Chipotle BBQ Sauce

"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." Og Mandino

Helloooo followers!
Well, I think you'll find that today's quote fits perfectly! In my last blog, I told you all that the next culinary adventure would be to introduce you to our little garden. In the spring, my sweetie Kevin and I planted out a herb garden, arugula patch, cherry tomatoes, yellow grape tomatoes and jalapeno peppers. Well, as you can see from the before and after photos below, we certainly are harvesting now!! Our tomatoes plants have grown out of control and now we eat them in one form or another every night for dinner! Thank goodness that my fave salad is a caprese (found on my 'Simple & Tasty Recipes' page), and I'm so happy to say that I have turned Kevin's dad into a fan as well! It has been so wonderful being able to simply open the door and pick fresh herbs all summer long! Kevin certainly loves having his jalapeno plants within reach and I have to tell you, these little guys are like no other jalapenos I've ever tasted!! They are super hot, let me tell yah! Super duper hot!! And speaking of hot, my recipe for today is a spicy BBQ sauce. It is a request from my friend Pete, who happens to love chipotle peppers. And for those of you that might not know this, chipotles are actually smoked red jalapeno peppers! In every grocery store these days, chipotle peppers are readily available in tins, packed in an adobo sauce. This is the type of chipotle I use in this easy summer recipe!

Simple and Tasty Recipe:

Chipotle BBQ Sauce
(makes about 2 1/4 cups)

2 cups ketchup
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
tinned chipotle peppers, chopped (as many as you want!!)
1 Tbsp tinned adobo sauce

.place all of the ingredients into a pot, heat on medium low and simmer for about 5 mins to meld the flavours, enjoy!

How easy is that?! This BBQ sauce can be made as mild or as hot as you like, just add more chopped chipotles! Use it with anything or everything you like to barbecue, it caramelizes really nicely. I also used some to make spicy beef fajitas not too long ago, delish! In a sealed container, this sauce will keep for a month or so in the refrigerator.
Well followers, summer is quickly coming to an end... So, so sad! I really miss last summer when I was freelancing and was lucky enough to blog daily. My mum, best friend Mary and sister-in-law Michelle have all told me (several times), that they liked it better when I wasn't working full time. And I must admit, I did too! It's been a great summer, though and I hope you all have had one as well! Okay followers, time to go... I will be back soon and the culinary adventure will continue! Bye for now!