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Smoky Sloppy Joes, A Grilled Tribute To Lunch Ladies Everywhere

sloppy joe's bar in havana cuba.

The sloppy joe gets a delicious makeover in this tested recipe for a smoky sloppy joe. By starting the meat on the grill, this classic sandwich takes on a deep smoky flavor. Taking it one step further, the recipe is amplified by sautéing the meat and vegetables in bacon fat then blending with bacon and BBQ sauce.

The Best Romesco Sauce You’ve Ever Tasted

romesco sauce

Romesco sauce is a classic dipping and finishing sauce from Spain made with sweet red peppers, nuts, and olive oil. This flavorful romesco sauce recipe is so versatile that it can be used on countless dishes including grilled broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, chicken, beef, fish, and even snails.

Cascabel Mole Recipe Inspired by Chef Rick Bayless

cascabel play by Rick Bayless

Packed full of rich flavors, this recipe for Mexican mole sauce can be spooned over foods or even used as a simmering sauce. While there are countless variations of mole sauce containing a variety of chiles, nuts, and other ingredients, this is a well rounded version that is sure to become one of your go-to sauces.

Grilled Peaches And Cream With Rum, A Delicious End To Any Cookout

Four grilled peach halves on a grill grate as an example of summer grilling.

Peaches and cream, a classic summer treat and a combo as natural as peanut butter and jelly, are taken to new levels with a touch of grilling char and smoke. Peaches are halved and grilled until soft and smoky before being chopped and served with ice cream and a drizzle of mouthwatering rum, maple, and vanilla sauce.

Drunken Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Cranberry sauce with turkey and grilled sweet potato slices.

This sweet and savory cranberry sauce recipe will have you kicking the canned stuff to the curb. Port and balsamic vinegar add an unexpected depth of flavor to this traditional holiday side dish. And most of the alcohol evaporates in the cooking, so you can serve it to the kids.

Homemade Italian Sausage: A Surefire Grilling Hit

Grilled Italian sausage

Italian sausage has never tasted better than when it is freshly made by hand. This homemade Italian sausage recipe features coarsely ground pork sausage in natural pork casing, with a distinctive flavor from fennel seed and other herbs and spices. Try it on pizza, in sandwiches, in pasta sauce, and so much more.

The Hot Dog Recipe Of My Dreams

Man holding a hot dog

This is the ultimate hot dog, made with a special mustard sauce, fresh onions, caramelized onions, and Japanese pickled ginger. You’re sure to get rave reviews from guests!

Steak Sauce Recipe

brigit binns

Say so long to the thick brown steak sauce found at your local grocer and hello to a more flavorful homemade version. Created by cookbook author Brigit Binns, this is the real deal, providing a far deeper, richer, more complex, and bright alternative to A-1 and others. Try it on burgers, meatloaf, and so much more.

Grilled Eggplant Caponata Recipe

Eggplant caponata in a bowl and on a piece of tasted bread.

Grilling the ingredients adds a layer of complexity to caponata, a traditional eggplant based recipe that is especially popular in southern Italy. Grilled caponata is perfect as a sandwich; as an appetizer on crusty bread; as a sauce for grilled seafood, pork chops, or chicken; in pasta; and even on pizza.

The Ultimate Apple Butter BBQ Sauce

ribs with apple butter bbq sauce

Take your smoked ribs over the top with this recipe for apple butter enhanced Kansas City-style BBQ sauce. This apple butter BBQ sauce would have Adam eating out of Eve’s palm, and sucking on her sauce soaked fingers. Yes, it has lumps. Strain it if you must but it’s best as is.

Big Bob Gibson’s Bama Birds With White BBQ Sauce Recipe

A jar of Alabama white BBQ sauce and a platter of grilled chicken brushed with the sauce.

Packed full of flavor, this recipe for Alabama white BBQ sauce is the perfect addition to grilled and smoked chicken. Adapted from the original white BBQ sauce that was created by famed Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Que in Decatur, Alabama, this isn’t your ordinary sticky sweet BBQ sauce as it relies on mayonnaise and vinegar.

Pesto Potato Salad Recipe

Pesto potato salad on a plate.

It’s time to rethink serving ordinary potato salad as a side dish at your next BBQ and grilling cookout thanks to this delicious recipe for pesto potatoes. Pesto is a savory pasty green sauce that traditionally includes basil leaves, olive oil, plenty of garlic, pine nuts or walnuts, and parmesan cheese.

Stuffed Italian Sausage Smoke Bomb: The Ultimate Meatloaf Recipe

sausage meat loaf

Here’s a recipe for a killer meatloaf made with Italian sausage, wrapped in bacon, and stuffed with peppers, cheese, and onion. A deconstructed and amped up version of the classic sausage and peppers sandwich, this amped up meatloaf is similar to the popular Bacon Explosion and great on its own, as a sandwich, or served on pasta and topped with marinara sauce.