I know it has been a while since I posted anything, but that is about to change.  I have been working on transferring this blog for the last couple of weeks.  At 10 PM central standard time tonight the new address for Jason's BBQ Adventures is going to be changing from http://bbq.adamsfamilyia.com to http://www.jasonsbbqadventures.com. I have been struggling with issues with the blog software I had been using from the beginning and finally decided to switch to WordPress, which I... Read Full Story

This past Friday's weigh-in was not a good one.  I weighed in at 227.2 a gain of 4.8 pounds.  The trip to Florida wasn't that good to me, when we mapped out our hotel to where the conference, it was supposedly 1.5 miles away.  When we arrived there Sunday we decided to walk it and abut 1 1/2 hours later we finally reached the conference hotel, which ended up being about 6 miles from our hotel and then we walked a bit more to grab some dinner.  Then the dinner at Te... Read Full Story

After a week of eating very poorly with a bunch of fatty foods, I thought I was for sure going to gain a couple pounds back.  But with working out at least once a day, I was able to only gain 0.2 pounds, so I was very relieved.  This next week will be interesting, I am headed to Florida this morning for a work conference, so it should be a lot of eating, but will be walking a few miles each day from the hotel to the conference and back.  Hopefully I can get the time to work out... Read Full Story

Uccelletti di Campania is loosely translated to "little country birds", but in the food world is translated to grilled beef rolls with bread and pancetta.  This is another skewered recipe that uses very few ingredients, but the powerful aromatic herb, meat, and bread combination really stands out.  As I was eating these, the flavor in a way reminded me of the famous bacon explosion, but the aroma from the sage made it really stand out.  This is great as a main dish,... Read Full Story

Just had the second weigh-in for the company weight loss.  I did a very good job in the last week, I weighed in at 224.2 which is a loss of 8 pounds!  Overall changed my diet by eating a little bit healthier at lunch and was consistent with my workouts. Read Full Story

Spiedini is a Sicilian style grilled skewered meatball recipe that uses fresh pecorino cheese parsley, garlic and pancetta with the meatballs.  These meatballs are definitely hard to beat when it comes to taste, as with each bite you have it is like a mini explosion inside your mouth.  Eating these reminded me of the movie Ratatouille when Remy, the rat with a natural culinary expertise, is trying to explain how the combination of foods enhance each other to his brother who is you... Read Full Story

Here is another post in my Italian adventures.  This one is grilled chicken marinated in onions and garlic.  This is probably the simplest recipe in my Italian series, but still provided a lot of flavor.  The chicken is marinated in a combination of olive oil, parsley, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper.  This combination provided a superb flavor to the chicken and hardly took anytime to prepare.  The recipe calls for two 3-pound chickens quartered, but I used a combi... Read Full Story

This is another great recipe from my Italian grill experience.  This is a grilled skewered pork with prosciutto and sage that is simple to prepare, and comes out fabulous!  The aroma and flavors from the fresh sage and prosciutto adds in some much flavor to the pork.  Ingredients: 16 wooden skewers 1.75 pounds pork tenderloin, cut into 24 1-inch thick cubes 1/2 loaf French or Italian bread, cut into 24 1-inch thick cubes 24 1/8-inch-thick squares of sliced prosciutto 24... Read Full Story

  Caponata is a wonderful grilled vegetable salad.  This was by far the most fabulous salad I have ever tried and it actually fairly simple to make.  The recipes calls for eggplant and red onions (preferably Bermuda) to be grilled and mixed in with an abundance of other vegetables and ingredients.  The key is to prepare the vegetables the day before which will allow the flavors to bind nicely together. Ingredients: 1 eggplant 1 red onion 3 roma tomatoes 1 cup celery, ch... Read Full Story

Yes that is right, I have entered a weight loss contest.  This is a team contest that is based of percentage weight loss instead of total pounds.  The contest runs for 16 weeks, but hopefully change my habits in the future.  To force me to go the extra mile, I am going to post a weekly update of my actual weight. Even though, I am going to do this weight loss contest, I am still going to grill and BBQ the wonderful unhealthy foods that I have been doing for a long time now.&nbs... Read Full Story