Caveman Beef Ribs, good, meaty beef ribs are almost impossible to find. For years all I have ever seen are racks of bone with most of the meat trimmed away. We were out looking for beef short ribs and Juan Carlos the meat manager at the El Toro market showed us these. He cuts his riblets from this big slab of beef ribs. These…
Armadillo Eggs, Wake Up your Taste Buds” with a stuffed jalapeno, wrapped in a ¼ pound of spicy sausage. We have made 3 different recipes until we came up with one that is just plain “Over The Top”. These are not for the faint of heart, just a bit Zippy! We have been eating the “Crash and Burn” recipe eggs ALL WEEK. Nice work if…
Apple Chipotle Glazed Ham Apple Chipotle Glazed Ham, just three ingredients. But, oh what great ingredients! We cut an 11lb. Zaycon Fresh ham in half. Then we made a glaze with just apple jelly and Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce in Apple Chipotle providing all the seasoning we needed for a delicious main course. Patti and I have set one night a week just for…
Guacamole with Roasted Garlic, we love guacamole and it always makes me think of my childhood, so I am going to share my memories with this Roasted Garlic Guacamole recipe. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Growing up in Fallbrook, California we had access to REAL avocados. My mother would make guacamole in a huge bowl and my dad would…
Jalapeno Glazed Bacon Wrapped and Stuffed Pork Tender Loin Off the Hook Jalapeno Glazed Bacon Wrapped and Stuffed Pork Tender Loin, we had friends drop in that we hadn’t seen in sometime. Well before long we were talking about BBQ and what’s for dinner. Patti had just picked up a couple of packages of pork tenderloins so that is what we ran with and definitely…
Tailgater Shredded Beef Tacos Tailgater Shredded Beef Tacos, friends of ours are going to the “big game”. They love football and their perfect to go grill for tailgating and camp cooking is the Green Mountain Grill Davy Crockett. It smokes and grills great and the handles become the legs. Being Ken made his awesome 16lb. chuck roast they wanted instructions to make simple tacos that…
Ginger Glazed Spatchcock Chicken Ginger Glazed Spatchcock Chicken, we love grilled chicken; and doing another Spatchcock Chicken was easy and flavorful. It was simple enough for a weeknight dinner and pretty enough for company. We served it with our twice baked potatoes and fresh steamed asparagus with a bit of butter. Spatchcock Chicken is simple and easy to do on the Green Mountain Wood Pellet…
Tri Tip Slow Smoked with Mushroom Wine Sauce Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme. Wood burning stove, little lights, candles, lanterns and…
Smoked Beef Stroganoff Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme. Wood burning stove, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a…
How to Cold Smoke Garlic, we use a lot of garlic in our recipes and have found that “Smoked Garlic” gives your cook “A Kiss of Smoke”. Every month we cold smoke 3 or 4 pounds of garlic that we either use as whole, mince or make into our “Garlic Sauce”. We also make a “Chipotle Garlic Sauce”. Our garlic sauce is creamy and…
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,…
German Chocolate Earthquake Cake German Chocolate Earthquake Cake, man this was good. It was so rich with chocolate, coconut and almonds. With a big glass of cold milk I was in chocolate heaven! Patti received the ultimate compliment for this dessert. Ken said it was so good he’d go out for some if he had to and it was after midnight. A version was made…