Gluten-Free

This homemade BBQ sauce is my all-time favorite BBQ sauce. Honestly. It has a balsamic vinegar base and it’s super tangy with just the right amount of sweetness from honey. It’s dark and rich and it makes me so happy. I’ve been making this sauce for years. It was originally part of my Easy Grilled …

Up until a few years ago I thought making clam chowder would be a pain. I never ate it unless I was in a restaurant. (Mmm. Chowder on both coasts is pretty fabulous.) When I watched my grandma make it I realized how easy it was to make homemade clam chowder. I like my grandma’s …

Friends. This Lentil Curry might be the only lentil recipe on my site. Wait, let me check… Yep. It is. I was never a huge fan of lentils until I had lentil curry once. There was something about that cozy, porridge-like texture that screamed comfort food for me. Not all lentils end up with that …

We eat a lot of cabbage slaw around here. Mostly the Southwest Cabbage Slaw that I posted years ago. (It’s still a family favorite!) I wanted to create another slaw that had a creamy dressing, but not heavy like a coleslaw. This one is DELICIOUS. I’ll show you how to make it (hint: dump and …

Do you like a good fish fry? And by fish fry, I mean shrimp, too. And some fries and some kind of dipping sauce. And those pickled red onions. All of it. This particular meal was inspired by our trip to Aruba last June. I was hoping to find something uniquely “Aruban”, but honestly, it’s …

Are you a fan of pickled red onions? I am. Completely. It’s one of those things that I love to eat when I eat out, but never made at home until recently — which is CRAZY because they’re ridiculously easy. OK, I lied. I did make them once. There was this pickled red onion recipe …

Is it just me or are cobblers kind of ugly? This berry cobbler is no exception. (Honestly, coconut sugar is partly to blame. It makes the topping darker and sort of dirty looking.) Luckily some really ugly dishes are actually REALLY tasty. And that’s the most important part, right? Let’s chat about how easy this …

If you haven’t used an Instant Pot to make potato salad, you’re in for a treat. My mom’s best friend made the BEST potato salad. And as far as I knew, she eyeballed everything without a recipe. It was infinitely better than store-bought potato salad which is often weirdly sweet and lacking salt. And boring. …