Can you grill green beans? The answer is yes. These easy Grilled Green Beans are topped with Grilled Lemon adding a great twist for any grilled side dish. I grew up on green bean casserole during the holidays. You know, made with canned green beans and a can of condensed mushroom soup. That heavy dish…
Side Dish Recipes
Smoked Sausage and Mushroom Risotto
Smoked Sausage Risotto combines smoked sausage and mushrooms for a creamy, meaty, hearty and comforting risotto recipe. This risotto recipe uses homemade smoked chicken stock giving it a rich mildly smoky undertone. This delicious meal also comes with wine pairings. A traditional mushroom risotto has just taken traditional risotto up about 100,000 notches by adding…
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…
Grilled Shishito Peppers With Lemon Yogurt Dipping Sauce
Summertime and peppers go hand in hand. Grilled Shishito Peppers are a great snack for a crowd. Blister over hot coals or a cast iron pan and add a cooling yogurt based dipping sauce and it’s the perfect appetizer bite. Walking through most farmers markets in mid to late summer shows a bounty of peppers….
Grilled Shrimp Cocktail with Sriracha Cocktail Sauce
Grilled Shrimp Cocktail features a Spicy Sriracha Cocktail Sauce that is easily adaptable. Perfect for cookouts, tailgating, parties, and holidays! Forget those store-bought ready-made shrimp cocktails. This one is jam packed with flavor, and super easy to make. You and your guests are gonna love this! Like many, I’m a sucker for shrimp cocktail. But…
Easy BBQ Baked Beans Recipe
Easy BBQ Baked Beans that are comforting, slightly sweet, mildly smoky, rich, meaty, and totally indulgent. Serve these beans at your next barbecue and they’re sure to be a hit! One of the very first recipes we served to our friends at the inauguration of our first smoker was BBQ Baked Beans. At the time…
Grilled Broccolini with Grilled Lemon and Parmesan
Grilled Broccolini is tender and delicious and grills fast and easy. Broccolini is so much better than broccoli on the grill and may just become your new go-to side dish for summer grill cookouts or holiday dinners! This easy recipe is hands down one of our family favorite side dishes. You’ll find it on our…
Grilled Peach Crostini with Mascarpone and Honey
Grilled Peach Crostini with Mascarpone and Honey is the perfect summer appetizer. Grilling peaches is a must during the summer months! Grilled peach wedges and baguette slices are grilled up, the bread is topped with some creamy mascarpone, layered with a grilled peach wedge, and topped with honey and a drizzle of aged balsamic and…
Roasted Garlic — How to roast garlic on The Grill!
A simple and delicious recipe and instructions on how to roast garlic on the grill. Roasted Garlic is incredibly delicious as an appetizer, served over a slice of toasted baguette, or incorporated into a dish like pasta, dips, pizzas, or mashed potatoes. Find out how easy it is to roast garlic directly on the grill!…
Grilled Pineapple Coleslaw with Citrus Vinaigrette
Coleslaw and barbecue are a match made in heaven. Adding fun ingredients to any slaw gives an easy way to switch up what can be a very basic dish. Grilling up a pineapple and adding it to a citrus dressed coleslaw is the perfect combination. But first things first… What Is Coleslaw Basic coleslaw is…
Grilled Pineapple
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…
Grilled Brussels Sprouts
Grilled Brussels Sprouts are bathed in a quick balsamic marinade before cooking on a hot grill for flavor and sear! This is the ultimate vegetable side dish for your grill! It’s also a fantastic dish to add to a holiday dinner for all you grilled food lovers out there (hi, nice to meet you!). Grilled…
Grilled and Glazed Carrots Recipe
Grilled Carrots finished with a Honey Brown Sugar Glaze are a fantastic side dish to any holiday or casual meal. These grilled and glazed carrots are sure to win your guests over (and your kids too!). If it wasn’t for me, my husband and kids would live on bread and grilled meat alone. I’m the…
Easy BBQ Sauce – Kansas City Style
Homemade BBQ sauce couldn’t be easier! This sweet and slightly spicy homemade BBQ sauce represents the flavors you would expect out of Kansas City. With a tomato base, molasses, and sugar, you get that classic flavor with a little bit of heat. Add to ribs, or a burger, this versatile and easy Kansas City BBQ…
Smoked Stuffed BBQ Meatballs
These smoked meatballs are stuffed with gooey mozzarella cheese, slowly smoked on the grill, and then finished with a BBQ sauce glaze. The ultimate game day food or appetizer for your next gathering. We don’t mess around with meatballs around here. I like to pack them with bold or unique flavors. Whether we’re going with…
Grilled Romaine Caesar Salad (recipe and video)
A simple and delicious Grilled Romaine Caesar Salad elevated with some smoky crispy pancetta (or bacon), grilled lemon, and grilled baguette slices to sub for croutons. This grilled romaine Caesar salad is the perfect side dish for your grilled meats or backyard BBQ and you’re gonna love it! I’m a huge fan of grilled salads….
Grilled Beet Salad with Rosé Infused Cranberries and Smoked Bacon
Beets are incredible cooked on the grill, and even better topped with rosé infused cranberries and smoked bacon. This Grilled Beet Salad will be your favorite salad all summer long (and through the holidays!). We’ve become super beet fans around here, especially when it comes to grilled beet salads. I’m all about the veggies in…
Smoked Pickled Onion Coleslaw
Not your average backyard cookout coleslaw. This mayo-free and allergy free coleslaw is made with smoked pickled onions and is fantastic loaded onto pulled pork or chicken sandwiches or as a great side dish for your next party. I’ve told you this before. I can’t stand mayo! I know I may be in the minority,…
Perfect Roasted Potatoes Every time!
Learn how to make the perfect restaurant quality Roasted Potatoes, and get them crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside, every single time! This fool proof method will be your go-to recipe for perfect roasted potatoes. There’s a question we get a lot here on the blog. “What’s the recipe you use for…
Spicy Mango Jalapeño BBQ Sauce (no sugar added)
This Mango BBQ Sauce gets a spicy kick from the jalapeño and is naturally sweetened with mango. There are no added sugars in this recipe, making it a great one for anyone on a low sugar, keto, or paleo diet! Eating a No-Sugar, Low-Sugar Diet Last year the hubs and I did a 10-day sugar…
Your First Smoked Turkey – Advice from the Pros and Joes
With Thanksgiving coming up, I’ve crowdsourced from pros, hobbyists, friends, and anyone who loves to do Thanksgiving outside for their best advice on smoking your first Thanksgiving Turkey. This is the information you need to be a Thanksgiving hero (or shero!) this year! I didn’t grow up on smoked turkeys. My mom would always cook…
Smoked Sausage, Caramelized Onion, and Cornbread Stuffing
Smoked Sausage Stuffing, is the ultimate holiday side dish! This Thanksgiving stuffing has savory smoked sausage, caramelized onions, and sweet cornbread, and is cooked directly on the smoker or grill freeing up your oven for other things! Did you know you can cook your Thanksgiving stuffing (or dressing, however you prefer to call it) directly…
Smoked Pork Belly Burnt Ends (recipe and video)
You’ve heard of brisket burnt ends — you know, those magical morsels of beef amazingness. But have you tried them with pork belly? These Pork Belly Burnt Ends are super tender, full of flavor and so easy to make. We’ve got the full recipe AND a video tutorial (viewed over 20 million times) for these incredible…
Grilled Romaine Lettuce with Tomatoes and Basil
Grilling romaine lettuce is easy to do and tastes incredible with some fresh tomatoes, basil, and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. Find out how to make perfect grilled romaine lettuce to use for an impressive, yet super easy, summer salad. We took the kiddos to their first official amusement park over spring break to Legoland….
