His and Hers Personal Date Night Meatloaf His and Hers Personal Date Night Meatloaf, we’ve been getting lots of meatloaf requests because it’s one of the ultimate comfort foods especially on these cold nights. It plummeted down to 59 degrees tonight! However, Ken wanted his hot and spicy and Patti wanted hers mild and mixed with cheese. Thankfully we have Lodge cast iron individual serving…
Tailgater Touchdown Ham Sandwich Tailgater Touchdown Ham Sandwich with tailgating season in full swing we wanted to do something simple that will impress your friends with your tailgating skills. We got about a 4 pound piece of a ham chub, sauced and smoked it for 3 hours. Makes the best ham and cheese sandwiches ever. Served on a toasted jalapeno bun with potato salad and…
https://youtu.be/T4R1NXQr3Fg South of the Border Burnt Ends and Tips Video This is one of our first videos done with our old camera. Almost embarrassing compared to our videos now. But it does get the message across… Our South of the Border Burnt Ends and Tips were a bit zippy. I nailed it! These were like a ZIPPY meat candy. Note: Ken’s idea of zippy is a…
Shredded Beef Nachos Shredded Beef Nachos for movie night at the Fisher’s and we wanted a meaty treat. Of course, lots of beef made it hearty and our Pacific Living Outdoor Oven made it easy and guaranteed delicious. When you cook on your Pacific Living Outdoor Oven you know it will come out just right because it retains the temperature throughout your cooking and it…
Roast Beef Slow Smoked Six hours in the Louisiana Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker. Look at those smoke rings. Patti couldn’t believe that after smoking something for 6 hours it could be so tender and juicy with big, rich smoky beef flavor. Patti served it up with bacon garlic gravy and her “Fiesta Broccoli Bake”. Recipe Link; http://datenightdoins.com/roast-beef-slow-smoked/ http://youtu.be/ooxEkrSJjYw
https://youtu.be/MG3upmyGFX0 Dump Chili We love chili and have been making it from scratch for over 40 years. Over the years I have picked up many books in my research on the history from the very beginning. The oldest known chili recipe in print dates back to 1700 and it belonged to a Spanish priest. That said I wanted a good smoky chili to warm us…
Cilantro Sauce Cilantro Sauce is one of our favorites. It can be cool and refreshing or straight from the gates of hell. It’s a delicious, easy and beautiful sauce. In researching Cilantro Sauces around the world I found that almost every family has their own recipe for this all purpose sauce. I found that there is no right or wrong way to make it. Make…
https://youtu.be/0fUClEdzB3k Trimming a Competition Brisket After 34 years of running meat markets, sausage counters, selling wholesale, and running a custom meat processing plant, I started cooking in our local BBQ competitions. From my very first contest I used an injection that I had developed for our meat shop. Over the next few years I tweaked the ingredients to make it more user friendly for the BBQ…
Smoky Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf How about a Smoky Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf when the days are drizzly and cold we need comfort food and nothing says comfort like a big beefy meatloaf. And nothing says ground beef that’s good enough for us than Zaycon ground beef. It’s extra lean 93/7, grass fed and fresh, never frozen, with no chemicals or additives. You can really taste the…
Grilled Salmon with Pesto Cream Grilled Salmon with Pesto Cream, ever have one of those days when you’re so busy the day just gets away from you and then it’s dinnertime? Well, today was one of ours, so we stopped at the market to see what we could just toss together for a quick meal and we accidentally came up with a healthy gourmet…
https://youtu.be/a-fI7n7eqJM How to Trim a Brisket-Butcher Style After 34 years of running meat markets, sausage counters, selling wholesale, and running a custom meat processing plant, I started cooking in our local BBQ competitions. From my very first contest I used an injection that I had developed for our meat shop. Over the next few years I tweaked the ingredients to make it more user friendly for…
Spinach Stuffed Brie en Croute Spinach Stuffed Brie en Croute, we wanted to start our date night with something special and “test drive” a recipe for our Easter dinner. This was perfect. The brie was stuffed with fresh spinach (thank you Murrieta Farmer’s Market) maple bacon and just a bit of garlic wrapped in crescent roll dough. Very rich, creamy and easy. Ken wanted it…