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Applewood Smoked Chicken Wings {Naked Wings!
Applewood Smoked Chicken wings take on flavor from a nice smoke over applewood coals brined in all-natural ingredients. Tons of flavors in these Naked Wings! One wingy dingy. Two wingy dingy. A gracious hello! Oh, never mind me, I’m just sitting here counting my applewood smoked chicken wing bones in my best impersonation of Ernestine…
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Smoked Chuck Roast {A Step-by-step Guide
David and I smoked our first chuck roast on his Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker, a couple of weekends ago. Today, we are sharing a step-by-step guide about how we did it so that you can smoke a tender and juicy smoked chuck roast of your own. A smoked chuck roast would be a great way to…
David’s 10 Steps to Succulent Smoked BBQ Pork Picnic Shoulder
Following David’s 10 steps to succulent smoked BBQ pork picnic shoulder will result in perfectly cooked meat that’s tender, moist, and juicy. Today I am sharing David’s 10 steps to succulent smoked pork picnic shoulder. You will have perfectly cooked meat that’s tender, moist, and juicy by following these steps. David loves to hunt, and David loves…
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Zesty Stuffed Mini Peppers
The filling for these stuffed mini peppers is made of two kinds of cheese, spices and lime zest. A colorful and delicious appetizer recipe! I’m crazy over mini peppers. They are good in salads, dips, and chopped up in all kinds of recipes, but my favorite way to prepare them is to stuff them with…
Blueberry Bread
This quick and easy-to-make blueberry bread is a delicious way to use up extra summer blueberries. Get the full recipe here! If you’re looking for something new and different to bring to your breakfast table, this fresh homemade blueberry bread is the recipe you’ve been looking for. David and I fell in love with breakfast-style…
Pan-Seared Halibut with a Caper Butter Sauce
Pan-Seared Halibut fillets with a caper butter sauce made of capers, garlic, wine, and butter. Make a fancy meal in just 20 minutes following this recipe! This is one of the most flavorful halibut recipes you can make. The halibut is pan-seared, so it’s crispy on the outside and tender and flaky inside. The sauce…
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The Best Oven-Roasted Asparagus
Are you looking for a low-calorie side dish with tons of flavor? Try this oven-roasted asparagus recipe—an easy and tasty addition to your next meal! I’m embarrassed to say that the first time I tried asparagus, they came out of a can. They were mushy and tasted God awful! Still, to this day, I don’t…
Spring Mixed Berry Salad With Strawberry Vinaigrette
Spring mixed berry salad is made of berries, nuts, and mixed greens and comes together with a delicious drizzle of strawberry vinaigrette. With the weather getting warmer and berries coming in season, I crave salads. But I’m not talking about your average salad. I’m talking about the ones you get excited about making and can’t…
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Grilled Oysters Rockefeller (or Broiled)
Grilled Oysters Rockefeller is a modern twist to a classic recipe. A delicious appetizer with fresh spinach, parmesan, bacon, and panko. David made me a fan of oysters, but I don’t think he knew what a superfan I would become. Unlike David, I love oysters, raw, fried, baked, stewed, or steamed. However, my favorite way…
35 Delicious Easter Recipe Ideas
We thought maybe you could use a little help finalizing your Easter menu. So, we have come up with 35 Easter recipe ideas that we think will bring something special and a little bit different to your family table on Easter Sunday. These recipe ideas include breakfast, appetizers, main courses, and desserts. There’s a little…
A Guide to Dry Rub Spice Blends
A guide to our best dry rub spice blends. Learn how to make and use them. Perfect for chicken, pork, beef, seafood, and veggies! Seasoning food with dry rubs and spice blends has been around for many years. However, since the ’90s, pre-seasoning meat has become very popular. Dry rubs add greater intensities of flavor,…
The Best Poultry Dry Rub Recipe
Poultry becomes irresistible when rubbed with this blend of warm spices. This poultry dry rub is a versatile recipe to use on chicken, turkey, or duck. This is the best poultry dry rub recipe! We use it on chicken, turkey, and duck. It’s perfect for grilling, frying, searing, baking, or roasting. This dry rub spice…
The Best Beef Dry Rub Recipe
There’s nothing better than a well-seasoned piece of beef. Use this beef dry rub for all of your beef recipes. It’s a game changer! This is our favorite beef dry rub recipe. We use this dry rub on anything beef! It’s perfect for grilling, frying, searing, baking, or roasting. This dry rub spice blend does…
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Melanoma It’s Not Just Skin Cancer
