Recipe: Barbecued Beef Brisket Summary: My boys love beef. Pretty much any cut, any cooking method, any seasonings. This brisket will turn out delicious either baked or grilled over indirect heat. Ingredients 5 – 6 pounds brisket, trim fat 2 onions, sliced thinly 1 head garlic, minced 2 jalapeno peppers, chopped ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup Worcestershire sauce 2 cup barbeque sauce 1 cup water ½ cup ketchup Instructions In roasting pan, spread garlic, onions, jalapenos. Place brisket on top. Mix all other ingredients in bowl. Pour over brisket. Its most tender if it cooks in the gravy. Cover tightly with foil. Grill or Bake at 350° - for the following times_ 1½ hours – 1-2 pounds 2½ hours...
Becky Player was the first person to talk to me when I moved to Huntsville. She will always hold a special place in my heart for that... AND the fact that she's a quilter, AND a professional cake decorator, AND likes to go to lunch, AND is a little bit on the ornery side. All good qualities for friendship and, as if she needed to be a better friend, she baked us a pumpkin pie! After hearing of the "pie crust incident", she must have felt bad for Jeff! It wasn't just any "run o' the mill" pumpkin pie, this one was beautiful! Pie crust leaves all around the edge and in the center. The bottom crust was perfect,...
Recipe: Banana BreadSummary: Every fall when I was growing up, the fair would come to town. You would think living in a beach town would be enough entertainment, but I remember the fair being a huge deal. My mom would bake about ONE GO-ZILLION loaves of banana bread. My sisters and I would go door to door in our neighborhood selling the loaves for “fair money”. Yeah, it was a different era… This is the recipe made famous by my mom, June Morris. Until we took her oven away from her in October of 2009, she was still baking banana bread.I learned from my friend, Angie Smart, that 3 mashed bananas is equivalent to 1 cup, roughly. If you have...
Recipe: Spicy Dutch Oven Chicken Summary: This delicious chicken stew was inspired by a recipe I found on the food network website. I think I had some leeks, but no onions. No wine, either. I added potatoes to make it more of a stew, because the accompanying recipe was some rice concoction that didn't appeal to anyone in my house. It's spicy and flavorful and the chicken falls off the bone. Ingredients ¼ cup unsalted butter ¼ cup olive oil 8 pieces chicken (2 breasts cut in half, 2 thighs, 2 legs) Salt and pepper 2 carrots, cut into ½” pieces 2 leeks, split and cut in ½” pieces 1 pound red potatoes 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and cut into 8 wedges...
Recipe: Zesty Meatloaf Summary: No one likes to admit they like meatloaf. Maybe, it's the name. Someone should come up with a better one. I think it was my son, Ben, that came up with "Meat Salad Pie Cake". So, here it is folks... a pretty stinkin' good Meat Salad Pie Cake recipe. You'll love it with garlic mashed potatoes. It's a Marilyn Harris recipe. Ingredients 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup chopped onion 2 large garlic cloves 2 pounds ground sirloin 2 eggs 2 tablespoons milk 1 cup bread crumbs ¼ cup parsley 2 tablespoons basil 1½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 cup ketchup 2 tablespoons liquid from canned jalapeños 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard ¼ teaspoon hot...
