Well it’s that time of the springtime when my rhubarb plant is taller than my good friend’s 5 year old daughter (whoops, almost 5 year old 😊) – we took a look last weekend when they visited! That means it’s time to start thinking of creative ways to use rhubarb again. Derek remembered his Grandma…
Sriracha Honey Sauce
I remember as a young kid getting fast food chicken nuggets and honey to dip them in. What a sticky, sweet, finger-licking, delicious mess. I’m sure my parents loved making sure we cleaned the honey off Tory & my fingers, face, and wherever else it ended up. So it seemed only natural that I come…
Copycat Butcher’s Bistro Fry Sauce
Back when Derek was traveling to Denver two weeks a month, he and the crew he traveled with became regulars every Wednesday night at small restaurant called Butcher’s Bistro. I was lucky enough to join them a few times and absolutely fell in love with their steak frites. The steak was a ‘steak de jour’…
Buffalo Blue Cheese Sauce
For New Year’s this past year we were looking for a new sauce to try for with our chicken strips and Derek came up with the idea for a Buffalo Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce. Buffalo chicken is a classic combination and many restaurants serve chicken strips tossed in buffalo sauce with blue cheese dressing on…
10,000 Lakes Burger Sauce
You know, often when you see a burger on a restaurant menu and it says there is a ‘secret sauce’, well it seems like more often than not this is a thousand island dressing or some version thereof. So when we decided we wanted to make a really good burger – we had to make…
Copycat Cane’s Sauce
It’s almost New Year’s and that means it’s almost time for our traditional Southern Style Chicken Strip feast with my in-laws! It’s probably one of the meals I look forward to most each year. Part of it is because the night is so low key and we play games all evening. And then of course…
