BBQ Pasta

All barbecue masters have their own special sauce recipe, but depending on where you set up your smoker in America, you'll probably use a different style of sauce. Each region has its own signature style. Sauces are used in a few different ways. Some meats are marinated in sauce and then grilled and basted. Other meats, like beef brisket and pork butt, are typically cooked with a dry rub and then sauced after they've been sliced or pulled.

Create the Perfect Labor Day Picnic

Labor Day is just around the corner, folks will be on a picnic in full force. Are you stuck for ideas this weekend? No worries, I can help. I have come up with a Labor Day picnic menu.  Whether you are picnicking far away or barbequing in your backyard, something about eating outdoors just seems to make the food taste better. Picnics are an old tradition and wonderful.

Crispy Fried Pork Chop Bites

A cultural influence from around the world has helped make Southern food what it is today. Southern food is rooted in local and imported ingredients, necessity and frugality.

Red Pepper Corn Bread

We have Native Americans to thank for the corn bread.  Its humble beginnings can be traced back to the Indians that European settlers came in contact with when they first arrived in America. 

9 To Die for Recipes with Cake Mix

You would have never guessed any of these decadent desserts started with store bought cake mix.  These recipes are a snap to make. You can make cookies from cake mix; you can make all kinds of stuff with cake mix. You can even make cupcakes with cake mix. Baking can be a piece of cake when you easy shortcuts like boxed cake mix. 

Shrimp with Rice

Fresh shrimp should have firm bodies that are still attached to their shells. They should be free of black spots on their shell since this indicates that the flesh has begun to break down. In addition, the shells should not appear yellow or gritty as this may be indicative that sodium bisulfate or another chemical has been used to bleach the shells. 

Pineapple Ham Pasta Salad

Pineapples have exceptional juiciness and a vibrant tropical flavor that balances the tastes of sweet and tart. Pineapple and bananas are America's favorite tropical fruit. 

BBQ Smoked Sausage with Rice

Akita Komachi Rice: 
One of the two japonica rice varieties favored by the Japanese for sushi, along with koshihkari. Both types are not limited to cultivation in Japan, and are grown in California and elsewhere.

Potatoes and Onions with Peppers

Onions are popular and a versatile vegetables in the world. They can be eaten in a number of ways raw, sauteed, baked, grilled, stuffed, pickled or fried. 

Foil Packs Taking Over

In the back yard grilling or on a camping trip, foil pack meals are perfect. Cooking is simple. 

Ranch Chicken Tenders

More than 50 years ago, Steve Henson, from Nebraska, dreamed of being rich, like so many of us do.  He took his high school sweetheart Gayle, and they headed west.

Chicken Fruit Salad

Blueberries rank only second to strawberries in popularity of berries in America. Blueberries are not only popular, but also repeatedly ranked in the America diet as having one of the highest antioxidant capacities among all fruits, vegetables, spices and seasonings. Raw blueberries provide you with the best nutritional benefits.

Hot Dog Packets with Spicy ketchup

July 4th has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution, 1775 - 83.