You'll be ready for the season with these summer must haves under $50, plus 15 delicious summer snack ideas and party tips for making the most of this glorious time of year. I've collaborated with some savvy friends to bring you a great variety of must haves for summer entertaining and outdoor ...
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Summer Melon Dessert with Coconut Sauce
This easy summer melon dessert with coconut sauce, brings the juicy, sweet flavors of watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew together with a creamy coconut sauce. Is there anything better than a refreshing melon on a hot summer day? I don’t think so either! This summer melon ball recipe is ...
Healthy Slow Cooker Chicken Curry
Healthy slow cooker chicken curry combines classic curry spices, lean chicken, veggies, and nonfat yogurt to make a delicious, creamy curry. An easy, healthy everyday meal! It's easy to tell you how to use a slow cooker to make chicken curry. But what about making it a healthy meal? I left ...
No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie Recipe
No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie is for lemon lovers and summer days. A puckery citrus mousse is chilled in a wafer crust and topped with mounds of sweet whipped cream. Growing up, Mom made this awesome summer dessert called Lemon Fluff. According to the wise world of Google its origins may have come ...
North Carolina Pulled Pork Recipe
This is the best smoked pulled pork recipe you'll ever make. Traditionally made, in North Carolina style, I use tangy mop sauce for basting and wood chips for smoking on the grill. You can't get better than slow cooked, smoked pulled pork. Savory, tender and versatile, this BBQ smoked ...
Fancy Hot Dogs & Sausages
Forget plain hot dogs and up your game with these fancy hot dogs! In this guide, I'm sharing my go-to gourmet hot dogs plus my favorite hot dog toppings. My dad loves hot dogs. I mean, he loves a lot of things, but he has a fondness for hot dogs; let's put it that way. I'm excited to share some ...
15 Stunning Summer Desserts for a Crowd
Favorite party cake recipes, refreshing icebox desserts, and delicious flavors of ice cream. Make one of these beautiful summer treats for your next showstopper dessert. Find the perfect ending to a meal with these fun dessert recipes. These insanely easy summer desserts for a crowd range ...
Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe
This easy and authentic cashew chicken recipe is made with a simple but flavorful cashew brown sauce. Serve with rice and steamed veggies for an easy weeknight dinner! In this post, I'll be dishing all my secrets for making the best chicken cashew stir-fry. It's an easy recipe that take less ...
BBQ Mop Sauce Recipe
Homemade BBQ mop sauce is brushed onto your meat during a low and slow cook on the grill, or smoker. The tangy, spiced mixture enhances the flavor, and keeps your meat from drying out. No one really loves to mop their kitchen floor, but this homemade BBQ mop sauce recipe is so tasty it will ...
Sweet and Super Moist Gluten-Free Cornbread
This gluten-free, sweet cornbread recipe is thick and soft, with a hint of honey. Each square is mile-high, delicious, and moist with a tender crumb. Easy, and gluten-free! Make it for a mixed crowd: gluten-eaters won't know the difference! This is the best gluten free cornbread recipe. It's ...
Super Creamy Eggless Vanilla Ice Cream
The best vanilla ice cream is easy to make at home. A foolproof eggless vanilla ice cream recipe with luscious flavor. The richness comes from adding cream cheese! I wouldn't have believed it before I tried it. Adding cornstarch and cream cheese to my ice cream base actually makes it better ...
Cilantro Salsa Recipe with Lime and Jalapeño
This cilantro salsa is a fantastic taco bar topping, and a fresh green salsa for any Southwest, or Mexican meal. Bright herbs, green onions, spicy jalapeño, and lime make this recipe versatile and tasty. This green salsa with cilantro and onions is one of the best taco toppings, with all the ...
Best Panzanella Salad Recipe with Artichokes
This take on Italian Panzanella, or bread salad, is brimming with olives, artichokes, and tomatoes. The croutons soak up the juices from the vegetables and white wine vinaigrette, but retain delicious texture. Make tomato and artichoke summer panzanella with your garden-grown produce or ...
Baba Ganoush Recipe Loaded with Roasted Veggies
The best baba ganoush recipe here! Also called baba ghanouj, this roasted eggplant dip gets its flavor from the smokey char of cooked eggplant, sesame tahini, and garlic. I've swapped some of the tahini for creamy yogurt, then loaded the top with roasted vegetables for a dip, so awesome it could be ...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cookies
These chocolate peanut butter marshmallow cookies have a delicious chocolate cookie base with a peanut butter frosting on top. Surprise! There's a marshmallow hidden inside. You can't resist a soft, brownie-like cookie base, with a peanut butter frosting that covers a soft, surprise ...
How to Make a Fresh Watermelon Cake
Make a fresh watermelon cake that will be the centerpiece of your summer party. Chic, tasty, and easy, this cake is made completely of fruit! Making A Fresh Fruit Cake I wanted to create my own, unique, chic and appetizing watermelon cake. You've seen all kinds of fresh fruit cakes ...
Super Soft Classic Dinner Rolls
This Classic Dinner Rolls recipe makes the softest and fluffiest rolls that you'll ever make. These dinner rolls are silky, flavorful, and the perfect side to holiday meals or Sunday suppers. There are thousands of dinner roll recipes online, but I'm convinced that this one makes the greatest ...
Baked Lemon Butter Fish
Bake this lemon butter fish in the oven then finish it with a flavorful lemon butter sauce and fresh herbs. You’ll be delighted by this delicious 20 minute dinner. This oven baked halibut has a lemon butter sauce everyone will love. Cooked right in the oven it's an easy baked lemon fish recipe ...
The Most Delicious, Just-Rhubarb Crisp
One of the most popular rhubarb desserts! Truly the best rhubarb crisp recipe, with a transcendent sweet and crunchy oat topping. No strawberries! Just pure, vanilla-sweetened rhubarb, thickened with tapioca. I'm a purist! I like my rhubarb desserts with just rhubarb. Don't put strawberries ...
Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs Recipe
This oven-baked baby back ribs recipe makes fall-off-the-bone, finger-licking ribs in a fraction of the time. BBQ ribs in the oven are easy and crowd-pleasing–no smoker or grill needed! I'm a BBQ fanatic. Truly! I start grilling outside when the weather is just warm enough to tolerate being ...