Taylor and I fell in love with making kabobs while testing recipes for The Southern Tailgating Cookbook. Skewered grilled meat and vegetables can be an appetizer, a full meal, or a grab and go bite. This versatile dish is perfect for tailgates, picnics, or cocktail parties. Feel …
Pasta Salad with Sausage and Pepper Jack
Pasta salads are fun to eat and easy to prepare. Cook up a pound of pasta, splash on some dressing, toss in some fixings, and enjoy! Taylor and I know that a pasta salad is a great addition to any tailgate, cookout, or well-stocked refrigerator. Cooked, crumbled breakfast …
Raspberry Trifle Parfaits
These days, gaining access to a sweet indulgence can be practically effortless: stroll by the local bakery, order it off of a menu, make it out of a boxed mix or just drool over the Pinterest confections while you eat your carrot sticks. Not so today, my cupcake! The work …
Asian Turkey Sloppy Joe
Asian Turkey Sloppy Joes are a great weeknight dinner that you can have on the table in thirty minutes. Ground turkey is flavored with hoisin sauce, garlic chili sauce, fresh ginger, lime zest, toasted sesame oil, and soy sauce. Serve the sandwiches on grilled buttered sandwich …
Basic Biscuits
Hot from the oven, biscuits taste like a little slice of Heaven. With butter, molasses, or straight up, buttermilk biscuits are a quick and easy homemade treat. Warm biscuits are great with any meal and make a wonderful after school snack. For variety, use cookie cutters of …
Hoisin Caramel Lime Glaze
This is not an April Fool’s Day prank! Caramel is a wonderful base for classic sweet and sour sauce. Hoisin Caramel Lime Glaze is a sweet, tangy and tart sauce that is a nice change of pace from traditional BBQ sauce. We painted our Salt and Pepper Chicken Breasts with this glaze …
Basic Cheese Spread Three Ways
Taylor knows how much I love my basic recipes. Imagine a cheese spread recipe that you can freely adapt to suit your mood or the specific tastes of a friend or family member. It is fun to be creative with flavor when you know with absolute certainty that the recipe is going to …
Orange Fig Walnut Galette
Imagine a sweet and savory galette that tastes like a dessert cheese plate! A buttery, slightly nutty crust is flavored with walnuts and orange zest and then painted with a blend of fig orange jam and Cointreau Noir. The galette is layered with toasted walnuts and studded with …
Pimiento Cheese Grits Casserole
Stone ground yellow corn grits are yummy and comforting. Pimiento cheese made with extra sharp cheddar and flavored with worcestershire, dijon mustard and cayenne is one of our favorite dips and sandwich spreads. Taylor was commenting about our lack of Winter tailgating …
Coffee Chocolate Mini Chip Muffins
It is fun to customize our Easy Vanilla Muffin recipe. If you keep the proportions of sugar, flour, fat and liquid fairly steady, you can go off road and try any number of flavor combinations. Coffee Chocolate Mini Chip Muffins look and taste like a decadent coffee house …