Burnt Ends
What if you have a craving for burnt ends, but you don’t want to smoke a whole pork shoulder or beef brisket? Here is the answer. The original recipe calls for pork belly, but pork steak works great for this (after all, it comes from …
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Smoked Beef Brisket
Beef Brisket has a reputation for being tricky – I’ve found it to be very straightforward and predictable with the correct recipe and cooking method. This can be held for 1-4 hours after cooking, so start on this early and you can then hold it …
Prime Rib
Rich, flavorful and satisfying Prime Rib is the ultimate beef experience. This is our Christmas dinner tradition.
Stuffed Chicken Thighs
Most of the recipes I found online stuffed the thighs with seasoned cream cheese or Swiss cheese. I wanted to make something a little more savory and less rich so I stuffed these with a traditional poultry dressing, which you can make out of a …
Smoked Chicken
This is a favorite of mine, because I can smoke two chickens which gives us a delicious meal, 3 meals worth of leftover chicken, plus 6 quarts of chicken stock made out of the carcasses. The key to this recipe is to spatchcock the chicken. …
Swedish Meatballs
Meatballs with a creamy, beefy, delicious gravy served over egg noodles. What’s not to like?
Stuffed Chicken Breast
This is a delicious and different way to make chicken breast for dinner. Rice and broccoli make good side dishes with this entree.
Stuffed Pork Loin
This delicious way to cook a pork loin roast looks fancy but is really quite easy to make, it just takes some time.
Stuffed Acorn Squash
I call this Heartland Soul Food – this makes a healthy meal all in one package. The savory stuffing goes well with the sweet squash. When it’s just the two of us, we’ll split one squash and use half of the stuffing, and make another …
