Cajun BBQ Meatloaf w/ Bourbon Sauce + An Award

Here's a fabulous way to prepare an old Cajun favorite, and once you try it, you may never eat baked meatloaf, again! The spicy blend of flavors and fiery kick of the chipotle sauce and jalapenos will knock your socks off, and is guaranteed to please your family and guests. Fire up the grill and enjoy! Cest bon, cher! Serve with a big tossed salad or grilled veggies and garlic bread!

1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef

1/2 lb. ground pork

1 onion, coarsely chopped

1 green bell pepper, coarsely chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped

2 jalapenos, seeded and chopped

1 tbs. Worcestershire sauce

2 tbs.'s chipotle sauce

1 tbs. Cajun seasoning

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup French bread crumbs

3 slices bacon, cut in half, (optional)

Combine all ingredients in large bowl  and mix well, with the least amount of handling. Shape and form into a loaf, cover and refrigerate overnight. Preheat grill on medium heat and place meat loaf on a grill pan or a double thickness of heavy duty foil, with edges turned up. Top with bacon, if desired. Grill for 45 to 55 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees, on indirect heat. Baste often with my Bourbon BBQ sauce. (recipe below) Divine! (photo courtesy of Google)

 (my favorites)

Bourbon BBQ Sauce

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup bourbon

1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup cane syrup

2 tbs.'s Creole or Dijon mustard

1 tbs. Liquid Smoke

1 tbs. or more, chipotle sauce

2 cloves garlic, minced or 1 tsp. Cajun Power Garlic Sauce

3 tbs.'s onion, minced
Salt and Tabasco to taste

Combine bourbon and sugar in saucepan and heat and stir on medium heat, until sugar melts.  Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Add a little water, if needed. Use as a basting sauce and make extra for dipping.

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An Award

My dear friend, Linda @ Blue Starr Gallery, passed this lovely award along to me. Merci beaucoup for this very special award, cher! Linda is a very talented artist and potter and her blog is very styish, indeed, and she is most deserving of this award.  Please pay her a visit, when you have time. Her blog and art are sure to inspire you. As part of the condition of accepting this award, I'm supposed to tell ya'll 7 things about myself that you don't already know. Well, here goes.

1. I love vegetarian meals and eat them often!

2. My favorite print is leopard and I especially love to wear it!

3. One of my biggest pet peeves is when bloggers bump themselves up on the sidebar, way after they have posted!

4. My favorite color is red!

5. One of my favorite things to do is to cook and eat seafood. lol

6. If money was no object, I would buy a big yacht and sail off into the sunset, forever!

7. I am almost ready to publish my Cajun cookbook! Well, almost, almost ready. lol

And now on to the award ceremony! I'm supposed to pass this award on to 15 stylish blogs. Not an easy feat, as I follow so many stylish blogs, and it's so hard to only choose 15. But, here goes, in no particular order. Please pay them a visit when you find time. They are all FAB!