Avocado Burgers are where it’s at!

Hamburgers made at home don’t have to be just sad patties topped with a Kraft cheese single (but honestly, that’s the way I grew up eating them).

If you like restaurant-style burgers with creative toppings and flavorful sauces (think Red Robin), this Avocado Burger recipe will delight your taste buds.

The cilantro mayo especially is what sets this recipe apart from others. It combines with the avocado to make a flavorful bite that guacamole lovers will appreciate.

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This is the Best Turkey Burger Recipe!

A great turkey burger has been one of my most requested recipes, and after experimenting and perfecting this recipe for YEARS, I’m finally ready to publish it. It’s perfect!

Ground turkey can often be seen as a bland, boring, sometimes dry alternative to ground beef, that only super healthy eaters love.

Yes and no. If you simply make patties out of plain ground turkey and don’t season it, your burgers WILL be bland and dry.

But we’re not gonna do that. We’re going to add four simple ingredients that make these turkey burgers juicy and flavorful.

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This Shawarma Chicken is a Detroit classic!

I’ve introduced you to many classic Detroit foods, including Detroit style pizza and corned beef egg rolls. And thanks to a large Middle Eastern population, Detroit is also famous for our chicken shawarma!

It’s sold everywhere from ballparks to gas stations, with my favorite being from a restaurant called Bucharest Grill. Today, I am sharing my homemade version of this irresistible wrap sandwich.

While it may look like a long list of ingredients, it’s very fast to put together. In fact, you can make the chicken shawarma marinade and the sauce for the wraps at the same time. I’ll also offer shortcut ideas to make it even easier for a busy weeknight.

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I think it’s funny how sliders have become one of the most popular tailgating and game day foods. Nothing like watching huge men tackle each other while eating tiny little sandwiches, right?

I guess it makes sense, though, because you can be eating a slider in one hand while you have a foam finger on the other hand?

But I think the best thing about sliders is that you can enjoy a few bites of a delicious sandwich, but it doesn’t have to be your entire meal. You won’t be so full that you can’t also enjoy some of the football charcuterie board and healthy buffalo chicken dip.

These Ham and Turkey Sliders with honey caramelized onions are perfect for game day or when you have leftover maple bourbon turkey or pineapple ham that you want to use up! I also love them served alongside soup, like my Irish colcannon soup.

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Something about this time of year makes tiny sandwiches just feel oh so right. Whether it’s leftover maple bourbon turkey on a dinner roll with cranberry sauce, or a slice of pineapple ham on a small piece of crusty baguette with salted butter, it just tastes great.

But sliders don’t have to be just a way to use up leftovers. They can be their own special, dare I say elegant, dish.

These lamb sliders start with a succulent roasted boneless leg of lamb generously rubbed with warming spices. The meat is put on a slider bun and dressed up with pickled radishes and pesto mayo.

Bookmark this lamb slider recipe for a party this festive season! You can also use leftover lamb from a holiday dinner to make these sliders.

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Weird story about my childhood: there was a 2 to 3 year period growing up where I just hated bacon. I don’t even know WHY, I just turned on it one day.

So, while my parents enjoyed BLT’s with juicy Midwestern tomatoes and a side of my mom’s potato salad during the summer, I literally ate lettuce and tomato sandwiches.

The good news is, I got over this phase (I even have a popular tutorial on how to cook bacon in the oven). I’m still not bacon crazed, by any means, but it certainly has a time and a place.

I love a bacon wrapped hot dog, and a salmon recipe, and truly, nothing beats a BLT. While it’s hard to improve on such a classic sandwich, I do make tweaks to it now and then.

One day I had some extra smoked salmon in the fridge, and this smoked salmon BLT was born. It’s made with a lemon herb mayonnaise that take this sandwich to the next level.

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Have you ever tried the American-Mexican delight that is the Sonoran hot dog? It’s like a mash-up of a really great hot dog and a really great taco, plus add bacon to the mix.

It sounds crazy, but it just totally works (kind of like how my taco mac and cheese combines two favorites into one).

I first discovered this bacon wrapped hot dog delicacy at a local restaurant and quickly realized how easy and affordable it was to make at home.

You can serve the Sonoran hot dogs with any number of Mexican-inspired condiments and toppings, including refried beans, queso fresco, tomato, avocado, cilantro and sour cream.

So, spice up your summer with this Sonoran hot dog recipe! Serve them with Dr. Pepper baked beans, blistered shishitos, and a beer or a pitcher of cold lemon margaritas.

You could even serve them bar-style, so everybody can assemble their own. The toppings will be really similar to my fajita bar, but you’ll just be using hot dogs and buns instead of tortillas and fajita meats.

These are also great on game day, alongside a football themed charcuterie board and healthy buffalo chicken dip.

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If there’s one thing I despise when the weather warms up, it’s using the oven and turning the house into a sauna. My country style pork ribs recipe is really best for cooler fall days.

Heck, even using the stove heats up the house sometimes! Dr. Pepper baked beans are great on cooler days, but not on the hot ones!

At least the slow cooker doesn’t heat up the house, so I can still make crock pot ribs.

Other than that, it’s really best to do most of the cooking outdoors (or just eat cold salads like seafood pasta salad for dinner), and probably even eat at the table outside, as well. Who’s with me?

We do hearty salads like turkey burger salads for dinner quite often around here. Adding a protein like mini burger patties or steak always makes a salad more satisfying.

While I could easily chop the lettuce up and serve this recipe as a fork-able salad, I decided to save myself a step and just serve it as steak lettuce wraps.

One less thing to do, which is always nice on a hot summer evening.

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I’m definitely a Joey Tribbiani in my love of sandwiches, and my husband will grill anything and everything in the summer. Needless to say, we eat a lot of grilled sandwiches.

And you know me, I’m always looking for new salmon recipes. From salmon pasta to pineapple salmon, we eat this versatile fish at least once a week.

This grilled salmon sandwich has been one of my favorite meals lately. With a simple combination of fresh salmon, an herby mayo sauce, a fluffy bun and some leafy lettuce, it’s simple to prepare and satisfying to eat.

If you don’t have a grill, don’t worry about it – the salmon can be cooked on a grill pan (just like my Sonoran hot dogs) or in the oven.

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Prosciutto Italian Sandwich

In my house, it’s rare that prosciutto makes it “into” anything other than straight into my daughter’s belly. It’s been one of her very favorite foods since she started eating solids!

I try to limit her consumption so she doesn’t overdo it on the salt and fat intake, but let’s face it: she’s onto something. Prosciutto is delicious.

So every once in awhile I’ll splurge and buy TWO packages – one for my daughter to eat, and the second to actually make something with, like prosciutto pinwheels or Easter salad.

Today, I’m sharing one of my favorite simple sandwiches. All you need is bread, prosciutto, pears and an easy homemade herby-cheesy mayo.

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