Enjoy this delicious grilled romaine salad topped with homemade buttermilk ranch dressing. It's the perfect side dish for your next barbecue or quick Summer weeknight dinner dish. This salad is a simple no-fuss go to on grill days. For my house it's usually a tide me over until the main dish items are ready whether …
4th of July
Smoked dry rubbed ribs are the kind of backyard barbecue that turns patience into payoff - meaty pork ribs coated in a bold spice blend, then slow-smoked until the bark turns dark, smoky, and packed with deep flavor. The dry rub creates layers of sweet heat, savory spice, and caramelized crust while the low-and-slow smoking …
Texas-style smoked beef brisket is barbecue stripped down to its essentials - coarse black pepper, salt, hardwood smoke, and enough patience to let time and fire do their thing. This brisket comes out with that signature Central Texas bark on the outside while the inside stays rich, buttery, and slice-apart tender, thanks to a low-and-slow …
Nigerian suya skewers are street food with swagger - smoky, spicy grilled beef threaded onto skewers and coated in a deeply savory peanut-based suya spice blend. These beef skewers hit with layers of heat, smoke, nuttiness, and charred crust, while staying juicy inside thanks to a quick marinade and hot-fire grilling technique. It’s the kind …
This tomato and basil salad is the perfect summer salad. It's just a few ingredients, but packed with a clean and fresh taste thanks to the ripe cherry tomatoes and just picked basil. It's simple enough to pack up for a nice picnic, but versatile enough to be a side at the family barbecue. This …
This grilled cedar plank salmon will wow with its color, fragrance, and flavor. The cedar smoke combined with the hibiscus based rub makes this easy grilled dish everything that is everything. For other smoked seafood dishes try these smoked mussels or smoked fish dip. The fish has got it all. The flavor of the hibiscus …
This air fryer corn on the cob recipe delivers sweet juicy kernels with lightly blistered edges and deep buttery flavor in less time than firing up the grill. I coat the hot corn in jerk seasoning compound butter so every bite lands smoky, spicy, savory, and just a little sweet like summer cookout corn with …
Ensalada de Aguacate - an avocado salad that is the ultimate triple threat - flavor, easy, and fun. Just slice, mix, and serve this vegetable side dish. Cool, creamy, and citrus-bright—this Cuban salad slides onto the plate like a summer groove. This Cuban avocado salad, known simply as Ensalada de Aguacate, is proof that restraint …
A Bold, Herb-Heavy Flavor Bomb That Is A Great Seasoning Base For Many Types of Dishes. Well now, cool cats and flavor peeps—lean in close, ‘cause I’m about to put you on to the heartbeat of Haitian kitchens: epis. This ain’t just no blend—it’s a mood, a movement, a Miles Davis “So What” kind of …
Summertime is fun time. Grilling all things including watermelon is a favorite past time of mine. It's hard to describe grilled watermelon, but trust me it's simple and delicious. Give this one and try and impress family and friends
My daughter teases that a root vegetable salad is "old peoples' salad! But she never passes on fixing a large plate of this simple and delicious salad that brings together farm-fresh ingredients. When you grow-up with your grandparents and spend a fair amount of time with your grandmother and her crew of girlfriends and sisters, …











