April 19, 2009.   Categories Fabulous Side Dishes, Smoking / Grilling.

  Smoked BBQ Beans 5 slices center cut bacon, chopped 1 yellow onion, chopped 5 garlic cloves, minced 1 jalapeno, chopped 1 pound, pinto or small white beans (soak overnight) 6 cups water 1/4 cup Irish Whiskey 1 cup BBQ sauce 1/2 cup, dark brown sugar 2 tbsp spicy brown mustard 2 tbsp adobe sauce from canned chipotles 2 tbsp smoked Tabasco sauce 2 tbsp good quality molasses splash of Guinness (optional) 2 tsp salt pepper Wash, sort and...

April 18, 2009.   Categories Chilis/Stews, Slowcooker / Crockpot, Soups.

  Vegetable-Leek Beef Barley Soup Today is April 18th and it snowed 3 feet at our home yesterday.  It’s cold and has been either raining or snowing most of the day.  A hearty soup was in order for this Spring storm. My husband loves beef and barley soup, so I made this today and it turned out quite well!  Enjoy… 3.5 lbs boneless chuck roast, trimmed of fat and cubed 1/2 inch  2 tbsp olive oil Pat of...

April 4, 2009.   Categories Desserts, Tropical.

Coconut Cream Banana Mango Muffins Recipe and photos reprinted with permission: Sue Doeden’s All About Food Blog http://www.areavoices.com/sdoeden/ One of the best things about blogging is meeting other talented bloggers through social networking sites.  There are some terrific blogs out there and the more we can acknowledge great recipes and creativity by re-posting, the more we will support visiting traffic to blogs.  Sue...