INGREDIENTS 4 center cut or rib chop pork chops 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon black pepper ¼ cup Fischer & Wieser The Original Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce DIRECTIONS Heat an outdoor grill to high heat, about 500 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare your chops by rubbing both sides with olive oil. In…
Spicy Peach & Hatch Grilled Chicken
INGREDIENTS 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1⁄2 cup Fischer & Wieser Harvest Peach & Hatch Pepper Sauce garlic powder to tastefresh ground black pepper to tastesalt to taste DIRECTIONS Sprinkle both sides generously with garlic powder and black pepper. Let stand in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Spray the grill with oil. Preheat on high for 10 minutes. Transfer chicken breasts…
PEANUTS
My introduction to peanuts was discovering them in bales of hay that a sharecropper was storing in our barn. At 5 or 6, I tended to eat and drink anything I found outside. Drinking gasoline did not go all that well, but eating raw peanuts dug from these bales proved rather tasty. I had never…
PIZZA
Eating pizza was one thing that wasn’t possible here in Fredericksburg when I was growing up. Even in the mid-60s, when I was teaching in Seguin, I had to drive to San Antonio to get a pizza to bring back for an after-football game party. In fact, until the mid-60s, a pizza place was a…
Peach Pie
I have pie on my mind, and while I do, I thought it important not to overlook one that we can all take advantage of making right now – Peach Pie. Though peaches have been a little scarce in Gillespie County this year, I know that Jenschke Orchards and Eckhardt Orchards, among others, have had…
Pot Roast Torta
Pot Roast Ingredients 1 jar MOM’s Pot Roast Meal Starter3 lb. Chuck Roast2 large potatoes3 large carrots Cook Chuck Roast with potatoes and carrots in slow cooker on low for 6hrs with MOM’s Pot Roast Meal Starter. Serve with potatoes and carrots. Enjoy. Pot Roast Torta Mayo to taste1 large tomato1 red onion1 avocadoShredded lettuce1…
Chicken Parmesan
Ingredients 24 oz. MOM’s Special Marinara24 oz. H-E-B Fully Cooked Chicken Breast8 oz. Shredded MozzarellaFresh basil for garnish Directions Follow heating instructions for chicken breast. Remove chicken from heat and pour over a little or a lot of MOM’s Special Marinara sauce and top with cheese. Place in oven for 2 min to warm sauce…
Lemon Meringue Pie
On occasion my mom made Lemon Meringue Pie. It may not have been perfect but served warm at dinner (our lunch) it was wonderful. As a leftover—not so much, particularly after being kept in the refrigerator. I cannot say her pie was a magnificent work of art as some might describe theirs. It would not…
Crème Brûlée
Crème Brûlée is a French term for a rich, baked custard made with cream rather than milk. It is topped with a layer of brown caramelized sugar which was initially accomplished by using a Salamander, a flat disk made of iron on the end of a long handle, that had been heated in a stove’s…
The Perfect Hamburger
After 1960 my mom began trying her hand at making hamburgers. Her patties were rather large and became even thicker as they were pan-fried. Sandwiched with toasted Dietz Bakery bread, the burgers once assembled nearly rivaled a Dagwood Sandwich. With lettuce, pickles, onions, and a slice of home-grown tomato they soon simply fell apart and…
Zilkerita
Ingredients 2oz Tequila1oz Passionfruit Mango Cocktail MixSugar, if desired Directions Add sugar to rim of low-ball glass.Fill glass with ice.Add tequila and cocktail mix.Stir well.