The best homemade garlic butter is simple to make! It has just 4 ingredients and is perfect for everything from potatoes, meat, and veggies to my favorite — garlic bread. Garlic bread and garlic butter are some of my favorite things! I make my own compound butter that I use for pork chops and steaks, …
Sauces and Condiments
If you love eating at Rafferty’s then you are going to flip when I tell you that I have figured out how to make Rafferty’s Hot Bacon Dressing! For more restaurant favorites, visit Best Copycat Recipes. Rafferty’s has always been mine and Stephen’s date night restaurant. It is a little on the pricey side, so …
This easy homemade spaghetti sauce with fresh tomatoes is one of the best sauces I have ever made. Perfect for using up all those tomatoes from your garden for tomato season! Check out my list of Easy Tomato Recipes for more inspiration, or try this tool for cooking with leftovers to get quick meal inspiration …
Making a delicious Pico de Gallo to on top of dishes like tacos, burritos, and grilled chicken is simple and easy. This condiment will soon become your very favorite. If you go to a Mexican restaurant, the best side item you can get besides a side of Restaurant Style Mexican Cheese Dip is Pico de …
Classic Basil Pesto is such an easy sauce to make and is so versatile. It’s fantastic tossed with pasta, or my favorite — on gnocchi! Making your own homemade pesto is so much better than store-bought and super easy to make. What Is Classic Basil Pesto Sauce? Pesto is a beautiful, bright green sauce that …
This easy homemade hoisin sauce recipe uses common pantry ingredients. I love the sweet and salty flavor and the best part is you can make it as spicy as you want it. One of the most popular recipes on my blog that uses hoisin sauce is Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles. One of the things that …
Cranberry Mayonnaise is so simple to make and will light up those Thanksgiving leftovers. Here’s how to take your regular mayo up a notch. If you love all things cranberry, be sure and check out my growing list of Easy Cranberry Recipes. This time of year, my refrigerator is FULL of Thanksgiving leftovers. In fact, the …
This is the best turkey gravy recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey using pan drippings! So rich, so smooth, and so easy! Thanksgiving is almost here, and like me, I am sure you have your Perfectly Roasted Turkey in mind. The best Parker House yeast rolls have been planned. But none of that will be worth …
You are going to flip over this delicious Alabama white sauce. It is a famous sauce that is full of amazing tangy and creamy flavors. You will be craving this sauce more than you will regular bbq sauce. I love a good tangy sauce to dip my chicken in. When I make BBQ at home, …
This Easy Buffalo Sauce is perfect for your next wing adventure! I love making my own homemade sauces and condiments. To me, they taste better than what you find at the store. Not only that, but you can also kick it up or tone it down however you want. My most recent recipe for a …
I have tried different homemade versions of homemade taco seasoning mix, but none of them tasted “just right”. I couldn’t figure out what it was that was making them taste so bland. But no worries! I kept playing around with it and now I created one that is perfect for just about any protein you …
Watermelon jelly sounds weird and ridiculous right? Let me tell you that this jelly has become a hit among my family and friends. If you are looking for a new flavor jelly to try, then you might like this watermelon jelly. This jelly recipe has a nice light melon flavor and will be perfect for …
Planning a sushi night at home? You are going to need some delicious dipping sauces for sushi — and this list will fit any craving you might be having. We love making sushi at home. We taught ourselves a few years ago how to make our favorite Tempura Fried Sushi Roll and I serve it …
Knowing how to make pumpkin pie spice mix at home will have you falling in love with this flavorful blend. You will never buy store-bought again after this! I cannot tell you how long I have been buying those small containers of pumpkin pie spice from the store. If you have ever bought them, then …
If you love Alfredo sauce as much as I do, then you will not want to miss this roundup of some of the best Alfredo Dishes on the internet. Of course, we have to start with my amazing Grilled Steak Alfredo — tender cuts of steak, your favorite pasta noodle, and my homemade Alfredo sauce. …
This green goddess dressing is the perfect combination of healthy and delicious that you will find. The tang from the Greek yogurt and lime juice pair well with all the veggies and herbs that give this dressing its beautiful green color. The other night, we went on the first date night we have had in …
Impress your friends and family by whipping up this Homemade Everything Bagel Seasoning Mix! Y’all — I have a love obsession lately with a certain seasoning mix — that delectable Everything Bagel Seasoning Mix. Since I make a lot of seasoning mixes homemade, I decided to try my hand at this one and I must …
If you have ever been to eat Japanese, or Thai food or been to the Cheesecake Factory, then you have had that delicious Yum Yum Sauce. Today, I am sharing my version of it and how you can serve it on your favorite cuts of meat too! For more restaurant favorites, visit Best Copycat Recipes. …
These spiced nuts will be one of your favorite snacks. I love adding them on top of a salad for extra crunch. A few years ago, I went to Chick-Fil-A and got one of their delicious new summer salads. On top of this salad were these pecans that were covered in a spicy glaze and …
I love making homemade dressings for salads and marinades. If you look around the website, you will find SO many delicious recipes. Some of the most popular dressing recipes on my site are my Rafferty’s Hot Bacon Dressing or my Olive Garden Salad Dressing. I started experimenting a few years ago because I just did …
This is the easiest pantry staple you will ever make. This homemade buttermilk is the perfect staple you need in a crunch when you don’t have buttermilk on hand. For a while now, I have been learning about making things from scratch. So far, I have mastered making homemade breakfast biscuits, honey what bread, desserts, …
Want to bump up those delicious steak and chicken dinners? This easy chimichurri sauce is perfect for that! My herb garden has exploded in the last month! I have been cutting back and sharing with friends and family and I still have a ton of herbs. Because of so many growing right now, I am …
This easy homemade poppyseed dressing will become your new favorite dressing for all your summer salads. Ever since I learned that I can make my own homemade dressings at home, I never buy store bought anymore. One of my most popular dressing recipes is my homemade ranch dressing and my copycat Rafferty’s Hot Bacon Dressing. …
Here is another great recipe in our pantry staple series for making your own Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk. It is super simple and tastes even better than the canned version! I used condensed milk in many recipes and it can get very expensive if you use much of it. Here is a homemade version that …
This series of homemade pantry staples is something that has been near and dear to my heart for ages. I love sharing how to make homemade pantry staples like this one for homemade brown sugar using 2 simple ingredients. Back in 2008 when money was extremely tight for our family, I set out on a …
I am so excited to share this tutorial with you on how to make your own ricotta cheese. I love finding ways to create things from home that cut the cost in the grocery store. This is SO simple and takes less than 30 minutes to make. Seriously — just 3 simple ingredients is all …
Missing your favorite coffee shop coffees right now? I have tons of recipes including this new one for Dark Chocolate Sauce that can be used in all your iced coffees and hot lattes. Ever since we have been stuck in the house, I have really been missing my local coffee dates with my friends and …
No need to buy lemon curd in the jar from the stores. It is super simple to make and today I am going to break it down for you and show you how to make homemade lemon curd. We love making lemon curd! We use it in so many delicious recipes — and I even …
Nothing makes a meat taste any better than my homemade Emeril Essence seasoning mix. It is super easy to make and really helps “kick it up a notch” when it comes to adding a little “BAM” to your favorite recipes. You can use this seasoning mix on any kind of meat you want and it …
This recipe for Easy Crockpot Chicken Bone Broth will make all your soups and stews taste amazing. Over the course of the last year, I have been working hard at learning how to make my own healthy versions of boxed food I buy at the store. One of those things in chicken bone broth. It …