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 …
Main Dishes
Pasta Salad with Feta, Tomato, Dill, and Pine Nuts
The heat is on in Charlotte, NC. Literally, because it is finally warm and muggy outside. Figuratively, because my #4, Clifton, is graduating from High School in a couple of weeks! All of a sudden the year end events, lax games (Go Hawks!), graduation gifts, and goodbyes have me …
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 …
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 …
Pineapple and Rum Brined Pork Tenderloin
Brining pork tenderloins are a quick and easy way to add some flavor and moisture to a very lean cut of pork. It’s fun to add spirits to your brine and drive the theme home by serving cocktails that echo the flavors of the brine. Yes, that means I have made a whiskey sour brine …
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 …
Kale Prosciutto Jarlsberg Galette
Sally is still on Spring Break, so Taylor here to bring you one of her recipes. In the past, Sally has brought you Galettes that would generally fall under the dessert category. Today, she is bringing you a full on savory galette that could work with any weekend entertaining …
Bacon Scallion Pepper Jack Macaroni and Cheese
Macaroni and Cheese, or Mac ‘n Cheese for short, is the ultimate comfort food. There isn’t a wrong time of day to eat it. Lunch, dinner, late night, or even for breakfast! Whenever the craving strikes, you can’t go wrong. Mac ‘n cheese falls into two camps. If you want a creamy, …
Deep Dish Chicken Pot Pie
A great chicken pie is simple, yet seductive. Flaky, buttery crust, chunks of roasted white meat chicken and savory cream sauce are bound together to make this classic comfort food meal. To vary things a bit, you can add all manner of vegetables to the pie. Potatoes, carrots, …
Hoisin Ginger Lime Chicken Salad
This Asian influenced chicken salad is crackling, fresh and alive with flavor. Taylor and I used our Salt and Pepper Chicken Breasts in a salad that features cooling batons of english cucumber, crispy yellow bell peppers and crunchy Chow Mein noodles. The Hoisin Ginger Lime …