Recipes and ideas so you never have to ask what the forks for dinner!
Debatable foods…..one of the top is candy corn. People either love it or hate it! Sweet and Salty Candy Corn Crack! I assume you know which side I am on!
Brach’s Candy Corn and Autumn Mix scream fall to me. In a world where everything is an Amazon click away, these treats are available (if only in my mind) in the fall. As sweet as sweet can get, they are one of my favorite candies. Continue reading “Sweet and Salty Candy Corn Crack”
Whether Mother Nature like its or not, its time to grill…… Sweet and Spicy Chicken Kabobs.
When boneless skinless chicken is on sale……. you stock up! After all you never know when a chicken idea will come across your mind.
Kabobs are a perfect summer griller. I did not use them for this recipe as I only have two and we had a few more people than that for dinner, but if you can find kabob baskets……buy them. Much easier to turn, and nothing falls off the skewer or spins around……you know what I’m talking about!
But, I used bamboo screwers for this recipe and soaked them for a few hours so they didn’t burn during cooking.
The biggest part of the recipe, is making sure you have similar size chunks of meat and veggies. I prepped my meat and veggies ahead, so when the time came I just had to skewer them.
Strips of bacon, woven in-between keeps the meat moist and gives the kabobs that smoky bacon flavor.
The real start of the show, is the sauce, sweet and spicy……..pineapple juice, brown sugar, soy sauce, and a nice pinch of red pepper flakes for heat.
So, you all know that a pinch wasn’t really how much I used, being the house of spice. But, for normal folks, a pinch will add just the right amount of heat.
Cornstarch thickens the sauce and gives it that nice shine you get from cornstarch. Brush the sauce during just the last few minutes of grilling as the sauce will burn quickly.
Serve the extra sauce on the side along with some steam rice and you have a perfect summer meal.
Sweet and Spicy Chicken Kabobs ………get your grill on!
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Red Pepper Jam
You know that panicy feeling when someone stops by unexpectedly during the holidays………you bolt to the kitchen to see what you can pull together in a hillbilly hurry. Well, never fear I got the thing right here……Red Pepper Jam.
I know everyone is aware of a company called Tastefully Simple. They have really great products…….delicious foods and gifts for every day and every occasion. I have, in the past purchased a product called Sweet Pepper Jalapeño Jam, a friend had a party and it was one of the samples and I loved it. They just poured it over cream cheese and served it with crackers and ooh la la appetizer. So, I figured I could make something similar….and I did.
It’s fairly easy to make, the hardest part and it’s not really hard…..more time consuming is the cooking time. It needs to reduce and that takes about 45 minutes. But it has a beautiful upside…….it will keep in the frig for a month…..yes siree……… a whole month!
Make it just before Thanksgiving and it will help you sail right through the holidays for all those moments when you need to fix something in a hurry.
Keep a package of cream cheese in the frig and when company comes a calling, put the cream cheese on a nice plate, pour over your secret weapon ……..Red Pepper Jam…….and serve with crackers, or my personal favorite…….. pita chips. As you can see, I have a really cute plate that my Elementary staff gave me last year for a Christmas gift………Snowman whose mittens and boots that are little serving spreaders…….it soooo cute! Thank you ladies!!!!
You can also use the Red Pepper Jam as a condiment on sandwiches or burgers, as a glaze for vegetables or meat, or as a dip. It’s sweet and spicy and damn delicious!!!
