Roswell Adventures

I have heard of Osso Buco before - like when Tim Allen's character in "The Santa Clause" asked his son if he wanted osso buco for Christmas dinner. It was always something I thought of as being in the category of "order in a restaurant because it's too complicated to make at home." Fast forward to pulling the "beef shank soup bones" from our 1/4 beef purchase out of the freezer, figuring I would make beef stock (which was going to be a first for me). I had even bugged friends for recipes. Then I unwrapped the packages and saw how meaty those bones were. Holy cats! Not what I expected at all! So, I jumped online and did some searching. I found an osso buco recipe that looked pretty straight forward and thought - why not? That first recipe ( http://www.tasteofdivine.com/simple-osso-bucco/ ) turned out great! But never one to be content to not tinker with a recipe, I adapted it to our taste. Here it is! Osso Buco, the Easy Way 3 tablespoon

Ages ago I tried my first coffee rub and loved it. Since then I have made a couple of random batches but never kept the recipe. I kinda tend to make things up as I go along. This time I kept track! I am using it tonight on baked chicken, but it would work equally well on pork or beef (notice, I didn't say "steak" because I rarely use a run on steak...but maybe the next time we make skirt steak...). I probably would have added onion powder, as well - except I didn't have any and didn't feel like running to the grocery store. The granulated garlic was a discovery at a spice shop in Santa Fe - it is amazing! I love the combination of using ancho and chipotle peppers. This time I used kind of a generic paprika, but next time I'll probably go with a spicier one...we'll see. Sweet 'n Spicy Coffee Rub 1/4 cup ground coffee 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon Ancho chile powder 1 tablespoon Chipotle chile powder 1 tablespoon paprika 1 tablespoon gr