We interrupt my regularly scheduled Daily Eats posts to tell you all about the BEER FEST that went on today!
The AWESOME folks over at New Belgium partnered with the Foodbuzz Tastemakers and asked us to create a Recipe or a Food Pairing using their Beers. I figured why not give them BOTH recipes using their BEER and recipes to DRINK their beer with ~ Are you all ready for it……
DRUM ROLL……
A “BEER-BBQ”!!!
I know, I am such a DORK, but, it really is the BEST of both worlds! 
You all may recognize New Belgium for their Fat Tire, but, did you know that they actually make several varieties of beer?
I picked up this Spring Folly Pack because you get FOUR types of beer in one box!
BEER “MATES” (like, Grill Mates!) 
I pulled out all the stops……The SLOW COOKER WAS USED……
To make some Phenomenal Slow Cooked Chipotle Beer Baked Beans!
Sauces were made……
Honey Chipotle BEER BBQ Sauce!
So there would be less dishes by GRILLING
There was BAKING with BEER…..
involving SUPER DELICOUS ingredients!
Chipotle Cheddar BEER Corn Bread Muffins!
These might just be the BEST MUFFINS I’ve ever made (& they are only 4 points+ each!!!)
I ventured out by trying new cooking techniques…..
That involved swirling sauces….soaking and grilling (no dishes!) corn husks!
Buttery Chili Lime BEER Grilled Corn
Colorful side salads were made……
To cool the HEAT from using an entire can of Chipotles in Adobo Sauce….
I even made sure to include BEER in dessert!
Peach BEER-Berry Cobbler
Did I mention every single recipe is Weight Watcher friendly and that Fat Tire is the perfect thing to wash down all that “Beer-BBQ”?!
The BEST part, I STILL have BEER left
Stay tuned for all of the recipes for everything you see above. I will be posting each one individually with a recap at the end with links of all the recipes so you can host your own Beer-BBQ.
Night all!
My fiancé loves all my WW cooking but I think he actually did a Happy Dance when he saw the pics of food using his fave brewery. “Can I have ALL of that?” came out of his mouth… Go Danica!!
Those corn muffins look a.maz.ing! Will you be sharing the recipe? 🙂
can’t wait! That all looks fantastic!
HI Mel,
Yes, I am working on typing them up and posting them over the next few days. 1st up the baked beans, then the muffins and I’ll go from there.
Danica
Danica, they all look amazing and WW friendly, too! I can’t wait to see the recipes for these. Happy Easter to you and your family!
I love love love 1554! I never thought of making anything with it…you’ve got me thinking now!!! 🙂
You ROCK!!!
Danica, you never cease to amaze me!!! All of those dishes look so delicious! I can’t wait to try them out.
In other news, I finally whipped up some of your Meyer Lemon cookies (w/ a couple of my tweaks bc you know I can’t ever truly follow a recipe w/o tweaking it!). I decided to make a double batch since I had some friends over to sample & I wanted to bring some for Easter lunch to my brother’s house today. Well, first of all, I used lemon extract instead of vanilla (can’t have too much lemon, right?) and I also used regular lemons instead of Meyer lemons bc I really wanted more of the tartness rather than sweet lemony flavor. I will say I almost couldn’t walk away from them!!!
I probably should have tried my hand at making a single batch first, but it worked out alright making a double. Then I got heavy handed in my scoops (dough was a little “sticky/gooey” so I should have chilled it longer, but I was impatient! So, what should have been *80* cookies probably turned into about 60 (so I’m estimating 3pts for 2 large cookies!). The first batch should have cooked a little longer (again, impatient!) but had a nice dough-ey cakey goodness. The 2nd batch cooked a few min longer & got a little more “done” around the edges, almost caramelizing the sugar. Both versions were amazing!
My friends were raving about them, then the husband came home and he ate several & took a stack of them to the bedside table to nibble on before bed. I, myself, was only “supposed” to eat 2 (maybe 3), but I couldn’t help myself and ended up having *6* of them!!!! I’m not sure these are safe to keep around but they are definitely a winning recipe! Thank you for this goodness!
Happy Easter!
You are a cooking fool! 😀 in a good way of course! 🙂 hehe amazing recipes!
These recipes sound great Danica! I made a beer bbq sauce with the 1554 but that was where I stopped. I wish I was as creative in the kitchen! Those corn bread muffins look to die for!
Hot damn girl!! That BBQ sauce looks absolutely amazing… I’m headed to your place for dinner!
WOW! Just Delicious Looking!
WOW! Again