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…
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…
Cold Smoke Essentials Cold Smoke Essentials: garlic and cheese for our “Smoked Garlic Sauce” and our “Smoked Chipotle Garlic Sauce” and when you add smoked cheese to your recipes it changes everything in a GREAT WAY!!! We thought while we were at it we would throw on a ham chub that we’ll slice for sandwiches and pork chops seasoned with our new “Date Night Butt…
All American Burgers This 4th of July we wanted to do something simple All American Burgers and really tasty. We were given some seasoning rubs from Pirate Jonny’s. We found that Pirate Jonny’s Scorched Pirate Rub was a really excellent addition to our burgers. We grilled some bacon, tomatoes and sweet onion slices alongside the burgers to add more of that rich smoky flavor to…
Southwestern Mac & Cheese Southwestern Mac & Cheese, we have to laugh, of all the recipes we get asked for from gourmet to down home, what we get the most requests for is macaroni and cheese. Our date night was coming up so I asked Ken what he was in the mood for thinking he would say steak or ribs. Nope, he wanted a creamy…
Jose O’Brien’s Casserole Jose O’Brien’s Casserole came about because we were invited to a potluck and we wanted to show off some of the great meat we got from Raider Red Meats. Their mission is to fund scholarships and serving others has been made possible by offering only premium cuts of beef, lamb and pork. Their product line is broad, consisting of fully-cooked and ready-to-eat…
Cold Smokin’ Sawtooth Cold Smokin’ Sawtooth, this week we are going do a different style of smoke. We are going to do some “Cold Smoking”. Cold smoking is under a 100 degrees or (38c). We have a few recipes we want to do and need some cold smoked cheese and garlic. We thought while we were at it we would throw a ham chub on…
Pizza Burgers Pizza Burgers were fun because we could add our favorite pizza toppings. Ken likes loads of pepperoni and Patti prefers sautéed mushrooms and spinach. We mixed pizza blend cheese into lean ground beef, seasoned with Butcher BBQ Steak & Brisket Rub. Then, when these beauties were grilled to taste with a “Kiss of Smoke” using Pacific Pellet Gourmet BBQ Pellet Smoked Hickory pellets.…
Western Bacon Cheese Burger Pizza Our Western Bacon Cheese Burger Pizza was another perfect marriage because one of us wanted pizza and the other had to have a western bacon cheeseburger. Patti really put the cheese in cheeseburger with a full pound of shredded Mozzarella cheese added to the two pounds of lean ground beef. Ken likes his bacon cheeseburgers with BBQ sauce so we…
P B & J Burger P.B. & J. Burger… Think about a thick, juicy burger with a square of bacon, smothered with a peanut jalapeno sauce, then topped with cheese. Oh dang, those are some very nice thoughts we’ve been having all day. We love our Char-Griller’d burgers here and are always trying new flavor combinations. The one folks complain about the most until they…
https://youtu.be/_FRMdvJMBZs His & Hers Shredded Beef Nachos Video We both wanted nachos for dinner made with our shredded beef chuck roast. Ken wanted hot and spicy, Patti wanted mild. So, for him we used our cold smoked pepper jack cheese and hot salsa and for her we used Colby jack and mild salsa. The meat was marinated overnight in Mojo Criollo Spanish marinade and minced…