Smokin’ Hot Meatloaf Today has been a long week and comfort food was mandatory. For us that also means something on the barbecue. We both love meatloaf and it sounded like the perfect plan. Served with Patti’s garlic mashed potatoes, of course. We picked up some nice sourdough bread, and meatloaf sandwiches will be on for tomorrow’s lunch. Ken thinks that’s the best reason to…
Guest Chef G's SEARED SOCKEYE SALMON Chef G's Seared Sockeye Salmon drizzled with a Chipotle-Lime & Cilantro Garlic Butter, served with Smoked Paprika Whipped Potatoes, Naked and Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus, and Hot Pickled Onions & Peppers...BON APPÉTIT! ~Chef G Directions: Guest Chef G's SEARED SOCKEYE SALMON SALMON; Season salmon fillets (skin removed) with sea salt and black pepper, and pan sear over med-high heat, about…
Potluck Cheeseburger Mac We were invited to a potluck at our community center and asked what we should bring. The resounding vote was: meat! Spending the afternoon with our friends and neighbors is always fun and we wanted to do something everyone would love. Zaycon Fresh to the rescue. We mixed lots of their super lean, top quality ground beef with sharp cheddar cheese and…
Lemon Ginger Chicken Strips Ken wanted teriyaki chicken strips, Patti promised to do it better, and she did, without all the sodium of bottled teriyaki sauce. She had all the help she needed with Zaycon Fresh chicken breasts (this one chicken breast was over 2lbs.) cut into strips, and a marinade including Big Dick’s “Big Kahuna” Seasoning and Country Bob’s Honey Habanero All Purpose Sauce.…
South of the Border Fatty We had 4 couples and a few stray friends from our Church over for dinner. I had it all planned out. We would do 8 styles of ribs, plated real nice with a little card that explained what kind of rub and the style I was trying to create. Well, that didn’t work. We had so many ribs that I…
https://youtu.be/qSynbfkXF2E Bacon Candy Bacon Candy! This stuff is CRAZY GOOD and will be ILLEGAL when the food police hear about it! For a special treat think about this. Bacon Candy is so simple to make, only 3 ingredients. Sweet, smoky and just melts in your mouth. Patti and I came to the conclusion that Bacon Candy is just plain Dangerous in a really delicious way.…
Raspberry Garlic Marinated Chicken Legs We’re having a few Veteran friends over to celebrate Memorial Day. They wanted something “kid friendly” for the kids, of all ages, we know love our barbecued chicken grilled on our Char-Griller Akorn Kamado. The ultimate finger food is gooey chicken legs grilled to perfection. Patti made a simple three ingredient marinade and served the chicken with Ken’s famous baked…
G's MEXICAN 3-PEPPER CHICKEN Now I was born and raised in southern Louisiana, so I will eat just about anything. But my fiancé @jocemarie38 is not as adventurous as I am when it comes to food, so I cook a lot of chicken. SMILE! But that's cool because I enjoy the challenge of coming up with interesting chicken dishes to keep her tummy happy. This…
Breakfast Burger Balls Folks love our Scotch eggs with a hard cooked egg wrapped in sausage and bacon. But, we got a request for beef instead of pork and they insisted we use Zaycon Fresh ground beef because they wanted the best. We would never consider anything else! The hard cooked eggs were wrapped in ½ lb. of Zaycon Fresh ground beef mixed with Chef…
Smoked Clod Roast We saw clod roast on sale this week. Never having done one, we wanted to give it a try. It is a lean cut of meat a little on the tough side. Low and slow is the way to go here. We did a garlic pepper crust and injected it with a 50/50 mix of Country Bob’s Sauce and cranberry juice. It…
Mom’s Favorite Stuffed Chicken To honor Ken’s beloved Mom this Mother’s Day Patti came up with this recipe for her favorite food: chicken. To make it the very best we used Zaycon Fresh chicken breasts and stuffed this succulent chicken with some of our leftover Zaycon Fresh ham. A win-win of all natural, MSG and gluten free top quality meat. Ken butterflied the chicken and…
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…