for burgers. But, he wanted spicy and Patti wanted smoky. We stuffed these pork beauties with lots of bacon and cheddar. But, before we stuffed them we divided the meat in half and seasoned…
Krabby Poppers Krabby Poppers, friends wanted a recipe for appetizers that were fancy and cheap, too. Everyone loves our different kinds of poppers. We’ve stuffed both sweet and jalapeno peppers with all kinds of fillings. Of course, they’re always wrapped with bacon. This time Patti stuffed pretty, sweet peppers with fake crab (aka Surimi, but you can use real crabmeat, too) mixed with sharp cheddar,…
Pepper Crusted Sirloin Roast 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 singing about…
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…
Pork Chops with Fresh Raspberry Sauce Pork Chops with Fresh Raspberry Sauce with berry season here and we get lots of fresh juicy berries of all kinds. Being the temperature has been in the 90’s we wanted something lighter than beef. Patti picked up some thick boneless pork chops on sale and came up with the idea of a fresh raspberry sauce. Easy, delicious and…
Buffalo Style Meatballs We were invited to a neighbor’s potluck and asked to bring an appetizer. Ken wanted to bring little meatballs “Buffalo style”. Using our favorite ground beef, which is so very lean, our meatballs didn’t shrink the way ordinary fattier ground beef does. So, instead of golf ball size we had more like tennis ball size. Ken seasoned them with < and basted…
Patti’s Philly Cheese Steak Patti’s Philly Cheese Steak, Patti knows something about Philly cheese steaks, she was born and raised in Philly and something was missing from her sandwich: much meat. We fixed that with a big sirloin stuffed with smoked cheese and covered with grilled onions. No American cheese here because we stuffed it with smoked Gouda. Now, this was a cheese steak seasoned…
Smoky Sweet and Sour Pork Smoky Sweet and Sour Pork, we love Chinese food, but we can make it at home to suit our taste. Ken made a great sauce starting with bottled sweet and sour sauce and added lots of imagination. We gave it a “Kiss of Smoke” with Pacific Pellet Gourmet BBQ Pellet Country Cherry pellets in a wedge. We’ve given it a…
Tatonka Dusted Steaks Tatonka Dusted Steaks, We were planning on just throwing some steaks on the grill for a quiet “Date Night” dinner. We gave the steaks a nice dusting of Marty’s Tatonka Dust, it is like a blackening seasoning, nice and smoky. Patti made a cold green bean salad to go with our steak fries and steaks. We added a little zip to the…