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Purple Cilantro Lime Coleslaw

Purple Cilantro Lime Coleslaw is a feast for the eyes as well as the mouth! It’s bright, fresh, and sure to be a new family favorite.  The perfect side dish that comes together in under 10 minutes, it’s a great main course accompaniment, on a taco, over a burger, sandwich, and so much more!

plate of slaw with limes and vegetables in the back

Something about the crisp bite of this slaw is so delightful. The purple cabbage pops like a party for both your eyes and mouth and the subtle cilantro and lime combination is slightly unexpected, but so refreshingly delicious!

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Grilled Fresh Peach Cast Iron Skillet Cake

Grilled Fresh Peach Cast Iron Skillet Cake has juicy, succulent fresh peaches in a rum-infused caramel butter sauce all topped with an easy, scratch made buttermilk cake and then cooked on the grill (OR in the oven!) for a summer treat like you have never experienced before!

grilled fresh peach cast iron skillet cake and a plate of the cake with ice cream

Cake on the grill…say what? You heard it right folks! And why not, is what I’d like to know! The grill adds a smokey dimension to this dessert that is incredible.

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Grilled Bang Bang Shrimp

Grilled Bang Bang Shrimp is succulent and tender shrimp skewers that are brushed with a simple olive oil and garlic spice wet rub. Seared for just 2-3 minutes on each side and then drizzled with the most amazingly crave-able, scratch-made Bang Bang Sauce for an insanely easy and quick meal.

Grilled Bang Bang Shrimp skewers on metal tray with green onion slices

The idea behind Bang Bang shrimp was made famous by Bonefish Grill, but I love this version even more.

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Whole Grilled Cauliflower with Bang Bang Sauce

Whole Grilled Cauliflower with Bang Bang Sauce is an easy and delicious way to transform ordinary cauliflower to an extraordinary, can’t-get-enough, the-kids-will-actually-eat-it, side dish!

Grilled Whole Califlower Recipe with Homemade Bang Bang Sauce on gray plate with green onions

Roasting or grilling cauliflower brings out and enhances the inherent nuttiness and sweetness in this underutilized vegetable. After cooking on in-direct heat in a completely hands-off manner, the fork tender cauliflower is drizzled with a craveable, slightly sweet, with a hint of heat, Bang Bang Sauce that will temp you to lick you plate.

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Homemade Bang Bang Sauce Recipe

This Homemade Bang Bang Sauce recipe could really be called Crack-Crack Sauce. Creamy, slightly sweet, with a gentle heat, this sauce is addictive in the extreme! It is perfect to dip, drizzle, or dunk!

glass jar and lid of bang bang sauce on a wooden board

Bang bang sauce gets it’s distinctly delicious flavor profile from the creaminess of mayonnaise mixed with chili garlic sauce and sriracha. The layers of complimentary sweet and creamy, garlic and chili flavors are a little unexpected and part of what makes this unique sauce so craveable.

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Bourbon Bacon Grilled Baked Beans

Bourbon Bacon Grilled Baked Beans are smokey brown sugar sweetened, tender beans that are full of crispy bacon and caramelized onions and laced with a hint if your favorite bourbon. This tricked out, semi-homemade barbecue staple comes together quickly and easily and is simmered to thick, bubbly, flavor-packed perfection on the grill.

Bourbon Bacon Grilled Baked Beans in a cast iron skillet with a wooden spoon and blue towel

These Bourbon Bacon Baked Beans are cooked on the Barbecue Grill! Say what? You heard me right, folks. What I want to know is why in all of my bean-eating years I have never thought to do this before?!?!

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Grilled Triple Berry Crisp in a Cast Iron Skillet

Grilled Triple Berry Crisp in a Cast Iron Skillet combines the juiciest, fresh berries of the season with all the added flavor and enjoyment of firing up the barbecue grill.  A golden, buttery crumble with a pinch of cinnamon tops these bubbling berries.

Grilled Triple Berry Crisp in a Cast Iron Skillet with three scoops of ice cream and berries

I am a serious fan of the backyard barbecue.  Lounging on the patio with a glass of wine or iced sun-tea while the grill does it’s thing and the kids run around the backyard is my idea of heaven.  If I can sit on my patio while the whole meal cooks on the grill, that is even better yet!

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German Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe

This German Chocolate Sheet Cake recipe is a thin, fudgy, ultra-moist slice of decadent heaven topped with the buttery, nutty, toasty crunch of pecans and coconut in a crazy-easy, crackly warm glaze.

a piece of german chocolate sheet cake on a whiteplate

Based on a classic Buttermilk Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake that’s been a proven winner since the 50’s, this jelly-roll pan sized cake is perfect for every birthday or potluck. And did I mention it’s topped with a drizzly glaze that soaks delightfully into the cake crumb and is loaded with toasted coconut and crunchy pecans?

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Barbecued Pulled Pork

This easy Barbecued Pulled Pork recipe is slow roasted in the oven to fall-apart, melt-in-your-mouth, fork-tender perfection.

Barbecued Pulled Pork shredded in a baking pan with sauce

Seasoning is everything. A pork shoulder, or pork butt, is covered with a brown sugar and spice rub and roasted in a flavor-packed, tenderizing beer bath until it literally is falling apart. Choose to add sauce or go naked, it’s amazing either way!

Barbecued Pulled Pork is also a great make-ahead dish for parties and tailgating and a secret weapon on weeknight dinners. It can be used in countless meals like Pulled Pork Sandwiches with my favorite Pineapple Slaw, pork tacos, pork nachos, in pasta, on pizza, the list is endless!

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Pineapple Slaw

This easy, fresh Pineapple Slaw recipe is vibrant and creamy with a hint of the tropics in every bite!

Easy Fresh Pineapple Slaw on a blue plate with fork

What makes this coleslaw recipe special? It’s all about the fresh pineapple tidbits! Combine that with the crunch of cabbage and carrot, slices of green onion, and all topped with a creamy dressing that hits the perfect balance of sweet and tangy and you have your new Summer side dish!

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