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Creamy. Saucy. Cheesy. Crazy Easy! Need I say more? This foolproof family favorite uses uncooked macaroni and the PERFECT combination of cheeses for the best Extra Creamy Slow Cooker Macaroni and Cheese!
This no-boil pasta recipe is the perfect example of why we all love our Crock Pot. Dump everything in, give it a quick stir, turn it on, and forget about it. The results? A luscious, perfectly creamy and cheesy Mac & Cheese everyone loves!
…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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Quick and easy Homemade Red Sauce in Less then 40 Minutes is infused with red wine, fresh vegetables, herbs, and spices sure to elevate any Italian meal!
Everyone should have a go-to, high-quality Red Sauce, sometimes called Marinara, in their recipe box. A good red sauce that doesn’t have to simmer for hours is such a versatile element in so many recipes, especially if you want dinner on the table in under an hour.
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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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Oven Roasted Bang Bang Shrimp Skewers are tender shrimp tossed in a garlic spice rub and then quick roasted to succulent, seasoned perfection! Drizzle or dunk in a finger-licking, crazy-craveable Bang Bang Sauce for the ULTIMATE holiday appetizer that’s ready in MINUTES!
Shrimp is an appetizer staple for a reason. The meat has a slightly sweet, delightfully buttery, briny bite. It’s readily available, cooks quickly, but is special enough for ANY important occasion or gathering.
…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!
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.
…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!
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.
…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.
The idea behind Bang Bang shrimp was made famous by Bonefish Grill, but I love this version even more.
…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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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.
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