Grilled Filet Mignon with Mushroom Brown Butter Sauce is a fantastic steak recipe for a special occasion or holiday meal. Filet Mignon is incredibly tender with a buttery flavor, and when topped with a decadent brown butter mushroom sauce, your mouth will water for days! What is Filet Mignon – The Cut If you want…
Entrée Recipes
Wild Mushroom Soup with Sherry and Thyme
A hearty Wild Mushroom Soup is the ultimate comfort food in our house. This recipe calls for both dried wild mushrooms soaked in sherry, and cremini mushrooms for a delicious, savory, earthy soup. This soup was also adapted from our very first cooking class we ever took, and in some ways launched our food and…
Smoked Turkey Chili with Serrano Peppers
This turkey chili is a whole new level of awesomeness. Add a kiss of smoke flavor by smoking the ground turkey, add the bright and slight heat from serrano peppers and impress everyone with this indulgent Smoked Turkey Chili. It’s no secret that turkey can be a bit bland. And when Sean and I first…
Smoked Sloppy Joes
Add a touch of smoke flavor to your Sloppy Joe recipe. Cook ground beef on a smoker or kettle grill with wood chunks to wow your guests and take your Sloppy Joe recipe to the next level. To really blow peoples minds, we add wine to richen to the sauce mix. Yep. Wine. The thought…
Grilled Acorn Squash Salad
Grilled Acorn Squash Salad is the perfect side dish or hearty main dish for your fall entertaining or family dinners. Grilling acorn squash is super easy, and adds incredible flavor to this easy salad! Roasting isn’t the only way to cook acorn squash. Grilling is just as easy, and adds great flavor to this autumn…
Steak Skewers with Jalapeño Parsley Chimichurri
Teres Major soaked in a savory beer and rosemary marinade, then grilled to perfection, and topped with a flavorful jalapeño chimichurri sauce. These Steak Skewers are incredible for grilling with friends, tailgating, camping or dinner with your family! When we’re hosting a large crowd, for appetizers, or for a main meal, steak skewers are a…
Grilled Picanha Steak with Mushroom Cream Sauce
Often referred to as one of the butcher cuts, this top sirloin cap, or Picanha, is a tender and flavorful cut of beef. We add to the beefy flavor of this steak and top it with a savory mushroom cream sauce. Often seen on skewers over a rotisserie flame, our take on the Picanha is…
Cowboy Ribeye Steaks with Coffee Ancho Dry Rub
These Cowboy Ribeye Steaks, or in this case thick cut bone-in Ribeye steaks, are packed with incredible flavor and great for feeding a crowd. Find out how to cook this impressive looking steak perfect every time to truly wow your guests! This post contains affiliate links, which means if you click on products, we may…
Easy Pulled BBQ Chicken Sliders — And how to smoke chicken!
Pulled chicken is one of the easiest ways to smoke and serve chicken for a crowd. Smoke a whole chicken (or a chicken cut up into quarters) and then finished as sliders is the ultimate Easy Pulled BBQ Chicken dish. We love preaching all things chicken. It tends to be an under-appreciated meat. Like a…
Buffalo Stuffed Chicken Breast on the Grill
These Buffalo Stuffed Grilled Chicken Breasts have all of the intoxicatingly delicious flavors of Buffalo wings, but without any guilt! In this recipe we’re stuffing boneless skinless chicken breasts with the amazing flavors you find at your favorite wing joint, then cook them on the grill to perfection. Yes, grilled stuffed chicken breast doused in…
Reverse Sear Method — The Best Way to Cook a Steak!
Reverse Sear is simply THE BEST way to cook a steak, both low and slow and hot and fast to get the perfect balance of tenderness and flavor crust. This detailed guide walks through the various styles of reverse sear techniques from the smoker and grill, to the oven. Post Highlights: Definition of Reverse Sear…
Tomahawk Pork Chops – Reverse Seared
You may have cooked pork chops, but these pork tomahawk steaks are just as dramatic and delicious as their beef counterparts. Pork tomahawk chops are incredibly tender, and make for a great dish to serve at a dinner party. Sometimes when we have friends over, it’s fun to have a great visual reaction to the…
Grilled Pork Collar With Citrus Marinade
If you love pork and you haven’t heard of pork collar, you need to seek it out. Pork collar is a tender cut of well marbled pork with amazing flavor. Perfect for a marinade and roasted on the grill. What is Pork Collar? Pork Collar is a muscle that runs from the jowl of the…
Grilled Bavette Steak with Whiskey Peppercorn Sauce
The bavette steak is the greatest steak you need to know about. Tender like skirt steak, and full of flavor, this Grilled Bavette Steak with a decadent Whiskey Peppercorn Sauce will be your go to option for tender and flavorful steak. What Cut of Meat is Bavette Steak? Bavette steak, or flap steak, comes from…
Easy Tomato Galette (made with puff pastry)
Our Tomato Galette Recipe is a great way to use fresh summer tomatoes! This galette recipe is super easy by using a store bought puff pastry, and cooked directly ON THE GRILL! No need to heat up the house with your oven. Nothing. I repeat. Nothing beats the flavor of fresh summer tomatoes when they’re…
Grilled Shrimp with Garlic White Wine Butter Sauce
Grilled Shrimp with Garlic White Wine Butter Sauce is quick and easy and can be made on the grill or adapted for the stove top. Shrimp is a regular thing in our family. The hubby is usually craving beef, and I’m often in need of a beef break (yes, that’s a thing). Seafood, or specifically…
Smoked Beef Tenderloin – Reverse Seared
Beef Tenderloin is incredible cooked on the smoker. We’re using the reverse sear method to create an incredible smoky flavor, then finishing it over a hot grill for that perfect sear, and then slicing it into medallions to serve. This post is sponsored by Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. on behalf of the Beef Checkoff….
Smoked Beef Plate Ribs Recipe
Smoked Beef Ribs are the ultimate treat for beef lovers. Slowly smoked, these giant ribs are rich, tender, and melt in your mouth like butter! For this recipe we’re using Plate Short Ribs, because it’s my all time favorite cut of beef. Find out why. Short ribs are my favorite cut of beef of all…
Apricot Glazed Grilled Chicken Recipe
Apricot Glazed Grilled Chicken is quick, easy, and oh so delicious. Add lime for a citrus pop and fresh diced jalapeño and you have a lip smacking dish for your next grill night. We can’t get enough grilled chicken recipes around here. It’s a weekly staple, and our kids love this healthy protein! This version spends a…
Grilled Chicken – How to Grill Perfect Chicken Every Time!
This easy grilled chicken comes out perfect every time! Follow these simple steps to get great flavor, crispy skin, and juicy texture for the best grilled chicken! Stop overcooking chicken and learn the tips and tricks that pros use! Grilled chicken can be a little intimidating for people. Too often people are afraid of under-cooking chicken,…
Pulled Pork Sliders with Grilled Pineapple Coleslaw
This recipe for sweet and savory Smoked Pulled Pork Sliders is a take on Asian-meets-Hawaiian flavors with a dry rub of Chinese five spice, dry ginger, and brown sugar, topped with a soy based glaze and a bright pineapple citrus coleslaw. These pulled pork sliders pair perfectly with one of our favorite white wines – dry riesling….
The Best Recipes for Leftover Brisket
We’ve got you covered on the best uses for leftover brisket! From brisket nachos to brisket empanadas, we’ve tried it all and compiled this list of all the ways you can used brisket in a new and fresh recipe. Okay okay, so before you make any jokes — “Who the heck ever has leftover…
Beef Enchiladas — Made with Smoked Brisket
Beef Brisket Enchiladas are the ultimate use for leftover brisket for any Mexican food lover! These beef enchiladas are made with smoked brisket, but you can sub almost any cut of beef for these indulgent enchiladas. When my mom and hubby are both in town, deciding what’s for dinner often becomes a competition. Hubby, of…
The Ultimate Brisket Burnt Ends – with American Wagyu Beef
Beef Brisket Burnt Ends are one of the ultimate treats in BBQ and a true reward for your hours of hard work in low and slow cooking. We are teaming up with Mishima Reserve to bring you an amazing cut of American Wagyu brisket and our favorite meat candy, beef burnt ends! This post is sponsored…
