Grilled BBQ Chicken enveloped in a tantalizing spice rub, slathered with Homemade Barbecue Sauce and grilled to perfection for the best juicy, smokey flavorful chicken every single time! Grilled BBQ Chicken is super quick and easy and doesn’t require a marinade so it is perfect for last minute dinners or entertaining. You can use my…
Cowboy Pasta Salad with the BEST Dressing!
This Cowboy Pasta Salad is purely addicting loaded with juicy ground beef, bacon, sweet corn, black beans, tomatoes and cheese smothered in tangy, creamy southwest barbecue sauce! This Cowboy Pasta salad is a TexMex Pasta Salad at it’s most tantalizing. It is fully loaded with everything delicious and makes not only a crowd pleasing potluck side…
Tacos Al Pastor (Video!)
Authentic Tacos Al Pastor exploding with restaurant flavor made with thinly sliced chile pineapple marinated pork, grilled to perfection and served with caramelized pineapple. I am SO excited for you to try this Tacos Al Pastor recipe! Al Pastor is surprisingly simple to make but with explosive multi-dimensional flavor – all coming from your very own grill. I’ve…
Tandoori Chicken with Cilantro Yogurt Sauce
This Tandoori Chicken is not only incomparably juicy and exploding with flavor, it is shockingly quick and easy to make as well! You are going to fall in love with this Grilled Tandoori Chicken recipe. Not only is it easy to recreate this Indian favorite at home, this recipe is arguably better than many of…
Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta with Chicken
Sun Dried Tomato Pasta loaded with juicy, flavorful chicken bathed in creamy, sun-dried tomato, Parmesan, garlic, herb sauce on your table in 30 MINUTES! Sun Dried Tomato Pasta is guaranteed to become a family favorite! It’s quick and easy for a busy weeknight dinner yet tastes restaurant delicious for any special occasion. It’s exploding with…
Buffalo Chicken Recipe
This Buffalo Chicken Recipe is is a meal all by itself or instantly transforms salads, sandwiches, wraps, tacos, etc into the most flavor bursting meal EVER! You will love having this juicy, tender Buffalo Chicken on hand! The heat is customizable so everyone wins. I’ve also included stove top and grilling instructions for fabulous indoor chicken or…
Bulgogi Beef Korean Tacos with Asian Pear Mango Slaw
These Korean tacos are a medley of explosive flavors and textures in each mouthwatering bite! These Korean Tacos are insanely delicious loaded with juicy, caramelized Beef Bulgogi, topped with vibrant, refreshing Asian Pear Mango Slaw and drizzled with silky, cool Gochujang Crema. The Beef marinade, Slaw and Crema can be made ahead of time for…
Italian Vegetable Soup
This hearty, comforting, healthy Vegetable Soup Soup is guaranteed to become a new family favorite packed with ground beef and veggies in an Italian spiced tomato broth that can be on your table in under 30 minutes and makes an ideal make ahead or freezer meal! Vegetable Soup It’s no secret at Carlsbad Cravings that soups are one…
Broccoli Cheese Soup (Lightened Up!) + Video!
This is the BEST Broccoli Cheese Soup ever – you won’t believe its lightened up!!! This Broccoli Cheese Soup is SO FLAVORFUL, creamy, comforting, easy, and on your table in just over 30 minutes (20 of those minutes are simmering!)!! It’s deceitfully decadent without packing on the pounds and undeniably delicious without taking all night…
Red Curry Beef Tacos with Coconut Crema
BEEF TACOS get a tantalizing Thai spin for a satisfying flavor bomb on your table in 20 minutes! These Beef Tacos will satisfy your taco cravings AND your Asian cravings in one easy recipe. The rich, robust beef filling is infused with red curry, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, and sweet chili sauce then topped with any of…
Cheesy Taco Pasta (Lighter)
This Taco Pasta is OH MY YUM delicious and destined to become a family favorite! I am addicted to this Cheesy Taco Pasta Bake! It is loaded with tender beef, beans, pasta, etc. smothered in an incredible creamy enchilada-esque sauce that your whole family will LOVE! It is reminiscent of hamburger helper with its juicy, cheesy…
Buffalo Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese Cilantro Ranch (+Video!)
Buffalo Chicken Salad with flavor bursting chicken and the most intoxicatingly delicious Blue Cheese Cilantro Ranch! This combo is out of this world! This Buffalo Chicken Salad is perfect for lunch or dinner and the best part is you can have all the ingredients prepped ahead of time so it can come together in a…
Tex-Mex Sausage and Rice (20 Minutes!)
20 MINUTE Tex-Mex Sausage and Rice Skillet is quick, easy, delicious and bursting with flavor from the most amazing Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Jalapeno Sauce for a hearty, comforting one pot meal the whole family will love!
Beef Bulgogi
Beef Bulgogi to rival any Korean restaurant is easy to cook at home! Beef Bulgogi is crazy tender and juicy seeping with mildly sweet, savory, smoky flavors from the soy, sesame, garlic, ginger marinade. It is intensely flavorful, and tantalizingly delicious. This Bulgogi cooks super fast, so once your steak is done marinating, it’s 15…
Po’ Boy Shrimp Pasta Salad
Your favorite Shrimp Po’ Boy Sandwich turned into sensational Shrimp Pasta Salad with Creamy Remoulade Dressing! This Po’ Boy Shrimp Pasta Salad is quick and easy to prepare and is guaranteed to be the hit of every potluck, barbecue and cookout (and 4th of July)! It simply doesn’t get more addicting than this creamy, hearty,…
Al Pastor Kabobs
Al Pastor Kabobs are your favorite pineapple, chile marinated pork with beautifully charred edges and caramelized pineapple but in easy kabob form! These Al Pastor Kabobs are bursting with restaurant-style flavor from your very own grill! Mouthfuls of juicy, sweet pork, caramelized pineapple, charred bell peppers and onions with a killer marinade that doubles as the…
Brazilian Mango Chimichurri Steak
Brazilian Mango Chimichurri Steak is a flavor explosion of tangy, rich, savory, spicy and sweet in each mouthwatering bite! This Brazilian Mango Chimichurri Steak is one of the most tender steaks you will ever devour. It’s prepared with a simple marinade then grilled or pan seared to perfection for complex savory, nutty, deeply caramelized flavors. …
Mesquite Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp are the most addicting crispy, succulent, juicy appetizer or entrée and deceptively easy to make! EVERYONE always begs me for this recipe and I can’t get enough! This Bacon Wrapped Shrimp recipe is the perfect appetizer with quick, easy prep and flavor exploding results. They are bursting with smoky, robust Grill Mates…
BBQ Brisket Sandwiches (easy Slow Cooker)
Brisket Sandwiches with Coleslaw are the king of all sandwiches! Brisket Sandwiches with juicy, flavor exploding, melt in your mouth barbecue brisket piled on cheesy toasted buns with crunchy, light coleslaw – drool – will be your go-to company meal! They’re super easy to make in the slow cooker, completely customizable, make ahead friendly and…
Chipotle Lime Shrimp Burrito Bowls
30-minute Chipotle Lime Shrimp Burrito Bowls are healthy, quick and easy and loaded with all your favorite burrito fixings! These Shrimp Burrito Bowls are piled with juicy shrimp, tomatoes, avocados, black beans, corn and rice, then drizzled with tantalizing Cilantro Lime Dressing. You can serve the Chipotle Shrimp as suggested Burrito Bowls or transform them…