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These grilled desserts make magical summer treats! Here are my favorite easy recipes to finish off any backyard meal. Looking for the perfect dessert to finish off a summer meal? Try one of my favorite grilled desserts! These tasty treats are easy to whip up after grilling your main course. Who needs to bake when you can grill your dessert? You can throw the fruit on the grill while it’s still hot, then wrap them in foil until it’s time for dessert. To me, the lightly smoky flavor of grilled fruit is one of my favorite treats! Topped with a little vanilla ice cream, it tastes restaurant style with very little effort. Here are my favorite grilled dessert recipes to try this summer. Why Grilled Fruit Makes Such a Good Dessert When ripe fruit hits a hot grate, the sugars caramelize and the flesh softens just enough to turn slightly jammy. It also gets the most delicious charred flavor that you just can’t get from an oven! The other thing I lov...

These grilled potatoes in foil are tender, seasoned, and totally hands-off: just seal the packet and walk away! There’s no need to parboil using my go-to method for this easy grilled side dish. Want an easy grilled side dish that requires no effort? You can truly “set it and forget it” with these grilled potatoes in foil. Throw the potatoes and onions in a foil packet and concentrate on the rest of the meal. In 30 minutes, they’re done! My classic grilled potatoes recipe comes out crispy like French fries, but you have to parboil them first and then baby them on the grill. Grilled potatoes in foil are something different altogether. They come out moist and creamy, flavored with herbs and butter and taste just like the ones you grew up eating (at least, to me!). Why You’ll Love This Recipe It’s truly hands-off. No parboiling, no flipping, no watching the grates grates. You can use the rest of your grill for things that actua...

Here’s how make grilled peppers so they turn out smoky and tender every time! This method turns ordinary peppers into an easy summer side dish for cookouts and grilled meals. Got your grill fired up and want to make a simple grilled side dish? Try these grilled peppers! Bell peppers are one of our favorite vegetables to grill because they are simply incredible. Throw them on the grill and they come out charred, smoky, tender and sweet. You won’t believe how flavorful these are! This is my favorite method for grilling peppers that we’ve been using for years. I finally wrote it down so you can share in the magic, too. Why You’ll Love This Recipe It’s delicious and family friendly. I’ve made a lot of grilled vegetables over the years, like grilled asparagus , grilled onions , and grilled green beans , but bell peppers are the easiest sell at our table. It’s easy. There’s no marinade, no fussy seasoning blend, no ...

These fluffy cottage cheese pancakes pack 7 grams of protein each and taste like French toast! A genius high-protein breakfast made with simple pantry ingredients. To be honest, I was skeptical when I first heard the idea of cottage cheese pancakes. But after making this recipe dozens of times, I’ve become a convert. These protein-packed pancakes deliver nearly double the protein of regular pancakes while using only half the flour! Using small curd cottage cheese melts into the batter and makes an tender interior that actually tastes like French toast! Each pancake has almost twice the protein than a classic recipe, and my entire family loves them. I’ve made this recipe so many times and it’s become one of the highest rated recipes on this website! Why You’ll Love This Recipe It has double the protein of a standard recipe and half the all-purpose flour , making them a great healthy breakfast option (7 grams protein per pancake). It ...