Saucy

 We recently made some pork ribs at the house, but wanted something different than the standard BBQ sauce.  We found an amazing recipe for a honey mustard sauce/marinade and fell in love.

The Ingredients:

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2 Tbsp. vegetable oil

1 small onion, minced

1 clove garlic, minced

1 1/2 cups honey

1 cup Dijon mustard

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

2 Tbsp. red pepper flakes

1 tsp. Cajun seasoning

1/2 tsp. salt

Pepper to taste

Directions:

In a pan, saute the onion in oil until caramelized (about 5-10 minutes). Stir in garlic, honey, mustard, and vinegar. Season with crushed red pepper flakes,  Cajun seasoning, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat, simmer 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Cool.

Boiling and Bubbling



Like i said, we used this in place of BBQ on ribs, but you could also use it as a marinade for almost any meat. We also halved this recipe and still had plenty left over. It's all up to you.

Happy Eating

Southern Style

In honor of Mardi Gras, I recently made some Jambalaya. This is normally the husband's job each year, but I had found a new recipe and wanted to give it a shot!

Ingredients:

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1 green pepper, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1 can condensed French Onion soup
1 can beef broth
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
2 tsp. Creole seasoning (Cajun)
1 1/2 tsp. hot sauce
1 lb. uncooked shrimp, chopped
1/2 lb. Andouille sausage, chopped
2 cups uncooked long grain rice

Directions:
-In a large pan, saute the onion and pepper in butter until tender (the original recipe didn't call for this step but we like our veggies good and done!). Add soup, broth, tomato sauce, seasoning, and hot sauce. Stir and bring to a boil.
-Remove from heat and stir in shrimp, sausage, and rice.
-Transfer to a greased 9x13 inch pan. Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove foil, stir, and bake 10-15 minutes longer, or until rice is tender.

Jambalaya (sorry for the terrible photo, I was hungry)

A few notes on this recipe.

-The flavor was AWESOME, not really spicy (add more hot sauce to your liking).
-We needed some more liquid because the rice seemed to absorb too much. We thought about adding a can of undrained chopped tomatoes next time.
-The recipe called for a full pound of shrimp and my bag was only about 2/3 of that. It still worked out just fine.
-I couldn't find any Andouille sausage at the grocery store so I just picked up plain smoked sausage. The husband informed me later that Cajun/Spicy brautwurst would have also done the trick.

Happy Eating!