Cayt's Meats and Meals
Sharing is caring and I love to share my favorite dishes and meals! Hope you'll find something you love!
Be sure to check out www.thestayathomechef.com where you'll find lots of recipes from yours truly!
31/08/2024
You know what makes me just get giddy? Making large amounts of delicious food and seeing people enjoy it. Why am I weird like that? 😊 There is something powerful in being able to deliver a smile. I love seeing the smokers full and smelling up the neighborhood. 😋
19/05/2024
Smoked, then high-heat crisped chicken wings that were dunked in homemade honey, garlic, and Buffalo sauce. Served with a side of my homemade mac and cheese (extra cheese, of course).
The sun was shining, and the day was just awesome!
24/03/2024
An XL sheet pan full of flavorful, salsa coated chicken breast and boneless skinless chicken thighs. Used in salads, quesadillas, tacos, enchiladas, bowls, and more! You would think 8 pounds would be great for meal prepping, but it lasted about 2 days.
16/03/2024
Chicago is just beautiful! Heading home from a very inspiring trip surrounded by so many creative, successful people! My favorite part was the connections and the soul, hand-shaking. I love it when you just connect with someone as though you've been friends forever. I am not good at snapping pictures and wished I would have gotten more with more of these amazing people!
Tons of learning, eating, laughing, and quality moments. Way to kill it with an incredible conference !
Tis the season!
I'm making batch after batch of my amazing caramel!
With a few apples,this is the perfect gift to give because it's not just the typical cookie platter(which don't get me wrong, I love those!)
I share the recipe with anyone wanting it, and you can find it by searching for "Caramel" on The Stay At Home Chef website!
You'll find the Sea Salt, Fireball Cinnamon, and Apple Bourbon caramel there.
20/08/2023
This right here isn't any smoked tri-tip, this tri-tip is going to take a flight with me this week so it can be part of the homemade dinner that I can hardly wait to make for my son that has been in Army Bootcamp all summer!
Feeding people and bringing them happy smiles and full bellies is what I do! Having my biggest eater out of the house all summer has been sad, but I couldn't be more proud!
Have any of you flown with food, and am I going to get razzed for it?
TSA is going to be like?????
I don't want anything to stop me from feeding my son a good old home-cooked meal!
I vote this a dinner casserole so that I can justify eating this tonight!
This is a perfect summer salad! Add some smoked chicken, it's a complete meal!
This salad is a summer must have! Add some smoked chicken and that's what I'll be eating!
Pizza, Philly Cheesesteak, jalapeño cheddar, and garlic bratwurst from Dixie Meats were on the menu tonight!
The jalapeño one got a little wild! 😂
Totally grabbing more to bring back home, these are incredible! Amazing flavors and perfect snap. Highly recommend!
A bonus to see Taste Test Todd while spring breaking in St George! I adore . Susie has been a huge inspiration to me in my culinary adventures, and to see how they've grown massively is just so exciting!
Every single product they sell is quality. If you are looking to up your game in the kitchen or backyard cooking, check out their page and grab some of this stuff!
01/02/2023
There is just something so beautiful about the process.
Trimming it to ensure that each bite is desirable in chew.
Seasoning it to be balanced right in taste.
Cooking it to the perfect internal temperature and searing a crust for flavor layering- it just makes me smile!
It's been a minute since I pulled out my smoker but why not do it on the coldest day of the year!
The MOST OREO OREO is a thing and I personally quite liked it.
But I think 1 is my limit per day....
Just a few years old but could be helpful!
For dry brining, use 1 teaspoon of kosher salt per pound. This was a big roast which is who I used 2 tablespoons of garlic salt!
17/12/2022
It's that time of year! The Christmas roast beast awaits you!
Rib roast are the big talk right now. It's the Christmas dream meat. There are several ways to do it, and several ways to season it! There are also several different grades to buy. Finding a butcher that is knowledgeable (meaning they know the difference between choice and prime and they aren't just charging you prime) is a great tip. Buying what you can afford even if it's choice is great too!
It's an expensive piece of meat to screw up so I have a simple, but fool proof method and recipe.
Ingredients
7-10lb roast(boneless preferred)
2 Tbsp Garlic Salt
8 Tbsp room temp butter
3 Tbsp chopped Rosemary
2 Tbsp chopped Thyme
1 Tbsp minced garlic
Pepper to taste
Preheat oven/smoker to 225°
Trim any excess fat from the top of the roast down to 1/4 inch thick. Also trim any silver skin. Tie up the roast to keep a uniform, round shape. I cut off the bones and save them for another cook.
Mix together the softened butter, garlic, herbs, salt, and pepper. Cover up the entire roast with the butter mixture.
Place the roast on an elevated rack in roasting pan. Slow cook until the internal temperature of the roast reaches 115° for Rare or 125° F for Medium. This typically takes 35-40 minutes per pound.
Remove the roast, tent it with foil and let it rest for 20 minutes.
While the roast is resting, increase the temperature of your oven to 450° F.
Once the oven is up to temperature, pop the roast back in the oven and finalize the sear(think crust) until you reach your desired internal temperature. Pull the roast off at 130° F for rare, 135 for medium rare, 140 for medium. Using a good internal thermometer is a sure way to know if you're there.
Once you've hit desired temp, remove roast from oven and let the meat rest for a bit. Entire process of cooking 4-6 hours depending on roast size.
*A great tip for a Rib roast is to dry brine it. This is easy enough! A minimum of 8 hours to 24 hours before cooking roast, use 2 Tbsp of kosher salt and sprinkle it on the roast and then wrap up the roast with Saran wrap and set it in the fridge until it's ready to cook.
Inspired by Hey Grill Hey and Amazing Ribs!
My nephew made his own cooking video all by himself. Filmed and edited all on his own. I could not love it anymore! Zander I'm hiring you!
20/11/2022
Please don't try and cook a solid frozen turkey. I mean, I guess you can. But just because you can, doesn't mean you should. The outside will be far over cooked and the inside still frozen. If you want a juicy, good turkey, having it thawed will help!
You can't cook a frozen turkey! Make sure you get your turkey thawing so it is ready to cook on thanksgiving!
Turkey-Recipe:https://thestayathomechef.com/juiciest-turkey-recipe/
This is my favorite way to prepare a turkey. Whether it is smoked or cooked in the oven, this method is faster and you'll get a much more evenly cooked turkey. Plus, all that perfectly crisped flavorful skin is amazing and worth fighting for!
02/11/2022
When I say I make brisket chili for 300 people on Halloween, I make BRISKET chili. I got lazy cubing it up so some of the chunks were huge and no one complained!
15/10/2022
It's fall y'all! Gimme delicious caramel and I may eat an apple (or just eat the caramel off the apple) One of my favorite snacks for sure! Have you tried my ? It's kinda really good!
Nothing better than beautifully marbled beef.
I'm the girl in the meat section that picks up and looks at all the packages before I decide which one. Carefully inspecting each one.
I've never done grocery pick up for this very reason!
Sometimes you can find a "prime grade looking" cut of meat but it's labeled choice.
Be picky! You want the best flavor and bite for your money.
21/09/2022
Can hardly wait to go on the book signing tour with Rachel and her amazing cookbook that will be released October 4th! This cookbook is unlike any cookbook out there. Every single recipe has a QR code that takes you to an instructional video of that recipe. Years and years of work and no other cookbook like it out there.
Come on by if you are near any of these locations!
Let's meet up! No, for reals. I'm really going to do it and I want to meet you!
This is the first round of announcements regarding my book tour for The Stay At Home Chef Family Favorites!
Monday, October 3
LIVESIGNING VIRTUAL EVENT
1pm Mountain / 3pm ET
LINK: https://premierecollectibles.com/stayathome
Wednesday, October 5 6pm CT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Brazos Bookstore
Event listing link https://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/perso-rachel-farnsworth
Thursday, October 6 6pm MT
TEMPE, AZ
Changing Hands Bookstore,
Event listing link https://www.changinghands.com/event/october2022/stay-at-home-chef
Friday, October 7 6pm MT
DENVER, CO
Tattered Cover Book Store, Colfax Ave
Event listing link: https://www.tatteredcover.com/event/stay-home-chef-cookbook-signing
Saturday, October 8
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 6pm MT
The King's English Bookshop
Event listing link https://www.kingsenglish.com/event
Let me know where else you want me to go! This list is just for week 1 and I want to meet as many of you as possible. Chef Caytlin is even coming along too so you'll get to hang out with both of us!
Will we see you there?
This is a perfect weeknight meal!
28/08/2022
I'm on a peach kick. 🍑 I can't let these beauties go to waste!
Bratwurst simmered with onions and beer is just flipping fantastic and this go around, I diced up several peaches to go in the pot alongside the onions. Yup. Doing that from now on. So good!
It gave more depth in flavors from the additional sugar of the peaches being caramelized. Big fan!
The peaches cooked beautifully and are delightful tender morsels.
Not the most gorgeous thing to photo, but sure is tasty!
Check out my video on Beer Braised Bratwurst over on The Stay At Home Chef website! The Stay At Home Chef
Farmers Feeding Utah
25/08/2022
It's PEACH season and my cute little tree in the background has given hundreds of peaches this year and oh my goodness they are soooo good!
To keep the peachy theme going, smoked then seared chicken thighs with Hey Grill, Hey by Susie Bulloch Peach Whiskey BBQ Sauce was the winner.
Dinner is served!
I don't know what the rest of the family is having, this plates mine! Ha!
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