Salads for dinner are something that we have at our house at least twice a week. I know most people think salads can be a little boring, but I always make it my goal to make them hearty and full of flavor. Lately I have been obsessing over my cobb salad, and recently I have fallen in love again with my crispy baked buffalo chicken salad. This is a salad that I make anytime I get a craving for buffalo anything. It is a healthier meal idea that is super satisfying and can be made quickly any night of the week. This recipe for crispy baked buffalo chicken salad is one that will have you excited for salads at dinnertime over and over again.
This post is sponsored by Tony Chachere’s, but all opinions are 100% my own.
Summertime means lots of grilling is happening at my house for a couple of reasons. Number one, grilling means not having to turn on the oven or the stove on when its scorching outside, and number two, grilling makes clean up a breeze when you don’t have dishes to wash after the meal is done. Need I say more? I partnered with Tony Chachere’s to bring you a super simple, but out of this world tasty recipe that you are going to want to make all season long. Grilled sausages get sandwiched between a perfectly grilled bun and topped with a Cajun corn salsa to create the ultimate summer grilled sausage dog. I can guarantee that this recipe for grilled sausage dogs with Cajun corn salsa is going to make you do a happy dance with every single bite.
Popsicles and summertime are the perfect pair. I cannot remember a summertime memory that didn’t include lots of popsicles growing up. Warm summer days where we played outside all day and then came home to an ice cold popsicle with a few extra tan lines was just the best. We definitely did not grow up with homemade popsicles however, but did have a freezer stocked with the push up kind that come in plastic and about 100 to a pack (and I bet you did too!) And while I still to this day love those pops, I love making homemade popsicles as well. You wouldn’t believe how easy it is to make your own popsicles and honestly you can make them whatever flavor and ingredients that you prefer and have on hand. This recipe for vanilla cantaloupe popsicles has quickly become a new favorite around our house and couldn’t be any easier to make.
When it comes to making ice cream at home, I am a huge fan. I love that I get to control the ingredients and that there are so many possibilities for flavor combinations. I am typically a chocolate in my ice cream kind of girl, but I think this recipe made with blueberries might have just convinced me otherwise. I took everything I love about a blueberry crumble in the summertime and turned it into an ice cream that is out of this world. I added the slightest hint of lavender and it just pairs perfectly with the blueberries for a subtle background flavor and gets combined with little bites of crumble pieces that are spread throughout each bite of ice cream. The combination is truly amazing. This recipe for blueberry lavender crumble ice cream is going to quickly become a new favorite summer ice cream flavor, I can almost guarantee!
Lettuce wraps are one of those things that I love having almost weekly. There are so many possibilities for flavor combinations and I especially love using lettuce wraps with spicy food because of the crisp freshness that the lettuce gives the dish. While you are probably most familiar with Asian Chicken Lettuce wraps, I love using wraps in other recipes as well. Spicy Korean pork is one of those foods that has an undeniable flavor and is actually really easy to create at home too. These delicious grilled spicy Korean pork lettuce wraps are a great weeknight dinner option and will quickly become a favorite dish in your house.
Ice cream is quite possibly the one food I cannot live without. I am almost 100% sure I could survive on just ice cream alone if I had too. I seem to have an bottomless pit for a stomach when I am eating ice cream and honestly have been known to eat an entire pint in one sitting, no problem. And while I love the convenience of store bought ice cream, I am here to convince you that making your own ice cream at home is actually quite simple and definitely delicious. I have a super simple recipe for all of my ice cream bases that requires no egg tempering and is a no fail recipe for you, no matter your skill level in the kitchen. I love making homemade ice cream in the summertime and while there are endless possibilities for flavor combinations, there are a few ice creams that hold a special place in my heart, and one of those is cookies and cream. This recipe for classic cookies and cream ice cream is going to make all of your ice cream dreams come true.
