Make this season THE season to grow your own peppers. You can grow them in pots. You can grow them in the soil. Whether you like them mild or sweet, or diving in to tantalizing heat, there is a pepper for every taste. If you have access to a greenhouse or a warm sunny window, you can start growing peppers from your own seeds. Starting your … Read More
Hot Sauce: Not Just Good, but Good for You
You may think of hot sauce as something that’s used to add “kick” to your food. The truth is that hot sauce does more than just make your food taste great, as it can also provide you with some amazing health benefits. If you want to fight illness and prevent chronic disease, the answer could be to eat more hot sauce.
Savory Marinated London Broil on the Barbecue Will Melt in Your Mouth
London broil—it’s one of the easiest cuts of meat to barbecue and it’s not very pricey so you can feed a big family with it. For these two reasons it should become a normal part of your meal planning. However, the only flaw with this meat is that, if you aren’t attentive, a London broil can be overcooked and you’re … Read More
Pepper Growing: A Guide to the Different Varieties
Pepper Growing: A Guide to the Different Varieties. There’s nothing quite like picking your own peppers fresh from the garden. When growing peppers, it’s a good idea to plant several varieties to ensure you have lots of options for cooking with. Here are a few choices to consider for your own home garden.
High Fructose Corn Syrup? Not in MY Barbecue Sauce!
We’ve all heard of it these days. High fructose corn syrup. But what is it? And why avoid it? A sweetener made from corn sounds like a good natural alternative to sugar. So why not?
Barbecue sauce for heat lovers
Summer time is upon us and that means it is time to break out the grill. It is the time of year when grilling and cookouts are a weekly occasion. That means it is time to invest in a killer barbecue sauce to impress all of your guests. If you love a great barbecue sauce with a little kick to … Read More
Growing Peppers: Do You Know How to Unlock a Seed Bed’s Potential?
Cooking and growing peppers are pastimes for many people, but not for us. They’re tops on our list of passions. As such, we know that it often takes up to five months for hot peppers to reach their full, growing potential. Sweet peppers, on the other hand, tend to mature more quickly. We also know a little secret that has the … Read More
Ghost Pepper: One of the world’s hottest peppers
Often referred to as “legendary” the ghost pepper is a popular ingredient in sauces and recipes. Now considered one of the world’s hottest peppers, the Guinness Book of World records declared it the hottest in 2007. Only a few other fiery peppers supersede them. The ghost pepper’s rating is over a million Scoville Heat units. Compare this to a bell … Read More
Cooking on the Big Green Egg Barbecue
The history of how the Big Green Egg came from southern Japan to the United States began after World War II, when American servicemen noticed that Japanese families used a “kamado,” which came in the form of a clay pot with a removable top to steam rice. Some servicemen would take them home in empty transport planes. American companies began … Read More
Growing Peppers? Grow These 5 Helpful Herbs Too!
Companion planting is the practice of planting different, complementary plants together so that one or all benefit. When growing peppers, here are five herbs you should also consider planting: