Tuesday, January 31, 2012

A Nickle's Worth Of Grits

 Stuffed bell pepper sided with fried cheese grits napped with a swt/savory creole sauce
 Pepper stuffed with lean ground beef, andouille sausage and leftover jambalaya
Grits is good groceries

Monday, January 30, 2012

Fried Cheese Grits

 Cheese grits into lined mold to chill overnight & set up
 Sliced cheese grits - ready to fry
 Frying the cheese grits in a lil' Annie's Roasted Garlic EVOO
Fried cheese grits is good groceries

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Sunday Breakfast On Da Bayou

 3-egg holy trinity omelette & fried cornmeal mush w/steens cane syrup
 Who dat say they don't like fried mush, huhhh???

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Stuffed Peppers ~ Hot Out The Oven

 Plated and topped with a great homemade creole sauce
 Stuffed peppers hot out the oven, after baking for about 45 minutes
Topped with a sweet/savory garlicky homemade creole red sauce

Kaw-Cajun Stuffed Peppers

 Red, yellow, orange and green bell peppers, stuffed with beef/andouille & jambalaya
 92/8 lean ground sirloin, andouille sausage and some diced smoked sausage ... then added a couple cups of leftover jambalaya and seasoned with cajun power.  made a fantastic stuffing for the peppers
Here's the peppers after a quick blanch in boiling/salted water ... drained, dried and ready for stuffing

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

It's Funky Sandwich Day!

 Smoked sausage and fried egg atop a bed of slaw on a pita flatbread schmeared with roasted garlic/black olive hummus
 The slaw made with cabbage, onions, pepperoncini peppers & celery seeds - dressed with my homemade kaw-cajun comeback sauce
Yeh ... it was funky alright, but tasty

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Startin' The Fire - By George Hensler

Mais, I got this cool book in the mail today, written by my frien George Hensler who is a regular on the comp bbq circuit. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I scanned thru it and it looks to be chock full of good information about getting started on the comp bbq trail, and frankly I think it would be a good read for anyone who just wants to elevate their back yard bbq game. Now why don't y'all git off yer nickle and go on over to Amazon and order a couple dozen copies and give one to all yer friends, yeh.

J.C. Potter Red Hots

Hot Links braised on a bed of cabbage and onions with a snort of beer and creole mustard. Ain't no fancy city vittles....

Monday, January 23, 2012

Black Olive/Roasted Garlic Hummus

 Black olive/roasted garlic hummus drizzled with a lil' Annies Roasted Garlic EVOO
 The players
Been on a hummus kick lately, it being *healthy* and all dat...

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Sunday Breakfast On Da Bayou

 a couple scrambled eggs, lil' pigmeat and a nickle's worth of grits
 grits kicked up with onions caramelized in annie's roasted red pepper evoo, jalapenos and tillamook cheddar ... then turned out into a lined mold to chill and set up overnight before slicing and frying this morning
grits is good groceries

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Holy Guacamole!!

 Homemade chunky guacamole 
 Mashed fresh avacados, fresh lime juice, splash hot sauce, diced japs, onions and black olives
Seasonings and a few fire roasted tomatoes added

Friday, January 20, 2012

HDD Thighs & Lowcountry Cabbage

 Cooked cabbage w/blackeyed peas and japs
 Chicken thighs in homemade marinade overnight
"Habanero Death Dust" thighs, hot off the trunk monkey

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Do Ya Feel Lucky, Punk ... Well Do Ya?

Going to the grill with some *habanero death dust* chicken thighs today ~ this is a great rub, made by my friend Mike @ Oakridge BBQ

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Chicken/Hummus Wrap


 Roasted red pepper hummus schmeared on a warm wrap & topped with shredded chicken, lettuce, kalamata olives, pepperoncini peppers, a spritz of fresh lime juice and dressed with a lil' my homemade kaw-cajun comeback sauce ... then rolled up and ate over the kitchen sink!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus/Flatbread Pizzetti

 Warm flatbread topped with homemade roasted red pepper hummus, then sliced and topped with cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, pepperoncini peppers and shredded roasted chicken

Finished with a spritz of fresh lime juice and a drizzle of Annie's Roasted Red Pepper EVOO ~ who knew healthy could taste so good?

Monday, January 16, 2012

Roasted Chicken / Shredded

 Chicken stuffed with lemons and slathered with Annie's Roasted Red Pepper EVOO
 This is the white meat, shredded for soft tacos, wraps, salads, etc
 Chicken roasted @ 425* for about an hour - internal temp in the thigh 170*
Basted with the EVOO a couple times during the roasting - resulting in a beautiful crisp golden skin

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Homemade Roasted Red Pepper Hummus



Drizzled with a lil' Annie's Roasted Red Pepper EVOO