Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip with a Pepper Garlic Crust by Ken & Patti Fisher

How good does a Dove’s Chocolate anything sound? Our friends Nate and Le Tonia are Dove Chocolatiers. A few months ago they sent us some of Dove’s Sweet’N’Spicy Cocoa Rub. I have used it on pork, lamb, duck, chicken and now a beef tri tip. It is not like anything you are thinking. It’s better. For example, the Mexicans have been…

The Pizza Fatty by Ken & Patti Fisher

The Fatty is one of those special treats that you can experience layers of flavor with every bite. This one was a special request fatty in honor of our nephew Elijah, a Marine we are very proud of, about to deploy again. A fun evening including his beautiful wife Marcie, their two young sons and our friend Megan of MM Livestock. We…

Honey Mustard Country Ribs by Patti Fisher

Honey Mustard Country Ribs, sometimes when you do a recipe everything comes together just right. It’s better than just good! This is one of those recipes. Our Honey Mustard Country Ribs is one of those times. They were tender, juicy and full of flavor because we used our Date Night Doins seasonings and honey mixed with Briggs True…

Southwestern Chicken Skillet by Patti Fisher

Southwestern Chicken Skillet because we had friends visiting and they wanted something different made with chicken, cheese and bacon. Patti and I kicked this recipe around for about a week. Doing different skillets, pans, peppers and sauces. When we came to what we wanted to do I was a bit excited to “Get er Done”, thinking this was…

Super Taco Burgers by Patti Fisher

Wow!!! Super Taco Burgers made it into GMG’s Cookbook !!! Super Taco Burgers, we love a great taco and a great burger. I couldn’t make up my mind as to what to make for dinner. It’s date night and I like to put something on the grill and spend a relaxing evening with Patti. Giving it some thought I came up with a ½ pound Super Taco…

Pi's Hamburgers by Piper Seeger

Super moist and delicious burgers!

Chicken Satay & A Peanut Dipping Sauce by Baking Barrister

Going out to eat is expensive, so I try to make it at home. This typical Thai fare turned out better than any I've ever paid for at a restaurant and comes complete with a healthier peanut sauce made from (gasp) actual peanuts--not peanut butter!

Barbecued lamb patties with tzatziki by Brett Ede

Jamie’s Whole-roasted Chicken with Homemade Barbecue Sauce by PreeOccupied

The star of this recipe is the barbecue sauce that Jamie quickly puts together. I just copied him using some of my own measurements. Just the sauce is so awesome that it got my taste buds going as it filled my hands and the home with the most fantastic smells.

Salt Crusted Fish by Robyn Medlin

When I saw the article in the May edition of Fine Cooking on Salt Encrusted Fish, I knew I had to try it. After all, I live in South Florida and I’m always trying to figure out new things to do with seafood. This technique is surprisingly easy! Essentially, you take a whole fish and encase it in a salt layer that steams the fish as…

Pepper Crusted Sirloin with a Cocoa Chili Rub by Ken & Patti Fisher

We picked up some all natural grass fed beef from MM Livestock in Wildomar, Ca. and we are doing a lot of different recipes with it to learn the difference in the beef, how it cooks, the different cuts, and tastes. I will say that everything Patti and I have done was awesome. You really can taste the difference! This is a recipe I…

Chipotle Bacon Bombs on a Stick by Ken & Patti Fisher

Patti and I are still working on a few treats to serve “Off the Grill”. We will be at the Weekly Tasting Event at Craft Brewing Company in Lake Elsinore, Ca. Can’t wait, it sounds like fun with plenty of good beer involved so we are right on it. With us, it has to be something smoked off the grill. A great start for anything we come…

Easiest BBQ Taquera Chipolte Pork by Cuban Cuisine

The best chipolte based marinade for BBQ's is Goya's Taquera Sauce. Marinade steak, pork, chicken or fish for perfect chipolte BBQ feast.

Fiery Piggy Balls by Patti Fisher

We wanted to do an extra spicy appetizer wrapped in bacon, of course, for game day. Happily we just got some wonderful and extra zingy sauces from All Spice Café, so we knew we could put their Cayenne Habanero Sauce to good use. This is a variation of our “Chipotle Bacon Bombs” using hot sausage balls instead of ground beef. You can…