Jazz up Grilled Chicken with a sweet and spicy Cranberry Chipotle Citrus Glaze. This chicken is sweet, spicy, tangy, and a perfect match for a bottle of Beaujolais! We’re always looking for new and exciting ways to jazz up chicken around here, especially when it comes to finding something to pair with a specific bottle…
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Bourbon Brined Smoked Turkey — Ultimate Thanksgiving Turkey
We’re finally sharing the secrets to the Ultimate Smoked Turkey for your Thanksgiving Dinner. This smoked turkey is jam packed with mega flavor, from a bourbon citrus brine, to an herbed butter, to a dry rub, This is the juiciest and most flavorful turkey that will have your guests going back for seconds… and maybe…
How to Smoke a Whole Chicken on a Pellet Grill (Recipe)
A step by step guide to smoking a whole roaster chicken on a pellet grill/smoker. Smoked Whole Chicken is one of the most common things we cook on our smokers, and you’ll see just how easy it is to do on your smoker or grill. Our collection of grills and smokers are like our kids,…
Dry Brined Smoked Chicken with a Carolina Glaze
This Dry Brined Smoked Chicken is slowly smoked then finished with a Carolina style BBQ sauce glaze. If you’re looking for your next favorite chicken recipe then you’ve gotta try this! I don’t know about you, but I feel like chicken never gets enough barbecue love. At least that’s what life is like around here…
Chipotle Honey Grilled Chicken — Great for Tacos
Chipotle Honey Grilled Chicken is a fantastic and versatile chicken dish that is amazing on anything from tacos to a light salad. This post was sponsored by Albertsons. As always all opinions, statements, and recipes are my own. I’ve been on a huge chipotle kick lately, and no I’m not talking about the restaurant. I’m…
Grilled Chicken with Ancho Chilies and Prunes
Before you say, “Whaaaaaa the? Prunes and chicken??” Just take a deep breath and trust me. The combination of grill roasted rich prunes and earthy ancho chilies mixed with grilled chicken is a winning combination! So, there’s an awesome group of wine bloggers I’m friends with and we get together (virtually) a couple times a…
Turkey Burgers with Bacon Paste – Jazzing up Turkey Burgers
How to add incredible flavor to boring turkey burgers. Turkey burgers can tend to come out dry and flavorless. Adding bacon paste to ground turkey adds not only flavor but great moisture lacking in most turkey burgers. I’ll be the first to admit, when I transitioned from a vegetarian back into a meat eater it…
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…
Simplified Smoked Salsa Verde Chicken Soup
A quick, easy, soul-soothing, cold-calming, delicious Smoked Salsa Verde Chicken Soup for when you’re not feeling well. And three ways to prepare in advance of cold season. This post was sponsored by Albertsons. As always all opinions, statements, and recipes are my own. I have bad news, friends. Cold Season is here! Have I ever…
Grilled Buffalo Chicken Jalapeño Poppers
I have five glorious words for you today. Grilled Buffalo Chicken Jalapeño Poppers. It’s like chicken wings and jalapeño poppers got married and had a beautiful baby and named it Grilled Buffalo Chicken Jalapeño Poppers. In all seriousness though (can we even talk seriously when it comes to these little bites of happiness), they really are an incredible…
Grilled Chicken with Blackberry BBQ Sauce — Recipe and video on AM Northwest
When my two favorite seasons – Grilling Season and Berry Season – combine you get grilled chicken with a berry makeover. We joined AM Northwest to cook up our new recipe for Grilled Chicken with Blackberry BBQ Sauce and it was awesome! Berry season is a universal favorite in my household. We take the kids…
Smoked Buffalo Chicken Wings (the VIDEO!)
We did it. We finally made a video of one of the most popular recipes here on Vindulge. Smoked Buffalo Chicken Wings. One of the challenges of smoking wings is that you’re cooking them at a low temperature, and that’s not conducive to achieving crispy skin (something that’s pretty darn necessary in chicken wings). You get great flavor,…
Smoked Coq au Vin — and wines to pair
How to add smoked flavor to a traditional Coq au Vin. After several requests from the photo I posted on Instagram of our Christmas dinner I decided to share some insight… It was just the four of us for Christmas this year. No family. No traveling. Just us. Typically we go big and smoke a prime…
Last Minute 4th of July Recipe Ideas for your Smoker or Grill
Have you figured out what you’re cooking up for your 4th of July BBQ yet? This holiday is one of my absolute favorites. I feel so strongly about this weekend that it’s one that we block out each year and dedicate it strictly to family and friends. That means we go all out, and our…
Grilled Chicken Thighs for a Crowd — New article on Wine4.Me
Let the countdown begin. T-minus 7 days until the 4th of July. That means grills and smokers will be fired up throughout the country with hungry feasters waiting to get their BBQ on. Over on Wine4.Me this weekend I shared one of my favorite (and super easy) recipes fit for a crowd and perfect for…
Smoked Chicken Tacos — and feeding a crowd for Cinco de Mayo
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! I know I know I know, the last thing you probably need right now is ANOTHER blog post filled with Cinco de Mayo ideas. Or maybe I’m wrong? Maybe you woke up this morning and it finally dawned on your that today is the day, and you feel like being a…
BBQ Chicken Pizza and Friday Wine!
It’s Friiiiiiiiidaaaay!!! Around here that usually means two things: Bubbles and Pizza Night (and by bubbles I mean sparkling wine, and by Pizza Night I mean we eat pizza nearly every single Friday night). Actually I lied, if the weather is warm it means three things — “Friday Night Lights” with our neighbors, which has…
Glazed BBQ Chicken
Let’s talk about chicken for a moment. We have become huge fans of chicken on the smoker. Though it hasn’t always been the case. Sean, for example, was never much of a chicken fan until I forced him to eat it over and over because one cannot live off beef alone. True story. Now I…
Smoked Chipotle Chicken Fajitas… and the Many Magical Wonders of a Garlic Chipotle Marinade
If you’ve followed along here for awhile then you probably already know that several of my mom’s recipes have made appearances on this blog, like her green chili turkey, red chile enchilada sauce, or her famous blender salsa to name a few. One of the very first times I ever featured one of her recipes was…
Collard Greens with (homemade) Smoked Turkey Leg
Probably the most exciting thing to ever happened to collard greens. First things first. Things are going to be pretty quiet around here this week. I’m in Hood River, OR, all week as one of the judges for the Cascadia Wine Competition – one of the biggest northwest wine competitions around. It’s been a fun…
Turkey Meatballs with Bacon Paste — How to add incredible flavor to a basic turkey meatball
Do you know the secret to adding incredible flavor to turkey meatballs? You might if you follow this blog. Because were HUGE fans of this little secret that we use to jazz up both meatballs and burgers. It’s the secret to making juicy, tender, and jam-packed-flavor-filled meatballs. BACON Now I’m not talking about crispy cooked…
12 Super Bowl Recipes on the Smoker or Grill
We’re down to the last few days before the big day. Have you planned your menu yet? Here are 12 awesome game day recipes that can be cooked on your smoker or grill. I promise this will be my last Super Bowl related post this year! I just can’t contain myself right now. So much…
Smoked Turkey and Bourbon Gravy
Did you know you can make smoked turkey gravy for Thanksgiving without a smoker? The first time we cooked Thanksgiving dinner outdoors we assumed our gravy would be made in a traditional method, indoors – by using turkey drippings. Only we quickly realized that smoking it on the outdoor grill doesn’t yield the same amount of drippings, leaving…
Recipe for Turkey Chili on Wine4.Me — It’s chili season!
“It’s definitely that time of year. Fall flavors, comfort food, and anything that pairs with football, like this turkey chili recipe. Now I’m not the world’s biggest football fan (shhh, don’t tell my friends!), but I sure am happy to attend any kind of gathering or party where fun festive food is at the centerpiece…
