We're working here!!

So, to let everyone know, we are working on more videos!  Right now we have 6 more in work...still have to edit them and post them.  But in the meanwhile, here is another recipe...the Bass Family BBQ Sauce:


Well, then, what can I say, we love barbecue (BBQ, barbeque, bar-b-que)!  I travel a lot around the country and get to sample different food in different places and BBQ is definitely different from region to region.  I tend to like a combination of vinegar and tomato based sauces, so that’s what ours is.  We like to smoke ribs (which is another recipe for later) and like them dry or wet.  We also do pulled pork, check and beef (all for another time) and we use the same recipe for the sauce for all of it.  The only real variation is the heat and sweet that gets added (for the kids in mind).  There are a thousand different ways of doing these types of sauces, this is one that we’ve settled on that we like a lot!  There are a lot of ingredients, but that’s typical of BBQ sauces.  I hope you enjoy!

For the recipe for the Bass Family BBQ Sauce...

The "veggies"...

The wet ingredients....

 The dry ingredients...

After it's been cooked and reduced a bit...

 

Check out the recipe for more pictures and instructions...I hope you enjoy the sauce.

Valentine's Day Dinner Special

Even though we never go a day without saying the words "I Love You"; my hubby and I love having a special day to celebrate our love for each other. One way we show our love is through food. We've developed a passion for cooking together, and for those we love. This dinner is inspired by experiences we have shared together. For instance the salad and dessert are inspired by our trip to France, and the entrée is inspired by our trips to the islands.  
 
For the link to our video of our Valentine's Day Dinner:
 

 
 
 
For the recipe for theRaspberry Vinaigrette salad...
For the recipe for theCioppino...
For the recipe for theRaspberry Tart...

 

Yo Momma!!!

Yo Momma!©® is a twist on the Cayman Momma and the Bahama Momma.  It is a variation that I created to counteract the boredom on Cayman Brac (being a non-diver, there is nothing else to do then drink on the very small island).  Careful, this drink will sneak up on you and grab you by the poo poo, only two are recommended by the management  :-)

For the link to the video:

For the complete recipe...

French Onion Soup

A quick story. When I was growing up I used to HATE onions with a capital H! If I even saw onions in a dish I would not touch it, whether I could taste them or not. It wasn’t until I stepped out of my comfort zone at the ripe old age of nineteen at Mimi’s Café, in Anaheim California right next to Disneyland that I tried my very first bowl of French Onion Soup…. From the first bite I was HOOKED!! Let’s just say my hate for onions has since disappeared, and I have grown a LOVE for the vegetable. To this day French Onion Soup is, and always will be one of my favorite dishes. Our version of this soup is based off of Julia Childs famous French Onion Soup, with a Bass Family twist.

 

Here is the link to our video:

 

 

For the complete recipe...

Our first video and recipe!!!

Well, it's happened, our first video is posted (along with 3 others).  The first is for Beef Stock.

Stock is one of the staples you have to have to make soups and sauces.  A few years ago, we decided to try and make our own.  So here is the link to the YouTube video:

For the complete recipe...

Here comes the posts!

So, it's been a fun filled few weeks around the house...I've been home now for a while, which hasn't happened for a long time.  We've been cooking, filming and editing up a storm.  Trying to get the process down.

We're ready to post some of our first attempts.  We're also going to be re-posting recipes that were on one of my other sites as well...we will be filming those later.  Hope you enjoy.

Hello and welcome to our blog!

Hello everyone, this is Tiffany & Johnny Bass and hopefully this is the start of a long and fruitful blog.  One of our many passions has been and is cooking.  We love to cook...things that are time test recipes or ones that we make up on the spot.  We love to host family and holiday parties, which gives us the added challenge of cooking for a larger group.  Normally, it's dinner for four...Johnny & Tiffany and our two children, Sean & Cayman.  We tend to add a bit of a French twist to our recipes (partial due to the fact that Johnny is half French, but also because we love the food), cook classic French dishes or whatever strikes our fancy.  We also like heat (which is not very French, but who's counting), so some of the recipes will have the option to add or remove the spice if you'd like.  We will try to explain how we put our dishes together, so others can make the same without too much effort.  We will post about the basics, foundational items like stocks and spice blends; to a bit more advanced & interesting things like Boeuf Bourguignon or Choucroute au Johnny. We have a YouTube channel as well that will have videos of us cooking these dishes, along with the recipes posted here. 

As Julia would say, "Bon Appetit!" so lets let the good time roll!