Foodie Friday: Grilled Chicken 10 Ways

If you are like me, your grilling menu might need a little resuscitation by now. In our home chicken always pleases. It's easy, and almost everyone loves it, but it can get a bit ho-hum. So I have found some creative ways to grill chicken that are anything but boring. Think bacon, bourbon, peaches, pesto and more. Enjoy!

Whole Grilled Chicken With Grilled Peaches & Basil Vinaigrette

Starting off with a recipe for "Mr. Shop This," who loves a whole chicken. The peaches caramelize so nicely on the grill, and make a yummy summer side. It's an easy recipe that everyone will love.

Half Baked Harvest

The Best Grilled Chicken

If someone has the nerve to name a recipe "The Best," it better be good! And this one looks like perfection. It's all about the marinade, fresh herbs, and grilled lemons. 

Feasting at Home

Smoky Grilled Chicken Nachos With Chipotle Ranch

Yes these are made on the grill! You just need several layers of foil to build the nachos. You can grill the chicken yourself or use store bough rotisserie chicken. How easy is that? A fun appetizer for company, or a snacky dinner when you aren't that hungry.

How Sweet Eats

Seriously Good Sweet Potato Cheddar Barbecue Chicken Burgers

I love a good burger, but honestly, I have had my fill lately. This recipe would be a nice change up to the dinner repertoire.  The chicken, shredded sweet potato and barbecue sauce are all mixed up in a bowl, like a meatball. Sounds easy and delicious.

Ambitious Kitchen

Summer Chipotle Chicken Cobb Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

My favorite way to eat chicken is in a salad. What a salad this recipe makes! It is your classic Cobb salad kicked up a thousand notches. It's crunchy, sweet, salty, and spicy at the same time.  And there are strawberries tossed in. How yummy!

Pinch of Yum

The Best Grilled Buffalo Wings You'll  Ever Make

Not ever having tasted a chicken wing, let alone make any, I thought twice about adding this recipe to the mix. But all of a sudden, Ms. Shop This has been craving them, and I like to please on her visits home. This recipe just calls for 3 key ingredients, making them easier than take out!

Plays Well With Butter

Grilled Chicken Caprese
This recipe simply bursts with the flavors of summer! It can be made in only 30 minutes. With melting fresh mozzarella, it is a must make while tomatoes are so plentiful and good.
Feasting at Home

3-Ingredient Pesto Grilled Chicken With Peaches

With only three ingredients, you can have a summer weeknight dinner on the table in no time.

Epicurious

Bacon Bourbon BBQ Chicken Kebabs

Bourbon in barbecue sauce? Oh Yes, please! You just can't have too many skewer recipes. This one had me at "bacon."

Host The Toast

Grilled Prosciutto Chicken with Pesto 

Cooked prosciutto never is pretty, but it sure is tasty. This summer, with my crop of fresh basil, I always have homemade pesto on hand. This will be made soon.

Cooking For Keeps

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Foodie Friday: 12 Saucy Barbecue Recipes

I come from a long line of barbecuers. My Dad took it very seriously. National Barbecue Day is May 16th, so I wanted you all to be prepared with a recipe or two.  Now let's get saucy!

Barbecued Oysters

The perfect appetizer to eat around the grill. This recipe will elevate any outdoor get together. You will also find an oyster shucker and grill pan at WS.

Williams Sonoma

Brisket With Ancho Chocolate Barbecue Sauce

This recipe isn't the prettiest, but to a meat lover, it is the ultimate barbecue dish. It begins with a meat massage. Click though for more details.

Williams Sonoma

BQ Chicken Cobb Salad with Avocado Ranch

Now that I found this recipe, I could stop right here.very happy to have the recipe for the Avocado Ranch dressing! You will be, too.

Half Baked Harvest

Instant Pot Cola Marinated Ribs

Now these ribs are picture perfect! I have never used an Instant Pot, but if one turns out ribs like this, maybe I should. You marinate the meat with only two ingredients - cola and salt!

Instant Pot 

Pineapple Pulled Pork Sandwich

I have been jonesing for one of these, and the pineapple sounds perfect. It will add the sweet to the savory. It's all cooked in the slow cooker along with caramelized onions. YUM!

The Modern Proper

Loaded Barbecue Chicken Salad

To me, the perfect meal is a chopped salad with some kind of protein. Add barbecue sauce, and then a salad becomes a real treat. 
Spoon Fork Bacon

BBQ Sweet Potatoes

I will be making these tonight. I have grilled sweet potatoes before but never with sauce. It's a great idea for a side dish!

The Rustic Foodie

Grilled Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken

 In Foil

An efficient and delicious recipe. Each foil pocket is packed with the perfect amount of meat, pineapple, sauce, and veggies for each person. Looks fab!

The Recipe Critic

Homemade Barbecue Sauce……Just like Sweet Baby Ray’s!

Growing up, a bottle of store bought barbecue sauce never entered our home. My Dad made his own, always. I do too, but I have had Sweet Baby Ray's before and it is good. This recipe is just like it, but without preservatives, meaning better for you.

Half Baked Harvest

Asian Barbecue Salmon

Salmon is so hearty, it stands up well under almost any kind of sauce. The glaze looks incredible!

Carlsbad Cravings

BBQ Chicken Dip

This dip is exactly like buffalo chicken dip but with some caramelized red onions and barbecue sauce and… wait for it… butter roasted chicken.

Enough said?

How Sweet Eats

Grilled BBQ Pork Chops

Isn't this the perfect looking pork chop? These days, a pork chop is almost the only meat I eat. I will be trying this recipe soon.

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Food For Fathers. 16 Recipes He'll Love

{ Via: Williams Sonoma }

My Father always considered himself a "grill master."  He only relinquished that duty to us girls on Father's Day.  The guys would take him golfing and let him win. Meanwhile, the we would come up with something fabulous ,and have it waiting when they returned.  We all know that the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. So why not put some thought into your meal selections this Sunday? This recipe roundup features something delish for all kinds of dads.

16 Dad Approved Recipes

El Diablo

Cheers to all of the Dads out there. Here's a sophisticated cocktail recipe, because drinking tequila isn't always about doing shots. This recipe blends ginger beer with Crème de Cassis for a drink filled with blackcurrant flavor.
Sandton Magazine

Cleveland Cheesesteaks With Pretzel
 Hoagie Rolls

Can you believe that I have never had a Cheesesteak Sandwich? Maybe it is because I have never been to Philly, but i have been to Cleveland. Hmmmm. This recipe would be a winner with most men.

Half Baked Harvest

Maple Bacon Stuffed French Toast
French Toast has always been a favorite in my household. And we never serve it plain. Our motto, life is too short to eat boring food. This recipe is stuffed with bacon, maple and Cream Cheese. Dad will flip!
Glitter and Bubbles

Perfectly Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings
There is one thing for sure, I will never cook a chicken wing. And unless I am starving, I will not eat one either. But guys really seem to love them. This recipe looks better than most. That sauce puts them over the top.
Plays Well With Butter

Grilled Breakfast Pizza with Sausage Gravy
All the classics of a Southern breakfast! My own Father would have loved this. You make the gravy indoors, then fire up the grill to create the perfect breakfast pizza.
Food Network

Bacon Bourbon BBQ Chicken
Now this sounds like a winning combination.....the three B's! Each item can stand on it's own. I personally think everything tastes better on a stick.
Host The Toast

Peach Bourbon Pie
Did you ever notice that it seams men prefer pie and women prefer cake?  I wonder why. No matter, I think anyone would like this pie. To me, peaches crave bourbon. They are a terrific duo!
Gimme Some Oven

Paprika Rubbed Steak With Brandy Blue Cheese Sauce
This recipe is both easy and impressive. The best kind, right? These ribeye steaks are rubbed with paprika and sprinkled with kosher salt, then seared on the grill and topped with a brandy blue cheese cream sauce. Perfection!
Just A Little Bit Of Bacon

Salt Block Honey Black Pepper Shrimp

 No doubt you have heard about the dangers of too much sodium. But have you heard about the health benefits of Himalayan Sea Salt? It is the only salt allowed in my home. This is a simple recipe, but yet so unique. Dad surely will love it. You can get the block and the recipe at 
Sur La Table

Six Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake
The perfect Father's Day dessert. I have noticed that the men in my life really have loved ice cream. This cake celebrates both the love of chocolate and ice cream.
Half Baked Harvest

Basil, Bacon and Tomato Breakfast Sandwich
Move over MCDonald's,  there is a new breakfast sandwich in town and it has been taken up a notch or two.
Heather Christo

White Pizza Pull-Apart Bread
Said to be an embarrassingly easy Summer appetizer. It looks like a beautiful thing to me.
How Sweet Eats

Grilled S’mores Donuts
I am not sure that I ever saw a more appealing dessert. Drool worthy, right? That gooeyness is melted marshmallow spread. Then it all gets dipped in melted chocolate. Dear God!
Williams Sonoma

Grilled Breaded Pork Chops
Have you ever grilled anything breaded? This recipe tells us all how to cook the meat without burning the breading. Worth a try.
Just A Little Bit Of Bacon

Southern Style Chicken And Waffles
Oh boy. I know what "Mr. Shop This" will be wanting this Sunday. If you like buttermilk soaked fried chicken, cheddar cheese waffles and sweet syrup, this is your dish.
Garlic and Zest

Boozy Coconut Hot Fudge Milkshake

And by boozy they mean made with plenty of rum! I know one Daddy-o that would love this.
Front & Main

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