Amazing BBQ Pork Ribs with CHB Smoky Chipotle Habanero

I grilled up some Pork Ribs Saturday night. Raley's had buy one get one free sale. I had to do it. Seasoned with some CHB Calblends California Habanero Blends Rub and mixed in our Sweet & Smoky Chipotle Habanero sauce into the BBQ sauce at the end. Were Awesome!

Holiday Radio Ad for California Habanero Blends

Radio Advertising and Hot Sauce -

This year we have done a Radio commercial with Deer Creek Broadcasting for the Holiday season and have had a interesting time working on the Copy. Sixty seconds. Go!

I used a free video editor to place the audio in a video. Ill work on another version with some Text edited in. But so far the online editor is easy to use.

Pork Presents

Pork Presents

Pork Carnita Taco with Greek Yogurt & Smoky Chipotle topping

Carnita Tacos with CHB Smoky Chipotle Habanero 

Black Iron Skillet Slow Roasted Pork Carnitas

Fire Roasted Passilla Green Chile's

Cilantro, Cherry Tomato CHB Garlic Key Lime  Salsa Fresca

Fire Roasted Green Chile /Pork Chile Verde

Today I sent a text. "Brig the Xbox and well set that up!"
Response - "I have a pork loin to bring you too!
My cooking senses made me second look the text. Pork Loin?...I said to myself.
My Reply - "Video Games and pork.. You are one hot women!"...."Thanks"

My daily routine now sent in to Cooking mode. What can I do with a Pork Loin today? Just cook it, read the back of the label? Chop up? Stir Fry? Chili Verde?....

I can do that. Whats the schedule. Christmas tree....Pull ornaments  check emails, Costco  set up Christmas tree, make chili Verde.

Its slow cooking now. The house smells like a home. Kids negotiating the Xbox  Adults crafting. Me finally resting and getting a chance to recall the moments that make the day. The idea of a hot meal at the end of the day. Untangling the tinsel. Thinking that, I don't think I can get that chili done if I try to untangle this nest of past Christmas. Trying to slow down. keep in mind that not everything needs to get done. Just do the things I have done, the best I can. And always.. always know that you will sit down and finish something. Eating a hot meal with family and friends.

The past few minutes just to these events. The Campaign is not flat! Nice. Full glass cold, my mouth on fire.. just finished the first bowl of Chili Verde. We served it over the Spanish rice. Stove Hot..Chili Hot?.. This is just hot.. now.. slow linger burn helped quenched with  Cold Champagne. Whew.

The Chili Verde is Hot. I Think the seasoning that was marked "Habanero".. really had Habanero in it. The Passilla chili's that I roasted were warm but not hot. The extra canned roasted green chili's were standard mild a little peppery. .I really need to remember to change the labels on my spices or date them.

Another Bowl.. and the night is finished....

Jalapeño Cornbread Egg Scramble

 Today's breakfast was made from leftovers. Some jalapeno cornbread cubed, some chopped jalapeno beef sausages, roasted yellow peppers. We had a dinner party so trying to use up what we have in the house. I placed the cornbread, sausage and peppers in a hot frying pan with olive oil and browned the bread. Then added scrambled eggs let cook and turned keeping it gentle not to crumble the cornbread. I was surprised how well it held up. (must have been a good recipe) I added some mozzarella cheese at the end to help hold all together. Topped with fresh sliced jalapeno's and tomatoes, drizzled some Garlic Key Lime sauce over the top with fresh cracked black pepper and sea salt  I also put a side of plain Greek yogurt with the dish to help cool all the peppers and  Habanero sauce. (We are using so much of this in the kitchen the last few months and have just about stopped using sour cream. The Greek yogurt is smooth, rich and light all at the same time and good with helping with digestion) I did put a slight dust of some CHB special spices over the whole thing right at the end. Of course a big cup of Black Coffee helped to round out the whole breakfast. 

Things I create and eat.

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In the beginning....

In the beginning...

Why does a person take that first bite of something spicy?. Was it an accident, on purpose, a part of what the family is eating? When was my first experience of eating something Hot? I truly can not remember as a young child as being scared of something hot. Spicy food is different spicy food to me means flavor not hot. I do remember having a spaghetti dinner with my Mother and her then boy friend really liked Hot food and made a pot of spaghetti sauce that I remember to this day. My anticipation of the first bite as the rest of the family was commenting on and how spicy it was not ever saying it was OMG this is going to melt your face off.. Thats was how hot I thought it was. But even with that I finished my plate, sweating mouth throbbing and stomach full of water. I was satisfied. Satisfied with the burn, the feeling I had the accomplishment to having finished what most of the adults could not. I was unknowingly caught in a lifetime of searching for a feeling in all the other meals I would have from then on. Satisfaction. A complete feeling that at the end of that meal was pure happiness  The unknowingly pursuit of endorphin's that are only released with Hot and Spicy foods. This is different than the feeling of having to eat for satisfying hunger.

This endorphin rush was what I was looking for. Looking at each meal for the feeling of completeness. Not to just satisfy a hunger but to satisfy the soul. I didn't know I was looking for Hot as a child. I didn't know I was looking for it as an adult. But now cooking as an adult I see how my Family has lead me to how I cook today. I grew up in a Spanish/Latino family and was always exposed to spicy foods but not always hot. And I do see the coloration to staying with my Grandmother a lot of my childhood has shown me the way I cook now and the search for that happiness that came when I ate my Grandmothers cooking.