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Sticky, Saucy, Sweet, Spicy, Crispy, and Crunchy! I’m IN LOVE with these baked, red-hot-peppery Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Wings with Honey Sriracha Sauce!
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos have been THE KING of spicy, cheesy, crunchy snacks for some time now. When you roll a chicken wing in these crispy little bites of heaven, you get a crazy crunchy, flavor explosion in your mouth and the Honey Sriracha buttery glaze is the finger-licking icing on the cake.
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Toasted pecans magically marry with a tender-crisp, buttery, not too sweet, almost shortbread-like consistency to make this Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe. Is there any more superlatives I can throw at this cookie?!? Topped with candied pecans, these cookies are a sweet, salty, buttery bite of delight!
I’m truly an honest believer that quality ingredients can make a recipe. This is the perfect example of that. The list isn’t extensive or complicated, but the results truly are extraordinary.
…Forget the sticky marshmallows and instead try this incredibly easy Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole that combines tender cubes of sweet potatoes in a maple-syrup-infused, light caramel sauce all topped with a toasty, pecan crumble crust. The best part? The Crock Pot does almost ALL of the work!
What I love about this side is the sheer simplicity that the combination of the right quality ingredients produces with minimal effort. There is no boiling or roasting of the sweet potatoes. The maple caramel sauce is just basics dumped in the Crock Pot. The Pecan Crumble Crust is 5 pantry staples sprinkled over the top.
And who doesn’t always wish for more oven space? Let the Slow Cooker make this side dish for you!
…Fresh Green Bean Casserole from Scratch has tender, crisp green beans, caramelized mushrooms and shallots, smokey prosciutto, fennel and a garlic cream sauce all topped with a golden, buttery panko and parmesan crust.
Ok, truth. This is not the easy-peezy, green bean casserole from a series of cans.
This Green Bean Casserole is a slight pain in the you-know-what to make to be perfectly honest. But, in my humble opinion and for whatever it is worth, it is THE BEST one you will ever eat. I would even go as far as to say think Can-O-Spam verse a perfectly cooked beef tenderloin.
The fresh ingredients brought together in the spirit of this iconic dish, but in a most updated and foodie fabulous way, takes this formerly canned side dish to the surprise Super-Star of the meal.
…This ultra-moist, intensely pumpkin muffin is perfectly spiced and topped with a buttery, nutty, crispy-crumble in every bite. Easy Pumpkin Muffins with Pecan Streusel are pure muffin perfection! And YES! This muffin magic happens in about 30 minutes.
I won’t bore you with my long-lasting love affair with all things pumpkin and pumpkin spice, I’ll simply say that I’m definitely qualified, with a vast experience, to say that this is the BEST PUMPKIN MUFFIN I have every had. Period.
…When you combine the sweet, juicy burst of blueberry in every bite, an ultra moist muffin, and the buttery, crunch of crumble, you get Blueberry Sour Cream Muffins with Streusel Topping. The absolutely perfect way to start your morning!
These muffins come together in minutes. The sour cream in the batter makes them perfectly moist with a tender crumb and adds just the right amount of flavor depth to showcase the juicy, fresh blueberries. The delicate, sweet and salty buttery crunch of the streusel is a burst of flavor and texture in every mouthful.
…Pasta on the grill…Say what? Grilling the ingredients for this simple pasta dish ups the flavor ante in a way you won’t believe! Grilled Salsiccia Pasta uses classic Italian ingredients that are roasted to sweet and smoky perfection on the barbecue and then blended into an easy, simple pasta sauce.
Roasted red peppers, garlic, and onion pair beautifully with zesty, grilled Salsiccia Italian sausages. Grilling them really makes the flavors shine and intensify as they reach caramelized perfection on the grill.
…Is this Apple Cinnamon Swirl Loaf a cake, a bread, for breakfast, dessert, or shall we just all agree that it’s delicious?
With a crackly, cinnamon brown sugar crust baked along the bottom, sides, and top, this Apple Cinnamon Swirl Loaf is a show stopper right from the beginning. Tender, bright apple tidbits wrapped in cinnamon and brown sugar are then swirled into an ultra moist, buttermilk batter and baked to golden, fragrant cinnamon perfection!
…Lemon. Garlic. Wine. What more can I say? Ridiculously tender and juicy after a quick marinade, these Grilled Chicken Spiedini Skewers have a light, airy crust of Parmesan and panko and a simply, sumptuous Garlic Lemon Butter Drizzle to finish off this classic Italian favorite.
It’s still grilling season, folks! Which means a nice afternoon or evening of patio sitting, definitely a favorite activity for my family and I. Tiki torches, tunes, and a frosty cold cocktail will make even a dreary day just a little bit brighter!
…Cajun Shrimp Tacos with Slaw combines succulent, smoky Cajun spiced shrimp with a creamy and bright fresh Cilantro Citrus Coleslaw for an epic taco guaranteed to delight your senses. Ready in under 30 minutes, Taco Tuesday never had it so good!
This healthy, handheld meal is the perfect combination of smoky spice on tender shrimp that pairs perfectly with the creamy, bright crunch of this Cilantro Lime Slaw!
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