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This chicken with a funny name (“spatchcocked”?!) is a boon for grillers.
Spatchcocked chickens say moist when grilled over low heat – no fear of dry, tasteless grilled chicken with this recipe!
Combine this with a tasty ginger-orange marinade, and you’ve got one fantastic summer meal.
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Have you ever spatchcocked a chicken before? It’s surprisingly easy! It’s also exactly the same as butterflying a chicken, but with a name that is way more fun to say.
There are two major advantages to spatchcocking a chicken that, for me, put this method head and shoulders above all others.
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Labor Day is right around the corner. Your grill and all your guests are probably expecting the same ‘ol hot dogs to be making an appearance at the table.
No one can deny that hot dogs are a go-to summer meal and, for that reason, you’ve probably already had your fair share of them this season. Now can be the year that you mix things up—because a little change never hurt anybody (especially when it comes to food).
While there are plenty of alternatives that can replace the traditional hot dog, we highlight four of our favorites below.
Beer-Braised Bratwursts with Onion
Chowhound
These braised bratwursts are a great substitute for hot dogs, especially if the grill is getting too crowded (they can be cooked on the stove or in the oven). The flavor combination of onions, beer, and various spices will not only be familiar, but also the talk of your party. Don’t forget to pair these babies with some sweet-hot mustard for some tamed heat. Get our Beer-Braised Bratwursts recipe.
Chipotle-Chorizo Jalapeño Poppers
Chowhound
Mexican chorizo combined with spicy jalapeño peppers is a match made in culinary heaven—you may never crave regular hot dogs again. In this recipe, the peppers act as the bun for the chorizo filling. But don’t worry, you probably won’t miss the bread at all. It’s a party in your mouth which means it’s appropriate for any celebration. Get our Chipotle-Chorizo Jalapeño Poppers recipe.
Italian Venison-Sausage Sandwiches with Peppers and Onions
Chowhound
Be adventurous this Labor Day by incorporating ground venison in your cooking (that’s deer meat, if you didn’t know). Combine the mild-tasting protein with oregano, fennel seeds, garlic, cayenne pepper, and paprika, and you’ll end up with a result that tastes exactly like classic Italian sausage. Of course, you can always just use classic Italian sausage instead. Be sure to layer sautéed peppers, onions, and gooey melted provolone on top for a mouthwatering sandwich. Get our Italian Venison-Sausage Sandwich recipe.
Mini Beer-and-Sausage Corn Dogs
Chowhound
Use bratwurst or kielbasa sausages to make this uber-American dish that’s the perfect addition to any Labor Day celebration. Lucky for you, the juicy sausages, covered in a beer-cornmeal batter, can be frozen for up to two weeks. Make these in advance to avoid the busy prepping on party day. And don’t forget the Dijon mustard dipping sauce that’s an absolute must alongside these corn dogs. Get our Mini Beer-and-Sausage Corn Dogs recipe.
I have a hard time with sweet flavors at breakfast. Okay, so maybe “hard time” is a slight exaggeration. No one’s ever seen me eat a buttery, flakey, chocolate bar-stuffed pain au chocolat and mistaken it as an act of suffering.
But in general, let’s just say that sweet is not the flavor I first crave in the morning. I blame it on my propensity to sleep in late (thank you, career in restaurants). I wake up and my AM is always just a quick hop, skip, and a jump away from PM, and because of that, I find my initial culinary craving is almost always for the more lunch-appropriate savory.
As such, I tend to try and give traditionally sweet breakfast dishes—muffins, rolls, scones, crepes, any variety of pastry or baked good, really—a new, slightly saltier identity. One of the most receptive of the bunch, I’ve discovered, is French toast. Once you ditch the maple syrup and sweet spices in the egg wash, it’s an easy canvas to do with as your savory-loving heart desires. Add spices, veggies, meats and cheeses, eggs both fried and poached—like the following collection of recipes proves, there are plenty of tools in your palate to draw from.
Spoon Fork Bacon
The easiest, most basic way to go savory with your French toast is to swap out the traditional sweet-favoring spices in the egg batter. Push aside ground cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract, and the like, and instead reach for ground coriander, dry mustard, salt and pepper (of course), as well as herbs like chives, thyme, and oregano. Get the recipe.
Savory Parmesan French Toast with Hollandaise
The Food Charlatan
When transitioning French toast from sweet to savory, cheese is often introduced into the egg wash mix. You can opt to go with an easily melting, crunchy crust-forming cheese like shredded cheddar, or keep it simple with salty grated Parmesan. This recipe, however, gets bonus points for figuring out how to solve the problem of saucing sans going sweet with maple syrup. Hollandaise sauce, that familiar brunchtime player, adds a welcome layer of richness and tart, lemony tang to the cheesy toast. Get the recipe.
Cravings in Amsterdam
Everyone knows that the best part of French Onion Soup is the melty, gooey cheese toasts that form a cap over the rich, savory soup. Therefore, everyone should love this creative recipe that reverses the original dish’s equation, stuffing shredded gruyère and caramelized onions into egg batter-soaked brioche bread and frying it up in a pan with butter. Get the recipe.
Chowhound
Gourmet grilled cheese and burgers may be the au courant sandwiches to get the French toast treatment but the humble ham, turkey, and cheese sandwich has been in the game since the 1950s. Dipped in its entirety in egg batter and then pan-fried in butter (or better yet, deep-fried) it’s called a Monte Cristo and it’s fabulous. The ultimate retro-chic savory French toast sandwich. Get our Monte Cristo Sandwich recipe.
E is for Eat
French toast and bacon are no strangers on the plate. Most often, the fatty, crunchy strips are presented as the opposites-attract side piece; the salty to French toast’s sweet. Less traditionally, that combination will manifest itself as a bacon-stuffed or a bacon crumble-topped variation. This rendition, however, opts to reassign French toast and bacon from breakfast to lunch duty by using a savory Parmesan-and-chive-flavored toast as the bread base for a classic BLT sandwich. Get the recipe.
Builicious
The punchy, exotic flavors of coconut and curry are given new life outside the soup bowl in this savory spin on the beloved brunch classic. A touch of cayenne pepper and paprika lends a little kick to the aromatic curried egg wash, the subtle spice a delectable contrast to the richness of the yolk in the gratuitous (but totally necessary) poached egg on top of the stack. Get the recipe.
Shiitake Mushroom French Toast
Braised and Burnt
If you’re looking to introduce veggies as a way to “savorize” your French toast, you might as well just start and stop your search at mushrooms. This recipe calls on umami-rich shiitakes (deglazed in mirin and fish sauce for amplified effect) to create the meaty non-meat stuffing, but really, any combination of wild mushrooms will do the trick. Get the recipe.
My Modern Cookery
This avocado toast-French toast mash-up is the stuff that savory breakfast dreams are made of. Keep the avocado filing simple, minimally seasoned with salt and pepper, or dress it up with your favorite go-to flavorings (I’m partial to garlic, cumin, and red pepper flakes). The soft texture of the avocado mash stuffing is dynamite against the crisp exterior of the egg-soaked bread. Get the recipe.
Everything Bagel Savory French Toast Casserole
The Cookie Rookie
Turns out the everything bagel really can do everything. Here, it proves its versatility by replacing the more traditional brioche or pain perdu as the base for a savory French toast version of the popular egg, sausage, and cheese bagel sandwich. Get the recipe.
French Toast with Smoked Salmon
Khoollect
If you feel like bucking tradition and giving the old bagel a break, this recipe proves that its faithful partners—smoked salmon and dill crème fraîche—are just as happy schmeared and draped over a crisp, buttery piece of plain French toast. Get the recipe.
Marla Meridith
Eggs often partner with French toast, served either on the side or right on top of the stack, but sometimes nothing is better than letting the them get directly in on the action, as this toad-in-the-hole take proves. Get the recipe.
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Undercooked, soggy bacon is indisputably brunch’s most serious offense. In fact, if your bacon isn’t served with perfectly crisp edges and a balanced grease to meat ratio, what is the point of making it in the first place?
We’ve seen many a failed bacon in our day, which is why we are here, on behalf of all the slaughtered pigs who died in vain, to teach you our favorite (and perhaps the most popular, thanks to restaurants) bacon cooking method: the oven.
No, this doesn’t just mean lining a cookie sheet with raw strips and reciting a Hail Mary. To kick things up a notch and ensure crunchy perfection, you’re going to need some aluminum foil and a wire rack.
To start, place the wire rack over an a aluminum-lined cookie sheet. There should be space between the rack and foil to allow for bacon drippings to fall through the rack’s holes. By having the pork elevated, it prevents the meat from releasing its oils and cooking within itself. Cooking in a puddle will keep things soft and mushy in an oven.
Once your strips are aligned, simply pop your bacon into the oven for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. The cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of the meat, so be sure to adjust accordingly.
And that’s it! Crispy bacon every time. Guaranteed.
Other reasons why the oven is a bacon cooking superstar:
Give it a shot and less us know how you fare. Aside from a delicious, salty side, we like to crumble our extra crispy bacon into a salad or use it to top an omelette. Texture is everything with food and nothing rivals the crunch of hot, greasy bacon.
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A lot of people believe “eating healthy” means eating weird foods you can’t pronounce and replacing your favorite ingredients with kale or tofu. You may be scared to cut out sugar because you’re afraid that means cutting out your favorite snacks. However, that doesn’t have to be the case! Believe it or not, there are healthy alternatives to your favorite guilty-pleasure snacks that won’t make you feel guilty at all. With these recipes, you can make your favorite snack foods with fruit-derived sugar sources, all-natural sweeteners, or no sugars at all. Rejoice! Now you can eat healthy and actually enjoy yourself.
The Fit Housewife
I am constantly craving salt, so chips would be my hardest goodbye if I was cutting out junk food. Luckily, this delicious recipe allows you to have your chips and eat them too! Super easy to make, sugar free, and delicious, these zucchini chips are perfect for a snack any time of the day. Season them to your liking with cayenne or garlic powder for an extra kick. Get the recipe.
Joyfully Mad
Who doesn’t love a good muffin? They’re perfect for an on-the-go breakfast or for a late-night snack. While muffins tend to be sugary and sweet, these blueberry muffins are naturally sweetened by dates, so you have nothing to feel guilty about when you eat two or three in one sitting. Get the recipe.
A Savory Feast
When you think of applesauce, it’s hard not to think of baby food (or pork chops). But applesauce can actually be a really great and light snack! If you want to mix it up a little, you can try this recipe for a pear and apple sauce that’s quick and easy. Applesauce isn’t just a perfect snack; it also works as a sugar substitute for muffins or pancakes, so you can keep on keeping healthy! Get the recipe.
Natalie’s Food and Health
Smoothies are so underrated. They can be so filling…and so healthy. This recipe for a cantaloupe peach smoothie makes for the best snack on this list. There’s zero added sugar and the chia seeds and cashews in the smoothie pack lots of protein. Did I mention the amazing tropical flavor? Get the recipe.
Paleo Gluten Free Eats
Banana bread is always delicious. It smells and tastes amazing, and it’s one of my favorite comfort foods. This recipe is a great snack if you’re trying out the Paleo diet, or if you’re trying to cut out gluten. At one gram, this recipe actually has the highest amount of added sugar on this list. But, remember when I said applesauce could be used as a sugar substitute? Replace the stevia liquid with applesauce to make this bread even more fibrous. Get the recipe.
Walking On Sunshine
I bet you never expected to see cookies on a list of snacks! However, this recipe for a sugar-free and flour-free peanut butter cookie gives you complete creative control. While it calls for Splenda or your “favorite sugar substitute,” I recommend something more natural, like dates. Get the recipe.
Gimme Delicious
Start your day the no-sugar way with these two-ingredient pancakes! Seriously, all you need are bananas and eggs. No added sugar. What I love about this recipe is that it gives you dozens of optional extras (like cinnamon, nuts, or cocoa powder) to customize your flapjacks. There’s nothing like a protein-packed banana nut pancake in the morning. Get the recipe.
The Big Man’s World
Now you can make your own protein bars for when you need that extra boost to get you through the day. These are easy to make, nutty, and delicious. You can pick which nut butter you want to enjoy, and the recipe even suggests ingredients you can add to your own taste. Get the recipe.
Flourless Pumpkin Gingerbread Blondies
The Big Man’s World
I’m so glad to live in a world where you can make blondies without added sugar. These blondies are healthy and super sweet. The pumpkin and banana flavors combine perfectly for a fall-themed treat you can enjoy without feeling bad for yourself (sign me up). While the recipe calls for gingerbread spice, you can stick to using cinnamon as a way to jazz up these blondies; less sugar, and cinnamon and pumpkin is a killer combo. Get the recipe.
Sea Salt and Garlic Kale Chips
The Busy Baker
Did you really think you were going to get through an article about healthy eating without seeing any kale? Relax, I found a great recipe for garlic and sea salt kale chips. Who doesn’t love garlic? And who doesn’t love a salty chip? You won’t even notice the kale. The real trick to healthy eating is to use delicious ingredients like garlic to distract yourself. Get the recipe.
The Big Man’s World
English muffins always make me feel fancy. Now, thanks to this recipe, I can feel healthy and high-society. These pumpkin English muffins are sweet, filling, delicious, and they take less than three minutes to make. Not to mention, all of these beautiful and tasty ingredients combine for less than one gram of sugar. Get the recipe.
