Tender grilled sweet potatoes are the perfect sweet and smoky side dish to compliment your favorite cookout fare!
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
This creamy and cheesy scalloped potato recipe is peppered with salty bites of ham underneath a deliciously crisp crust.
Grilled Asparagus
This post is sponsored by Michelob Ultra but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. Tender stalks of perfectly grilled asparagus dotted with flame-kissed marks of char is certainly one of the most tantalizing cookout side dishes of all time. As a kid, I remember glaring suspiciously at these strange green stalks that my father…
Easy French Onion Mashed Potatoes
If you love French Onion dip you will love my French Onion Mashed Potatoes that are a breeze to whip up and require minimal ingredients! Yesterday was my birthday, and though it is only January, I am fairly confident it was one of the top three birthdays I’ll have all year. I spent the day cooking, went…
Maple and Bacon Roasted Squash with Pecans
Maple and Bacon Roasted Squash combines the sweetness of maple syrup with the deep smoky goodness of bacon to make this exceptionally satisfying side dish! I am the wold’s best gardener. It’s true. How do I know this? Well, I planted a crop of cucumbers and got squash. Next year I’m going to try turning…
BBQ Pasta Salad
As we roll into summer, it is time to get ready for potluck picnics! You know the ones: overcooked hamburgers being charred into prehistoric fossils as the randomly appointed grill master confidently presses every last ounce of juice out of the patty with a firm downward thrust from his spatula shaped scepter. Meanwhile, you gaze…
Hot Bean and Sausage Salad
A hot salad? A salad with sausage? Beans and sausage? You may scoff but this hot bean and sausage salad is not only a nice break from the mundane, it is actually delicious!
How to Make French Fries from Scratch
I have made my fair share of French fries from scratch. And you know what? This whole time I have been doing it wrong. If you have scoured the internet hoping to learn how to make French fries from scratch chances are you will come across a lot of websites preaching the traditional double fry…