Spiced Toffee Sauce is a dessert sauce made with brown sugar and creamy butter. Use this as a dessert topping for your cheesecakes, pound cakes, or ice cream, or stir it into your favorite drinks. You’ll soon discover that making your own toffee sauce at home is easier than you think. *This post was originally…
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Black Eyed Pea Fritters with Sofrito Dipping Sauce
Black Eyed Pea Fritters are a great appetizer option for your next gathering or to serve as a light lunch. This vegetarian snack is simple to make but is loaded with earthy, spiced flavor. The Sofrito Dipping Sauce might become your preferred condiment for all of your dipping needs. What are Black Eyed Peas? …
Roasted Shrimp Cocktail with Homemade Sauce
Roasted Shrimp Cocktail with a homemade cocktail sauce elevates the boring party appetizer to new flavor heights. You can make the savory spiced cocktail sauce days ahead. With help from the seafood counter, even the shrimp is an easy fix. This recipe will be the go-to starter for your soirees and parties. What is Shrimp…
Boozy Spiced Cranberry Sauce
My Boozy Spiced Cranberry Sauce is making skeptics into believers. I don’t settle for less with any of my recipes, but I outdid myself on this one. This cranberry sauce tastes of caramel notes from brown sugar, vanilla, orange, and warm spices. Oh! And booze. Bourbon is my spirit of choice here. This recipe is…
Apple Pear Butter (Slow Cooker Recipe with Alternate Cooking Methods)
You won’t be surprised to find out that Apple Pear Butter is comprised mainly of apples and pears. What may shock you is that this fruit spread also contains a respectable amount of a secret ingredient. I could tell you now, but where’s the fun in that? I know, right? In addition to fresh fruit, this apple…
Citrus Herb Dry Brine for Meats, Poultry, and Veggies
This versatile Citrus-Herb Dry Brine is about to be your new best friend. Fresh citrus peels and an herb blend combine with salt to create this powerhouse. There’s no shortage of flavor in it, but the beauty of this spice blend is how versatile it is. A dry brine can infuse your poultry, red meats,…
Whiskey BBQ Sauce with Uncle Nearest Whiskey
I have to be honest with you and admit that the only way you’ll see me drinking whiskey is in a sour. Most often, I’m eating my whiskeys and bourbons. I just can’t do brown liquors, y’all. Too many run-ins in my young adulthood put me off of them altogether. But this Uncle Nearest Whiskey BBQ Sauce…
Meyer Lemon Curd Filling and Spread
Meyer Lemon Curd is a quick way to jazz up your biscuits, muffins, or toast. Instead of the harsh pucker-factor that plain lemons impart to curd, these lemons offer a floral, mellow tartness. This version of curd is sure to become a favorite of your entire family. This curd is a favorite treat of my…
Curry Sriracha Air Fryer Chicken Wings
Nothing is more gratifying than a stack of wings being doused in hot sauce. Nothing, that is, unless they’re Curry Sriracha Air Fryer Chicken Wings smothered in even more curry sriracha sauce. Let’s pause for a second and enjoy this image. I’ve pumped these wings so full of island flavor. Using a Jamaican curry spice rub and…
Achiote Oil: Sense & Edibility’s Culinary Class
Planning to make a bunch of Hispanic or Caribbean recipes? Well, Friend, Achiote Oil is your weekend project. Many dishes in the Hispanic culture include achiote in some shape or form. Its oil is easy to make and even easier to use. The only warning I offer: don’t get it on anything you care about! What is Achiote Oil? Achiote…
