Chipotle-Rosemary Sweet Potato Soup with Bacon

Gingerbread cake trifle with mascarpone-Amaretto whipped cream

Make a DIY pumpkin keg and fill it with harvest sangria for your Halloween party.

Grilled Chicken Pasta with Homemade Tomato Sauce - fresh and flavorful summery comfort food.

Stone fruit tart with peaches, plums and peach-champagne glaze

Homemade Choco Tacos...you don't need to wait for the ice cream man anymore!

Roasted Curried Cauliflower Soup with cilantro

Homemade Cherry Liqueur - a perfect base for your summery cocktails.

Watermelon-Blueberry Coolers - a festive vodka cocktail for 4th of July

Spicy Tri-tip Skewers with Red Onion and Pineapple and Spicy Dipping Sauce

Jalapeño Oil Steak Fries and Spicy Pepper Jack Cheese and Jalapeño Stuffed Burgers

Sparkling Vanilla-Peach Mojito with fresh peaches and vanilla simple syrup.

A bacon apple pie redux...in full-size this time.

Strawberry-Watermelon Red Wine Sangria - a light and refreshing summer cocktail.

Barbecued Pork Ribs with Spicy Barbecue Sauce...fall off the bone tender.

Spicy Tomato-Fennel Beef Short Ribs over Pasta

Strawberry-Amaretto Cheesecake Tart with Almond Crust

Spicy Andouille Sausage Breakfast Scramble with Pesto

White wine sangria with berries and raspberry vodka, plus 3 more sangria recipes.

Strawberry Thyme Cocktail - a refreshing herb-infused summery drink.

Creamy Roasted Mushroom Soup with caramelized shallots and leeks, plus a splash of red wine.

Quinoa and Chinese Spinach (or Amaranth) Soup...spicy and aromatic.

Pan-seared Halibut with Cara Cara Orange Miso Cream Sauce and Roasted Beets

Spicy Southwestern Bacon Grilled Cheese, plus 2 more recipes for Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month.

Spicy Soy Salmon with sambal