Exciting recipes by Cheryl Alters Jamison

Beef, Red Wine, and Red Chile Stew

The recipe’s a bit more involved than some for the slow cooker, but it pays off in big flavor, and much of it is hands-off time. It makes enough to serve a whole party over noodles or with mashed potatoes, and leftovers are outstanding. Cooking Time: 8 to 9 hours...

Port Aransas Tuna Dip

I think we all love having easy show-stopping recipes for summer entertaining. Port Aransas Tuna Dip is one of those. However, it’s something of a sleeper from my book, TEXAS Q. It’s funny, because when my late husband Bill and I wrote SMOKE & SPICE on barbecue back in the...

A Smoked Burger

From Cheryl’s new TEXAS Q, these smoked burgers that blow away the grilled competition. You can simply coat the burgers in salt and pepper before cooking or up the Southwest flavor with Chile Dust rub. Add a cheese topper, if that’s your thing. If you want to serve them Tex-Mex...

Lamb Rib Chops with Jalapeño Jelly

From Perini Ranch Steakhouse: Stories and Recipes for Real Texas Food. The equivalent of beef prime rib, frenched lamb chops are cleaned of fat on the rib bones, making them easy to pick up and eat with your fingers. Cover them with steak rub and once nicely charred, serve with...

Black Bean and Roasted Corn Salad

From Perini Ranch Steakhouse: Stories and Recipes for Real Texas Food. When you need a salad that won’t wilt in a steamy Texas July, this is always a good bet. It can also be served as salsa with tortillas or chips, or an eye-catching topper for a grilled chicken breast....

Evie Mae’s Cornbread Pudding and Bourbon Sauce

From Texas Q. Here’s a recipe from the best barbecue bastion out on the Llano Estacado, Evie Mae’s Pit Barbeque, just outside of Lubbock in Wolfforth. Conveniently, it’s on my way to just about everywhere I visit in Texas, and I can get there easily by lunch from my New...

Slow Cooker Chocolate “Sheet” Cake

From Cheryl’s TEXAS SLOW COOKER. Click to Order Your Copy today! Found at every bake sale and potluck and quite a few birthdays, Texas sheet or sheath cake shares some similarities to the more complicated and equally popular German chocolate cake. Usually a simple, one-bowl, one-layer, sheet cake has an...

JALA-PEACH WINGS

From Cheryl’s new TEXAS SLOW COOKER. Click to Order Your Copy today! Give your chicken wings a decided Texas kick with a saucy mix of sweet and hot. Chicken wings need to be browned off to crisp the skin somewhat before going into the slow cooker. Otherwise, the skin stays flabby...