Grilling a pineapple on your charcoal or gas grill is an easy way to add flavor to any salad, fruit platter, or delicious side dish for your summer cookouts. Find out how to grill pineapple in this super easy tutorial. How to Grill Pineapple I cannot stress how easy it is to grill fruit. Lots…
Dessert Recipes
Grilled Strawberry Sundaes with Chocolate Peanut Butter Sauce (dairy free and gluten free)
Strawberry Sundaes made with grilled strawberries and a melted chocolate peanut butter sauce. Grilling strawberries is super easy, and adds incredible flavor to your sundae. Can easily be made dairy-free and gluten free. This is the perfect sweet treat to make for your kids (or loved ones) this coming Valentine’s Day. My sweet 8-year old…
Grilled Blackberry Crostata (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)
An easy recipe for a blackberry (or mixed summer fruit) crostata that you can cook directly on the grill! And since our kids are now gluten free and dairy free we’ve taken our favorite summer grilled dessert, Grilled Blackberry Crostata, and made it GF and DF friendly! One of the first things we cooked up…
Valentine’s Day Recipes for your Smoker or Grill
Avoid the restaurants this year and dine in. Here are 10 ideas for Valentine’s Dinner you can cook on your Smoker or Grill. I used to be one of the many Valentine’s Day haters. You know the ones. Those who harp on the day for being an overly corporate holiday. Hater’s gonna hate. I…
Smoked Chocolate Pot de Crème (no bake)
Smoked cream adds an incredible smoky undertone to a classic Chocolate Pot de Crème. It’s silky, chocolaty, and absolutely indulgent. Check out the recipe and video tutorial for more. For the longest time the hubs would make me my favorite dessert, Pot de Crème, for special occasions (we now stick to one day a year…
Smoked Hazelnut Nutella (recipe and video)
Smoked hazelnuts add incredible flavor to homemade Nutella making a fantastic family friendly, yet smoky, treat! *Bonus: this makes an incredible gift for the holidays! I never intended to write a recipe for smoked hazelnut Nutella. But a few weeks ago I posted a photo, both on my Instagram stories, and on my personal Facebook…
Semi-Smoked Apple Crisp (for four)
Have you ever wondered if you could cook an apple crisp on an outdoor smoker or grill? Or better yet, if you could attain smoke flavor without owning a smoker? The answer to both of those questions, my friends, is yes, yes you can. Two weekends ago we made grand plans that involved taking the…
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Extra Virgin Olive Oil Chocolate Chip cookies are made with olive oil instead of butter, and taste rich and incredible. You won’t even know they’re butter-free! Chewy, chocolaty, indulgent, delicious, and entirely butter free. Oregon Olive Mill cookies (left), My version (right) These came out exactly how I remembered them the first (and second) time…
Smoked Strawberry Shortcake with Smoked Bacon Biscuits
We may have gone a bit over the top with this recipe for Smoked Strawberry Shortcake with Smoked Bacon Biscuits… and for very good reasons… Strawberry season is officially upon us, and opening day at my favorite organic U-pick farm was this past weekend. We couldn’t pass the opportunity to be among the first to…
