Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Thanks,
RZ

As you said...smoking anything and everything.

"RZ" wrote in message
...
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Thanks,
RZ

RZ wrote:
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Some thoughts:

Hot-smoked salmon (wild pacific salmon) is great.

Try smoking snack nuts like almonds.

You can smoke a chicken and not eat the skin. Same for most poultry.

You don't have to stuff yourself with barbecued meat. Start with a
healthy salad, drink lots of water, and take a reasonable sized portion.
Vacuum seal and freeze the remainder for later.

If you get a WSM or a K, they're so easy to run that you can set it and
go do other exercise like work in the yard, go out for a walk, or take a
shower and go back to bed (wink wink nudge nudge).
--
Aloha,

Nathan Lau
San Jose, CA

#include std.disclaimer

Thanks!

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:47:40 GMT, Nathan Lau
wrote:

RZ wrote:
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Some thoughts:

Hot-smoked salmon (wild pacific salmon) is great.

Try smoking snack nuts like almonds.

You can smoke a chicken and not eat the skin. Same for most poultry.

You don't have to stuff yourself with barbecued meat. Start with a
healthy salad, drink lots of water, and take a reasonable sized portion.
Vacuum seal and freeze the remainder for later.

If you get a WSM or a K, they're so easy to run that you can set it and
go do other exercise like work in the yard, go out for a walk, or take a
shower and go back to bed (wink wink nudge nudge).

"RZ" wrote in message
...
Thanks!

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:47:40 GMT, Nathan Lau
wrote:

RZ wrote:
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Some thoughts:

Hot-smoked salmon (wild pacific salmon) is great.

Try smoking snack nuts like almonds.

You can smoke a chicken and not eat the skin. Same for most poultry.

You don't have to stuff yourself with barbecued meat. Start with a
healthy salad, drink lots of water, and take a reasonable sized portion.
Vacuum seal and freeze the remainder for later.

If you get a WSM or a K, they're so easy to run that you can set it and
go do other exercise like work in the yard, go out for a walk, or take a
shower and go back to bed (wink wink nudge nudge).

Other ideas:

Tuna kababs

Pizza of all sorts, I loved the pictures of the penang chicken pizza
recently on abf. Thanks Nathan, I think.

Mixed grills of veggies and seafood.

Stuffed peppers with rice based stuffings. Stuffed peppers with meat based
stuffings.

Those aluminum foil packets of meat and many veggies are always a favorite
of kids

Shrimp in any fashion.

Haggis.......okay....not Haggis.

Not everything has to be a huge hunk of cow or pig.

John in Austin

"JakBQuik" wrote in message
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Other ideas:

Tuna kababs

Monkfish also works really well.

Pizza of all sorts, I loved the pictures of the penang chicken pizza
recently on abf. Thanks Nathan, I think.

Mixed grills of veggies and seafood.

Radicchio and chicory grill very well when drizzled with a little EVOO

Stuffed peppers with rice based stuffings. Stuffed peppers with meat
based
stuffings.

Those aluminum foil packets of meat and many veggies are always a favorite
of kids

Shrimp in any fashion.

Haggis.......okay....not Haggis.

I disagree, it's got to be worth at least one try! I nominate myself.

Not everything has to be a huge hunk of cow or pig.

John in Austin



You might also like to smoke squid, cuttlefish and octopus. I recommend 90
minutes at around 250-270. Slice thinly, allow to cool, if you turn your
back for a minute or two and it will all be gone!

Graeme

RZ wrote:
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Thanks,
RZ

I grill/smoke just about everything. Veggies, any kind of meat, pizza,
vegetable "pies" cheese and veggie pies (quiche?), breads, etc. Just about
anything that most people would cook in an oven or on a griddle.

BOB

Graeme...in London wrote:
"JakBQuik" wrote in message
...


Other ideas:

Tuna kababs

Monkfish also works really well.

Pizza of all sorts, I loved the pictures of the penang chicken pizza
recently on abf. Thanks Nathan, I think.

Mixed grills of veggies and seafood.

Radicchio and chicory grill very well when drizzled with a little EVOO

Stuffed peppers with rice based stuffings. Stuffed peppers with meat based
stuffings.

Those aluminum foil packets of meat and many veggies are always a favorite
of kids

Shrimp in any fashion.

Haggis.......okay....not Haggis.

I disagree, it's got to be worth at least one try! I nominate myself.

Not everything has to be a huge hunk of cow or pig.

John in Austin



You might also like to smoke squid, cuttlefish and octopus. I recommend 90
minutes at around 250-270. Slice thinly, allow to cool, if you turn your
back for a minute or two and it will all be gone!

Graeme

Squid! MMmmmm. Good.

I've *sort of* tried this, it was my guide, anyway, but I just didn't follow it
completely.

http://biggreenegg.com/recipes/newRe...eafood0149.htm

BOB

"RZ" wrote in message
...
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Thanks,
RZ

Just about any grilled veggie is great. Typical onions and the various peppers
are staples. My family loves grilled eggplant and asparagus is spectacular when
grilled.

Get a pizza stone and grill some pizza.

_________
ht_redneck

Tyler Hopper wrote:
"RZ" wrote in message
...
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Thanks,
RZ

Just about any grilled veggie is great. Typical onions and the various peppers
are staples. My family loves grilled eggplant and asparagus is spectacular
when
grilled.

Get a pizza stone and grill some pizza.

"Grilled" Pizza? *Baked!*
EG

BOB
running to hide behind definitions here


_________
ht_redneck

" BOB" wrote in message
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Tyler Hopper wrote:
"RZ" wrote in message
...
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Thanks,
RZ

Just about any grilled veggie is great. Typical onions and the various
peppers
are staples. My family loves grilled eggplant and asparagus is
spectacular
when
grilled.

Get a pizza stone and grill some pizza.

"Grilled" Pizza? *Baked!*
EG

BOB

Baked on a grill!

BOB wrote:
"Grilled" Pizza? *Baked!*
running to hide behind definitions here

'Xactly! Anything cooked over 225°F cannot be BBQ, even pizza.
--
-frohe (laffing my ass off as I hit the Send button)
Life is too short to be in a hurry

"frohe" wrote in message
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BOB wrote:
"Grilled" Pizza? *Baked!*
running to hide behind definitions here

'Xactly! Anything cooked over 225°F cannot be BBQ, even pizza.
--
LOL!
So if I slow cook my ribs at 230F I guess they are grilled ribs? geeeez who
makes these rules anyhow.....

Dirty Harry wrote:
'Xactly! Anything cooked over 225°F cannot be BBQ, even pizza.

So if I slow cook my ribs at 230F I guess they are grilled ribs?

Nope, gotta be over 350°F to be grillin. 226-349°F has been called
"roasting". Seems most of us here make some kick ass roasted BBQ.

geeeez who makes these rules anyhow.....

Those who believe ya gotta have rules for Q'n. I guess I'm one of em
in a way. I have 1 rule for making Q - you gotta have meat, heat,
smoke and lots of cold beer.
--
-frohe
Life is too short to be in a hurry

Dirty Harry wrote:
" BOB" wrote in message
...
Tyler Hopper wrote:
"RZ" wrote in message
...
Since I'm about to take the plung and purchase a smoker I was
interested in knowing if anyone tries/cares to cook healtly items with
their smoker. I really love the idea of smoking everything and
anything but don't want to gain 50lbs in the process. Since the
fattier the better seems the best for smoking. Any links to good eats
which are still good for you?

Thanks,
RZ

Just about any grilled veggie is great. Typical onions and the various
peppers are staples. My family loves grilled eggplant and asparagus is
spectacular when grilled.

Get a pizza stone and grill some pizza.

"Grilled" Pizza? *Baked!*
EG

BOB
running to hide behind definitions here
You snipped this ^^

Baked on a grill!

Just "funnin'" with ya. Read frohe's responses.

BOB
who frequently cooks pizzas in a Kamado over lump charcoal at 600-700°