sauces

Homemade Zesty Italian Dressing

May 16, 2013

There are so many recipes out there that utilize Italian Dressing. You can marinate your chicken in it, toss veggies in it and roast or grill them and so much more.  Well, I thought I would make my own at home instead of buying the bottled stuff.  This tasted so much like the store bought [...]

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Sweet Carolina BBQ Sauce

May 9, 2013

BBQ is one of my favorite things to eat or order at a restaurant.  I especially love the sweet yet spicy sauces, so I knew I wanted to try and make one from scratch at home.  You will not believe how easy it is to make BBQ sauce! Just throw everything in the pot, bring [...]

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Cranberry & Pear Relish

November 20, 2012

Need a last minute addition to your Thanksgiving table? This is a great addition and so much better than the cranberry sauce out of a can.  Which if you can believe it, my husband is absolutely in love with the canned, he says it’s his favorite part of Thanksgiving! I’ve tried and tried to break [...]

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Homemade Caramel Sauce

June 7, 2012

So last week I promised you this recipe for the homemade caramel that I used on the butterfinger cake, so here it is! This sauce is seriously amazing! It’s sweet and gooey and I kept going back for little tastes (with a clean spoon of course)! I could hardly stay out of this stuff.  This [...]

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Homemade Chocolate Syrup

May 31, 2012

So last week I shared with you my favorite Chocolate Butterfinger Cake that was made extra special because I made my own chocolate syrup.  There have been many times when having some frozen yogurt or chocolate chip pancakes or making a milkshake where I have thought to myself, “I wish I had some chocolate syrup [...]

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Outback Steakhouse Ranch Dressing

March 13, 2012

Adam & I love to eat at Outback.  Well, most of the time we get it to go and bring it home to eat, but still we love it.  My favorite is their Filet Foccacia sandwich with sweet potato fries, which I dip in Honey Mustard.  So delicious! We also especially love their salad and [...]

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Pizza Focaccia Bread

September 29, 2011

 Ever been to Sweet Tomatoes? If not, it’s got a yummy salad bar with equally delicious soups, not to mention they have amazing fresh baked muffins.  They also have this pizza bread they serve that we absolutely love.  It’s pizza sauce & cheese atop of focaccia bread and it’s fabulous.  I also saw where Buddy [...]

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White Barbecue Sauce

July 7, 2011

Adam’s uncle owns a barbecue restaurant in Alabama that is phenomenal. They actually even catered our rehearsal dinner. This was where I first tried white barbecue sauce and it was so creamy and tasty! My mom absolutely loves it so I knew I wanted to make some for her sometime. Adam’s uncle’s recipes are top [...]

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Coconut Shrimp with Pineapple Cilantro Dip

April 27, 2011

I’m fully ready for summer and the pool! Can’t wait for this warm weather to be consistent. This shrimp screams summer and it was super easy to pull together too. I just realized the coconut was supposed to be toasted-haha…it was in the ingredients that way but not the directions, so I missed it! I’ve [...]

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Carrabba’s Bread Dipping Spices

April 12, 2011

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I was off of work last Friday so I decided to take advantage and make a romantic dinner to be ready when Adam got home from work (it is VERY rare that I have dinner waiting for him)! We had a great pasta dish, which I’ll be sharing later [...]

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