Main Course

Grilled Sausage with Peppers and Onions

This incredibly, easy 30 Minute Meal is short on work and big on flavor! Grilled Sausage with Peppers and Onions comes together in minutes. Dressed with a sweet and spicy sauce, the barbecue grill does almost all of the work for you. Serve these caramelized onions, peppers, and sausage as a sandwich or skip the bun.

Polish Kielabsa is already a family favorite and a guaranteed crowd pleaser, but it’s the magic that happens when the tomato, brown sugar, garlic sriracha sauce caramelizes on the grilled onions and peppers that makes it just so insanely good!

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Sticky Asian Grilled Chicken Thighs

What happens when chicken thighs are slow-grilled to tender perfection and basted with a Sticky, Sweet, Spicy, Melt-in-your-Mouth Glaze… Well, Sticky Asian Grilled Chicken Thighs is what! Get your napkins ready, folks!

Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs are rubbed with a brown sugar, spice-rub that caramelizes the thighs in the most delightful way. Grilled on in-direct heat, they are basted with a simple, ginger and garlic infused Asian glaze the last portion of the cook time. Results? Easy, sticky, Asian-flavored perfection!

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Grilled Shrimp Cake Recipe

Shrimp Cakes you say? And on the barbecue grill? For those who love the delectable flavor of crab cakes, this Grilled Shrimp Cake Recipe can be quite similar but with their own distinct, delicate, and arguably better flavor.

These flavorful cakes have a lovely, crunchy grilled exterior and are chock full of tender, sweet, and succulent tidbits of shrimp lightly interspersed with the subtle flavors of sweet bell pepper, onion, garlic, and spice.

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Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole (without marshmallows!)

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!

crockpot of Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole and a white plate with a single portion

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!

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Baked Chicken Ricotta Meatballs

Tender and flavor packed, these Baked Chicken Ricotta Meatballs are so incredibly easy and so insanely delicious!

Incredibly juicy, these meatballs are made with ground chicken, ricotta, and fresh-grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and will quickly become a favorite. Made without breadcrumbs, the tender texture is almost indescribable and is simply scrumptious. The best part? From beginning to end, they are ready in about 30 minutes!

These meatballs are amazing with my favorite Homemade Red Sauce, your preferred pasta, use in place of Italian Sausage on the Italian Bomb Sandwich, your best Alfredo Sauce, as a pizza topping, or add a toothpick as an easy, make-ahead appetizer, these little balls of joy are sure to please.

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The BEST Teriyaki Marinade

The BEST Teriyaki Marinade – This quick and easy, asian-inspired marinade will tenderize the toughest cuts of meat with all the flavors of soy, ginger, garlic, sesame, and chili, sweetened a touch of brown sugar.

Teriyaki Marinade is of Japanese origin, but in my house, Teriyaki always brings to mind The Great One. The Great One is my Grandpa, but my kiddos gave him this rather grand title and it has stuck.

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Grilled Teriyaki Steak

Summer is slowly shifting to Fall, and as the weather cools off, it’s a great time to fire up the grill and cook Grilled Teriyaki Steak!

Although almost any kind of meat tastes amazing marinated in a teriyaki marinade, one of my favorites is definitely Grilled Teriyaki Steak.

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Grilled Homemade Italian Meatballs

These Grilled Homemade Italian Meatballs come together in minutes. Traditional in technique, incredibly tender, packed full of Italian flavor and parmesan cheese, these meatballs are then grilled to caramelized barbecue-grill perfection!

These melt-in-your-mouth meatballs are everything a meatball should be. Made with equal portions ground beef and pork, the Italian herbs and cheeses are combined with garlic and light and airy panko bread crumbs for a tender inside and a perfect exterior crust creating the ULTIMATE meatball recipe!

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The Bomb Italian Sausage Sandwich

The Bomb Italian Sausage Sandwich! And yes it is. The Bomb that is!

This cheesy, spicy, saucy, oh so messy, Italian sausage on crusty Italian bread sandwich holds a special place in my family’s heart.

My dad first had this sandwich when he and my mom moved to St.Louis back in 1977.

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Sticky Asian Baked Pork Ribs

This Sticky Asian Pork Ribs recipe is baked in the oven to melt-in-your-mouth, sticky, sweet, crispy, spicy perfection.

I ADORE this flavor combination! Sweet and heat, especially with an Asian twist, is one of my favorites. Combine that with sticky and caramelized on these fall-off-the-bone, tender ribs and you have absolute perfection.

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