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…
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…
Dove’s Chocolate Pork Medallions My friends Nate and Le Tonia are Dove Chocolatiers. Last week he sent me some of Dove’s BBQ seasoning, the Chocolate Fig Balsamic Vinaigrette, Sweet’N’Spicy Cocoa Rub and their Sweet’N’Smoky Chocolate BBQ Sauce. Patti and I both like our chocolate and Patti loves Dove’s high quality. So, we started thinking about this. My first thoughts were chocolate syrup on BBQ. Not…
London Broil with Creamy Peppercorn Sauce Twice Baked Potato and a Garlic Skillet There is nothing like the rich beef flavor of a good London Broil. We know that this is a low cost cut of meat that folks tend to over think when trying to prepare. Patti and I love the juicy, robust flavor. After a hard day of work this is as quick…
Patti’s Firecracker Chili We had 3lbs. of stew beef and a few ideas. Stew, for instance, but that included veggies Ken doesn’t like. I suggested chili and was scoffed at because Ken is the chili master…a well deserved title. But, today I actually impressed him with my first from scratch chili. Woo Hoo! Lots of smoky heat and tender meat. Excellent. Patti and I have…
Oak Fired Carne Asada Pizza Patti and I have been wanting to do a smoked pizza for awhile. There is nothing like a wood fired pizza! You just can’t get all the layering of flavors in a pizza oven. To start our first layer we smoked the sliced Carne Asada and sliced sweet onion at 180 for an hour. Patti suggested half that time, but…
Cherry Glazed Ham This is a nice easy ham recipe that is perfect for Sunday dinners with the family. We actually had all the ingredients on hand, so when friends called that Sunday afternoon, the eight of us had a fancy looking, simple to make feast. They will think that you worked for hours making this one. But we won’t tell anyone just how simple…
Royall Lamb Burger Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on the Royall Wood Pellet Grill 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 little…
BBQ Chicken This week we are doing a “Test Cook” for the Murrieta Farmer’s Markets. We wanted to do ribs and chicken on the same smoker at the same time. So, we are working out the cooking times for each. What I came up with was smoke it for 30 minutes at 225 degrees (108c), then turn the heat up to 350 degrees (177c) for an hour.…
Bacon Stuffed Pork Tenderloin You know how when you plan something all week and when the time comes “Oh, oh”. Then, you fall back to Alternate Plan “B”. Well, that was our date night this week. I was thinking pork medallions. When we opened the pork tenderloin we found that we did not get one large one. But, instead we got two small ones. But,…
Just Hanging Out on The Royall 3000 Along Comes Daisy A Pellet Grill Recipe We were given another pig for my birthday. I have always wanted to do a whole pig but thought you needed special equipment, grills or deep holes dug in your yard. This is the second one I have done in about 6 weeks. I just can’t get over HOW SIMPLE this…
Old Fashioned BBQ Chick Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on the grill 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 little wine, or…