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13 Labor Day Cocktails to Get Your Day Drink On
Labor Day weekend is pretty much HERE people. If you haven’t been planning your weekend menu, you might be in a complete panic right about now. Maybe you are really on top of it and have the entire weekend planned, gone grocery shopping and are already starting massive prep for an epic weekend of grilling (if this is you, serious props because danggggg). Either way, you’re going to need some cocktails to alleviate the stress or to enjoy after all your slaving in the kitchen and over the grill. Let’s face it, you know you’re going to basically be hammered the entire weekend and you can’t survive on vodka tonics for three days. To go along with that massive menu you’ve got going on, you need some serious drink variety in your grilling lives. Here’s the ultimate list of drinks that’ll get ya nice and twisted, but don’t taste like pure alcohol (we’ve all grown out of loving that taste since college, right?). There’s some fancy AF cocktail, some fruity cocktails, and even a few manly cocktails that the men will gladly kick back with instead of a cold beer. We’ll just be kicking back with these as the final long summer weekend rolls by if you need us.
WTF?! Punch - Delish.com DIY Bloody Mary Bar - Sauce + Style (pictured at the beginning of this post!)
The Pineapple Hop - Serious Eats Watermelon Sangria - Delish.com
Mezcal Mary with Roasted Jalapeño and Bacon - Serious Eats Grilled Peach Whiskey Sour - Serious Eats
Cucumber Cooler - Minimalist Baker Grapefruit Mimosas - The Brewer & The Baker Bad Idea - Supergolden Bakes
Lillet Rose Spring Cocktail - Martha Stewart Grilled Citrus Sangria - Sauce + Style
Smoked Bourbon with Candied Bacon - Sauce + Style Boozy Blueberry Lemonade with Lavender - Swooned Thirsty yet? Time to say cheers and guzzle these bad boys down already. Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend piggy peeps!
Vodka Lemonade Popsicles
It's finally here! The final long weekend before the holidays kick in. The final long weekend of the summer. It's time to bust out all the indulgent crazy recipes you can because the holiday weight gain officially starts NOW. This summer is going to be one of the last really hot ones we get as we dig deeper into September, so I'm using that as an excuse to indulge in ALL the Vodka Lemonade Popsicles.
You know y'all will be day drinking all day, erry day, for the next three days anyway, so why not enjoy the booze with a side of dessert? These boozy popsicles are all that you need for the entire weekend. You can keep cool with the frozen lemonade, and no one will ask a question as you stroll through the parks with your boozy treat!
Not that I would encourage such reckless behavior or anything....
Holiday weekends are meant for having fun, aren't they? Come on people, there's only so much time you can be silly in the summer sun before it's gone. Not to mention, these treats are going to be perfect for those scorcher tailgating days! Trust me when I say these will be a hit with EVERYONE.
Happy Labor Day piggy peeps!
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Vodka Lemonade Popsicles from Pig of the Month BBQ on Vimeo.
INSTRUCTIONS: Whisk together all ingredients in a large bowl until the sugar is combined. Pour into 8 popsicle molds and freeze 2 hours. Insert popsicle sticks and freeze an additional 8 hours until firm.
*Recipe, photos and video by Meghan Bassett
Sparkling Watermelon Punch
How is it already the end of August?! Before we know it the summer will be over and we'll be sipping pumpkin spice lattes while we tailgate for our fav football team. So how am I getting the most out of these final days of summer? Three words. Sparkling Watermelon Punch.
Watermelon is my favorite fruit to gorge on during the summer. It's refreshing and light so you can eat an entire watermelon and not feel like a total whale afterwards. Not that I've ever tried to do that or anything... So it's only natural to put all that fresh watermelon to good use - in a cocktail. This big batch punch is perfect for your next summer BBQ. It's light and bubbly, which is exactly what you want to be sipping on while you are grilling up all those meats. It's just a little tart and not too sweet, so even the dudes at the party won't feel too girly sipping on it too.
The best part? It's only 4 ingredients and it comes together in less than 2 minutes. Forget spending all that time fussing over complicated recipes! You need to be out on the patio, sipping this punch and soaking up what's left of the summer sun. Go ahead and pin this bad boy now because you know you're gonna want to bust this out all weekend long when Labor Day rolls around next week! Speaking of Labor Day, keep an eye out on the blog, because we're rounding up our favorite Sauce + Style recipes to keep your celebrations going all weekend long, Pig of the Month BBQ style.
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Sparkling Watermelon Punch from Pig of the Month BBQ on Vimeo.
INSTRUCTIONS: In a pitcher filled halfway with ice, combine, watermelon juice, pineapple juice, prosecco and cognac. Stir to combine. Serve in mason jar glasses and garnish with a wedge of watermelon.
*Recipe, photos and video by Meghan Bassett
Bacon-Wrapped Caprese Stuffed Chicken
Weeknight meals can get really boring, am I right? I mean, there's only so many times you can cook a plain ol' chicken breast, match it up with some veggies and not get bored to tears. Sometimes you need to shake things up during the week, but you don't have time to master an insane recipe. Enter Bacon-Wrapped Caprese Stuffed Chicken.
These chicken breasts are going to seriously wow your family and I bet you already have most of these ingredients in your home (or even growing in your backyard for you herb and veggie growers out there!). All you have to do is stuff your chicken breasts with those classic caprese salad ingredients, wrap them in bacon and boom. Dinner is done in less than 30 minutes and your satisfying everyone at the table. I LOVE caprese salads - the mozzarella, the tomato, the basil - it all screams freshness and summer to me with every bite. Chicken lends itself so well to this combo so it only makes sense to stuff everything INSIDE the chicken breast. That combined with the bacon-wrapped exterior leaves you with one of the moistest pieces of chicken you'll ever dig into.
This will become a family fav in no time!
Bacon Wrapped Caprese Stuffed Chicken from Pig of the Month BBQ on Vimeo.
INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Split each chicken breast in half. Stuff with 2 half slices of mozzarella, one half slice of tomato, and a generous sprinkle of chopped basil. Pinch the edges of the chicken breast closed.
Wrap each chicken breast with two slices of bacon, making sure the edges of the bacon overlap all on the same side of the breast. Heat olive oil in a large oven safe skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the chicken breasts for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, making sure to rotate to get it seared on all four sides. Place skillet in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, or until cooked through. Serve immediately.
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Pig of the Month Applewood Smoked Maple Bacon
*Recipe, photos and video by Meghan Bassett
Pulled Pork Mac n Cheese Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (in a waffle iron!)
Hey food porn fans... I've got something extra special for you today... It's hot and crispy straight out of the waffle iron, stuffed with saucy pulled pork and so cheesy your head might explode. It's basically a giant mess of a sandwich, carefully contained in a pocket of waffle ironed bread.
This is seriously going to become your new favorite way to make grilled cheese sandwiches, period. The waffle iron crisps up the bread in a way that cooking it over the stove just doesn't do. It's like your own personal panini press, with more than one function in the kitchen! You just pinch down those edges and it forms a pocket of deliciousness.
When you open up this bad boy, all that pork, mac n cheese and cheddar comes oozing out in the most luscious way. You might have to stop and just stare at it before shoveling it in your mouth in one giant bite. Might have to stop. But we know you definitely won't delay the goodness, right?
Get those cameras ready folks, this is food worthy of that 'foodporn' hashtag on Instagram.
INSTRUCTIONS Grease waffle iron with cooking spray and turn on.
To assemble the sandwich, begin with adding one slice of cheese to a slice of bread.
Top with half of the pulled pork, then half of the mac and cheese.
Finish with the other slice of bread. Repeat with the second sandwich. When the waffle iron is hot, cook one sandwich at a time. Place the sandwich in the center and press down firmly. You may have to hold the waffle iron down as it will not close completely.
When the cheese is melted, approximately 1 to 2 minutes, remove sandwich from the waffle iron. Repeat with the other sandwich. Serve immediately.
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Pig of the Month BBQ Pulled Pork
*Recipe & photos by Meghan Bassett
13 Easy Bacon Lunches to Get Your Bacon Fix at Work
Another work week, another boring lunch packed away in the office refrigerator that you are dreading eating... We've all been there, haven't we? You get sucked into the monotony of easy "healthy" lunches and before you know it, your work lunches are no longer a blissful break. They are a sad way to attempt to fuel up and survive the rest of a crazy work day. Honestly, I believe you deserve a better lunch. Lunch breaks should be about stuffing your face with delicious homemade food and temporarily forgetting all the to-dos on your list for the rest of the day. There's no work, no kids, no distractions - just time for you to eat and enjoy the company of co-workers, or even just yourself (hey, we all need that breathing room some days!). Even if you can only spare 30 minutes, those 30 minutes should be special, right? What makes anything more special than bacon? Nothing. Bacon is the ingredient you need to not only get through the work day, but also to actually enjoy your lunch. With back-to-school craziness coming up, you need some easy lunch ideas in your back pocket to get your bacon fix with at work.
Bacon Cheeseburger Wraps - Lift in the Lofthouse Cobb Salad Wrap - POPSUGAR
Bacon Kale Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette - Sauce + Style BLT Salad - POPSUGAR
Meat Lovers Pizza Roll Ups - Sauce + Style BLT Panzanella - Annie’s Eats
Bacon and Egg Salad Sandwich - Food52 Jamaican Jerk Double Decker BLAT - Sauce + Style
Alice Walters’ Warm Spinach Salad - Alexandra Cooks Spicy Bacon Wrapped Cheese Stuffed Chicken - Handle the Heat
Avocado BLT’s with Spicy Mayo and Fried Eggs - How Sweet It Is Bacon Cheeseburger Buns - Taste of Home
Turkey BLT - Martha Stewart Now no more excuses. Take back your lunch break and make it great again! I believe you can do it; you just need a little bacon-y help. *Post by Meghan Bassett
Top 15 Homemade Snacks for After School
The kids are heading back to school SO soon. I'm guessing most of you parents out there couldn't be more excited for the summer to end. No more worrying about entertaining the kiddos all day long, you can rest easy that they'll be busy with school and homework for the majority of each day until the next break hits. Feel that sense of relief? Breathe it in. Enjoy it. Savor it. Hold onto it for the next couple weeks every moment you feel like pulling your hair out. To really get the excitement for the change in schedule going, why not start thinking about what homemade snacks you're going to be feeding the little ones when they get home from school? You might be tempted to just buy something so you don't have to worry about it, but making these homemade snacks is too easy to pass up. It'll save you tons o' cash if you just make these yourself, plus it can be a fun project (read: distraction) for the kids as they adjust to the new school year's schedule. From sweet to savory, I've got everything you could every want to feed the kiddos in a handy list right here.
Easiest 3 Ingredient Nutella Brownies - Kirby’s Cravings Cinnamon Apple Rings - Fortune Goodies
Grilled Cheese Roll Ups - Coupon Clipping Cook 5 Minute Watermelon Strawberry Sorbet - Dashing Dish
Baked Apple Chips - The Viet Vegan No-Bake Peanut Butter Confetti Bars - Jerry James Stone
Cheesy Cauliflower Breadsticks - Jo Cooks Watermelon Granita - Sauce + Style
Pretzel Sticks - Sprinkled Side Up DIY Homemade Fruit Roll Ups - Sauce + Style
Taco Pizza Rolls - The Girl Who Ate Everything Frozen Chocolate Covered Banana Pops - Sauce + Style
Blueberry Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins - Running with Spoons Green Fries (AKA Crispy Baked Avocado Fries) - Sauce + Style Apple Almond Butter Stacks - Chef Mom Time to start pinning, parents! The summer only has a couple of weeks left...
How to Make the Perfect BAE (Bacon & Eggs) Cups
Haven't you always wanted to know how to make the perfect BAE (Bacon & Eggs) Cups for breakfast?! You see those cute little cups all over the internet but the secret to their awesomeness is never really revealed... That's exactly why I'm here, bacon-loving peeps! I am coming at you with my all-time favorite food, BACON, surrounding perfect cups of eggs and topped with some spices and cheese to wash it all down with properly.
These are the perfect little breakfast cups to take with you on the go as you head out to work or to drop in the kiddos hands as they run to catch the bus. They are perfectly portable and you can make as many as you want ahead of time! Whip them up in no time on Sunday and then boom. Just like that, you've got breakfast for the whole week for the whole family.
Check out the video below to get the lowdown on how to make them!
How to Make BAE Cups from Pig of the Month BBQ on Vimeo.
INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a muffin tin with cooking spray. In a small bowl, stir together paprika, cayenne pepper and garlic powder. Set aside. Line each cup with one slice of bacon that has been folded in half, pressing the bacon to the sides of the cup. The bacon should only line the sides of the cup, it should not cover the bottom of each cup. Crack an egg in the center of each cup. Sprinkle each cup with the paprika spice mixture. Top with a sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the eggs are set. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing the cups from the muffin tin.
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Pig of the Month Applewood Smoked Maple Bacon
*Recipe, photos and video by Meghan Bassett
17 Ways to Use Up All That Shredded Chicken and Pulled Pork
You know when you end up with too much shredded meat? You might have made one too many chicken breasts or that pork shoulder you bought is just a couple pounds too heavy. You might have a few containers of our very own tasty shredded chicken or pulled pork sitting in your freezer that you’re wondering how you can use. I mean, making a tasty shredded meat sandwich is delicious don’t get me wrong. After a while though, you start dreaming of new possibilities for that shredded chicken or pulled pork. There are SO many ways to use it up, from tacos to pasta, pizza to incredible casseroles! We’ve rounded up our top Sauce + Style recipes, along with some of our other blog favs so you’ll never run out of ways to use up those meats again. Who loves ya baby? You know we do.
Shredded Chicken Chili - Ketogasm Chicken Tamale Casserole - Jo Cooks
Chicken Stuffed French Bread - Life in the Lofthouse Chicken Fajita Pasta - Kevin & Amanda
Skinny Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes - Not Enough Cinnamon BBQ Chicken Rollups - Life in the Lofthouse
Campfire Nachos - Sauce + Style “Cracked Out” Chicken Tater Tot Casserole - Plain Chicken
Pulled Pork Flatbread with Mango Chutney - Sauce + Style Pulled Pork Tacos - Sauce + Style
Loaded BBQ Pork Potato Casserole - Mom on Timeout Hawaiian BBQ Pulled Pork Calzones - Sauce + Style
BBQ Spaghetti Casserole - Spicy Southern Kitchen Chipotle Pulled Pork Lettuce Wraps with Avocado Aioli - Fashionable Foods
Pulled Pork Burrito Bowls - My Natural Family Chipotle Lime Carnitas Salad - Cafe Delites
Pulled Pork Enchiladas - Better Homes & Gardens Are you ready to get down on some meats on meats on meats? If you ran out of your fav shredded meat, just head over to our site to order more. Our shredded chicken and pulled pork is SO bomb.
Homemade Bacon Bits
Do you buy your bacon bits at the store? If you do, I have to say, you are 100% doing it wrong. What you really need in your life are HOMEMADE bacon bits. Now, it might seem easier to just buy them at the store, but really, that processed stuff is no where near as good as what you could be making at home. Especially if you are making those little bits with infamous Pig of the Month BBQ bacon.
Not only is this bacon SO bomb, it comes in a ridiculous amount of flavors (if you didn't already know, click here to see for yourself)! So you can make some classic bacon bits to put on your baked potato or salad with Applewood Smoked Maple Bacon as you see in this recipe OR you can get crazy with some Apple Pie bacon bits or Sriracha bacon bits. Just think about sprinkling some Sriracha bacon on your mac and cheese the next time you make it. Best idea ever, right?? I KNOW. You'll never go back to that store-bought stuff again after you make these, trust me. And you'll start putting them on EVERYTHANG as soon as you do. Check out the video and the full recipe below!
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Homemade Bacon Bits from Pig of the Month BBQ on Vimeo.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a baking rack on top.
Lay bacon slices on baking rack in an even layer. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until cooked through.
Place bacon slices in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped into bits. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 to 5 days.
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Pig of the Month BBQ Applewood Smoked Maple Bacon
*Recipe, video and photos by Meghan Bassett
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