http://www.saucymamacafe.com Make Every Meal Extraordinary! Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:40:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cocktail Sauce, the seafood staple, is the most recent condiment to fall under the Saucy Mama spell.  As an Oregon-based company, we know a thing or two (or three or more) about seafood, and how to bring out its best flavors. In that spirit, we have created a new ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=145 I had a great time testing all the recipes for the Saucy Mama Recipe contest and a very tough time choosing a winner.  Now that the crunch of getting all the recipes tested is over I am going back and making the favorites for my staff.  Today we did Parmesan ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=91 Thanksgiving came and went so fast!  Actually planning was pretty darn easy now that Irene and Chris have it at their house in Tualatin.  I love of having adult children.  Irene is wonderful; she is a just great at putting a party together while handling being a ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=144 This was exciting stuff ... We didn't expect bonus write-ups about our Cocktail Onions.  But we're so grateful to A.J. Rathbun, who shared this wonderful review of our cocktail onions on his blog. Oh - and speaking of exciting stuff, we have to send a special thanks to those of you ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=143 Yesterday, Mark from our office, said that he had gotten and e-mail from one of the trucking companies we deal with for a great sounding sandwich using our Aviator Brown Ale Mustard.  I am always up for a good sandwich, so I had Mark forward the e-mail. It was from ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=142 Now that the weather has turned colder I am turning to one pan dinners made in the oven. Not only do they bring on a personal warm and cozy feeling, the house also smells great while they are cooking.  Roast chicken is a favorite at our house and the recipe ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=120 In our small town of Pendleton there are so many get-togethers where everyone pitches in with food and even decorating, so  a great time can be had without host and/or hostess stress.  It also makes getting ready for a party as much fun as the party.  I have to bring ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=141 We just celebrated Mike's birthday.  His three sons Luke, 8 years, Ian, 6 years and Ben, 3 years, got to plan the party.  I got to be the driver, for shopping, and assistant in the kitchen.  The boys decided what their Dad liked doing best was playing games with them, ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=140 Yippee!!  'Beyond the Bull' The Round-Up Centennial Cookbook is finally finished and hot off the presses.  We got the books just in time for Round-up, our annual rodeo here in Pendleton www.pendletonroundup.com and the sales are going great.  We were even able to get Reba McEntire to do our forward.  ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=138 We are almost jittery with excitement from the absolutely overwhelming creativity we've discovered, thanks to our first (and most definitely NOT our last) recipe contest.   We have been honored by the 25 fabulous bloggers who participated in this event, and are blown away by the beautiful, accessible, and obviously delicious ... http://www.saucymamacafe.com/?p=87