BOWL OF CHERRIES

Life is just a bowl of cherries. In our case this bowl will be turned into a cherry pie. These sweet/tart cherries were found at the Richmond Farmers Market. We like the Dutch topping on our pie. Oh yeah!

TEXAS BREW

This last week we have been having a lot of fun sampling and making different dishes with Texas Brew salsas. Texas Brew salsas are gluten free, all natural and the vegetables are  fire roasted. These salsas also happen to be delicious.

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TEXAS BREW BACON PEANUT BUTTER CUP ESPRESSO BEER BROWNIES

We have been working on our latest review for Texas Brew salsas. The last week we have been making different recipes using their salsa. One recipe, Texas Brew Bacon Peanut Butter Cup Espresso Beer Brownies has been a hands down favorite. Listen to this list of goodies. Reese's peanut butter cups, Guinness stout beer, chocolate chips, salsa, espresso and even Nueske bacon. This brownie is way over the top delicious. Full review to follow in several days. Stay tuned.

CROCKPOT PULLED PORK

Simple, easy and tasty is our dish today. One does not always have 15 hours to smoke pork shoulder to create pulled pork. There is so much good daytime T.V. such as: “The View”, ‘Maury’, ‘Judge Judy’ and of course my favorite ‘Jerry Springer’ (I wonder if Jerry has received my letter to be on the show?) that an easy pulled pork recipe was welcome and necessary. The ingredient list is small as the directions. A pork shoulder, can of coke, a jar of salsa and some barbeque sauce is all she wrote.

The pork shoulder is trimmed of excess fat. It is placed in a crock pot with the can of coke poured over the top and set on high. Four hours later the pork is removed. Remove all the liquid from the pot. Shred the pork with a fork and place back into crock pot. Then add salsa and barbeque sauce to cook for 1 more hour. I told you this was easy. We served ours juicy and tender pork over rice and accompanied it with home made Cole slaw. We were impressed how simple, easy and tasty this pork turned out. No way will it replace pork smoked low and slow but with our busy daytime hours this was a welcome dish.

GOODBYE ASPARAGUS

Jumbo Asparagus & Asparagus Ravioli

 So long my good friend Asparagus. There was a sign posted last Sunday at the Asparagus booth that read; 'Last Weekend for Asparagus". We bought these jumbo spears and several packages of asparagus raviolis, to say our goodbyes. Farewell, till next year and we meet again.
  Hello my good friend Corn.

BLUEBERRY CRUMB CAKE

At the Chilebrown household the television is glued to the Food Network 24/7 except for when Jerry Springer comes on. Sometimes a particular dish will grab your attention and you just want to make it. Ms. Goofy was watching the Barefoot Contessa and a Blueberry Crumb Cake leaped out into her mental bucket list. This was a while ago and blueberries were not in season. We have been watching the farmers markets and finally blueberries are in season. Our friend Dr. Biggles has a theory that only cute girls can sell blueberries at the farmers market. I am sorry to tell you Biggles but this was an older couple vending the berries.

Here is a link for the Blueberry Crumb Cake recipe.

This cake was delicious. I had a huge piece with some ice cream. It is always nice when Ms. Goofy gets her bake on. Here is a photo supporting Reverend Biggles theory.

CONEHEADS & SAUSAGE

It is Friday evening and Lucy is not very happy. She has to wear a conehead so she will not bite and scratch her stitches. Lucy will survive and become her goofy, bouncy one girl wrecking machine self soon enough. What does that have to do with sausage? Not  much.

We had some left over brisket and pulled pork. A light bulb went on over our heads and raviolis came to mind. Some fresh eggs from 'Garden Girl Farm was the ticket to roll out this fresh pasta. The brisket and pork was chopped fine and cheese, spinach and eggs were added. These meat pillows were gently boiled for several minutes. A cheese sauce and sausage accompanied our meal.

Poor Lucy Conehead