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Recipes

Tried-and-loved recipes from the Beckmania kitchen: comfort food, smoked meats, refreshing drinks, and enough pie to solve most problems.

Ribs!

One of my favorite meats to smoke is plain ole’ pork ribs. If doing spare ribs I prefer the St. Louis Style which basically just trims the ends…

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Backyard BBQ

I love smoking meat, and I love having friends and family over to eat it with me. Of course, eating it is the prize at the end, but…

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Coconut Cream Pie

This pie is AMAZING! I have made it several times and it never disappoints. I made it as a gift for a friend’s anniversary and they loved it!…

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Peach Sangria

This recipe was given to me by my “favorite oldest daughter”. It is delicious and refreshing on a hot day and consists of only 4 ingredients! It tastes…

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Peanut Butter Pie

This is one of the Lord and Master Beckman’s favorite pies. We had this at a place called Yoder’s in Sarasota, it is an Amish restaurant. I searched…

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Key Lime Pie

I found this recipe online several years ago. It is an Emeril recipe and I make one small variation – I add lime zest in the pie filling.…

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Green Smoothie

This is my absolute favorite smoothie recipe. I just made it up on the fly one day based on one I had at a restaurant. 1 Banana ½…

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Lemon Meringue Pie

One of my favorite recipes! This is an awesome pie for a hot day. I have taken this to many get togethers and it never disappoints! Unfortunately, I…

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