About Recipe

Fire up the grill and give my Blueberry-Bourbon Barbecue Pork Steaks a try. I guarantee they’ll put a smile on the faces of the carnivores in your family! I was recently asked by the J.M. Smucker company to try out their new Fruit and Honey products and see what kind of deliciousness I could come up with.  I love when companies ask me to evaluate their products from a Chef’s perspective, but honestly I’ve seen some pretty creative home cooks that would put many a professional chef to shame.    Great food and imaginative uses of ingredients comes from many places and the willingness to try new products adds to the fun in the kitchen! I picked up a few jars of  Smucker’s Fruit & Honey Fruit Spreads at my local WalMart and began thinking of the different dishes I could make using these new fruit spreads in my recipes.   It would be very easy to incorporate one of the Smucker’s fruit spreads into many of my favorite cakes, pies and crumbles, that’s a no brainer.   But I wouldn’t to come up with another way to use this delicious fruit spread, and a homemade barbecue sauce sounded like a perfect way to let the flavors shine. If you get a chance read the label on the Smucker’s Fruit & Honey, you’ll fine the fruit spread naturally sweetened with honey.  #WalMart I used blueberry lemon, but any of the spreads would be delicious.  The Mixed Fruit Spread or Strawberry Spread would […]