Recipes

The Big Green Egg is an iconic Kamado-style ceramic smoker that symbolizes culinary mastery, revolutionizing grilling, smoking, and baking. From succulent barbecued meats, including beef to bacon, to perfectly charred vegetables, from delectable seafood delights to mouthwatering desserts, let’s unlock the secrets to becoming a Big Green Egg Barbecue Guru with 25 of the best big green egg recipes. 1.   Grilled Asparagus Grilled asparagus is a vibrant springtime delicacy and making it in a big green egg makes it a healthy, standalone vegetable delight. Peeled and trimmed asparagus spears are tenderly grilled, imparting a subtle smokiness with hints of sweet...

Creamy, decadent, Homemade Banana Pudding features layers of from-scratch vanilla pudding, vanilla wafers, and bananas, all topped with sweet homemade whipped cream. This recipe is easier than you think – the hardest part is waiting for it to chill! This Might Just Be the South’s Favorite Treat! If you take a look at my dessert recipes, you’ll find quite a few different spins on classic banana pudding, from Banana Pudding Cheesecake to Banana Pudding Bars to Banana Pudding Lasagna. There’s nothing quite like the combination of sweet sliced bananas with cookies and vanilla pudding. And in the South, banana pudding...

Here’s a look at our groceries and meals from the first part of May 2023 for our big family! Everything feels a little bit EXTRA right now. We just finalized the adoption of our four girls. Elias and our daughter-in-law, Kelsey, just graduated from college. Malachi graduated from high school. And oh yeah, we’re moving. I adore this recent photo of Malachi with our youngest babe. It is so significant that Malachi used to be the youngest and as of his graduation last weekend, we would have been empty nesters. But here he is now, the oldest of 8 at...

As the motors of the kitchen, ovens surely see the most action. This means they also require the most TLC. You don’t have to be a seasoned host of holiday gatherings to know that if there’s any cooking happening, it’s taking place on the stovetops or the racks of your oven range. Yet, the excitement of cheese melting on lasagna or cookie dough rising into buttery goodness also means that the oven will soon be a greasy mess. Give your oven the attention it so rightfully deserves through these cleaning strategies. They are gentle on appliances but unforgiving on grease,...

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links. Click here to read my affiliate disclosure. It doesn’t get much more simple for dinner than this 5 Ingredient Tortellini & Vodka Sauce. That’s right, it’s just 5 ingredients and a few minutes of cooking until this meal in a bowl is ready to go for the family. You can easily swap some of the ingredients out to make this dinner into your own thing. Even changing the sauce would make the dish completely different from what I have here.I went with a fully cooked...