Sauces

Fresh Green Bean Casserole from Scratch

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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Grilled Salsiccia Pasta

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.

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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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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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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.

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

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The BEST Teriyaki Marinade

The BEST Teriyaki Marinade – Quick and easy, asian-inspired marinade that will tenderize the toughest cuts with all the flavors of soy, ginger, garlic, sesame, and chili, sweetened with a little 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 Pineapple Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs

Bursting with flavor, Grilled Pineapple Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs are so easy and delicious!

These easy kabobs have tender, juicy chicken that is marinated in a flavor packed pineapple teriyaki. A rainbow of crisp vegetables and fresh pineapple basted with the sticky, sweet marinade tastes like Spring in every bite.

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Homemade Chipotle Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce

Sweet with a Smokey, Spicy Heat, this Homemade Chipotle Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce is so good, you can use it on virtually anything!

This is a simple, but flavor packed sauce that can be whipped up in minutes!

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Baked Chipotle Barbecue Wings

These Baked Chipotle Barbecue Wings are tossed in an easy Homemade Chipotle Brown Sugar BBQ Sauce and baked to perfection! This simple barbecue sauce is Sweet with a Smokey, Spicy Heat and whips up in minutes.

If you adore wings like I do, and love finding a new twist on the standard sauce, you’ve come to the right place!

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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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