Happy 4th! Whats cookin?

Happy 4th of July! Hopefully you all are doing something fun today.

Are you having a hard time deciding what to bring to your friends BBQ? Try Jalapeno bacon cheese burgers ! They are really good and will seriously impress your buddies.




Im bringing them to a friends house today. I know they will be a huge hit!

The un-BBQ'd rib

Over the past week or so I have been seeing droolworthy 4th of July recipes and menus plastered all over magazine covers and blogs. The one thing I noticed is that most of them seem to suggest that you actually need to BBQ something to have a great holiday. I beg to differ...

Don't get me wrong...I do love BBQ but sometimes its a hassle. Especially with ribs which is like my most favorite food ever and a popular thing to make for 4th of July gatherings. Many recipes like the one shown in this months Sunset Magazine by Tyler Florence show you how to do it but its soooo complicated...first, soak the wood chips then get briquettes ready then smoke ribs then, then, then...blah blah blah. Its just to much for my tiny brain to deal with.

I wish most recipes would not leave out the fact that you can do an awesome fall off the bone rib in your oven at home. You will get the same BBQ taste with about 10 less steps. I have been perfecting my sticky rib recipe for a while now. I think they are pretty dang good not to mention easy!

Recipe here

Try them out for the 4th... I promise no one will know you didn't even turn on the BBQ.

Its corned beef and cabbage day!!!!

Oh, I mean....Happy St Pattys Day!

I love corned beef and cabbage. What makes it even better is covering it in traditional mustard sauce. This recipe is from my husbands Mom (hope I don't get in trouble for posting it). Its just so good...I wanted to share the deliciousness.

Sauce for corned beef

2 teaspoons dry mustard

2 teaspoons sugar

1 egg

½ cup vinegar

½ cup of liquid in which corn beef was boiled (cooled)

Mix mustard and sugar together in small saucepan. Break egg into this mixture and stir well together. Then add vinegar and corned beef liquid. Simmer for a few minutes stirring well (do not boil or egg might curdle). Serve with hot corned beef.

For thicker sauce add a bit of cornstarch to the mustard powder and sugar mixture.