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Our site hosts one of the biggest collections of home-cooked, family-tested recipes on the net, with thousands of options to choose from! We feature recipes for the pellet grill, gas griddle, and all outdoor cooking methods, but you’ll also find lots of side dishes, drinks, desserts, Instant Pot recipes, and much much more.
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Favorite Recipes for the Holidays
Whether it is Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, or another holiday you like to get together with loved ones and celebrate, we’ve got your menu covered!
Don’t want turkey? We’ve got great Rib Roast, Ham, and Filet Mignon too.
Latest Posts
Traeger No-Flip Bacon
Traeger No-Flip Bacon is a bacon-lover’s dream! Keep the smell and the mess out of your house and make the easiest big batch of bacon that you’ve ever had. Traeger No-Flip Bacon Yes, Traeger No-flip bacon means never having to flip bacon again. Just don’t flip out. Because yes, cooking bacon on a pellet grill allows you to cook perfectly crispy bacon. It lets the fat drip away so the…
Veal Parmesan
Veal Parmesan is a classic dish consisting of a breaded veal cutlet that’s fried until it is golden brown, and then baked with a fresh marinara sauce, parmesan and mozzarella cheese, and served with pasta. Veal Parmesan Recipe Veal Parmesan…
Blackstone Steak Tacos
Blackstone Steak Tacos are also known as “street tacos” since they follow the simple recipe for success peddled daily on cooking carts everywhere in Mexico, Central, and South America. The ingredients are simple, and each ingredient works perfectly with the…
Smoked Deviled Eggs
Smoked Deviled Eggs are the next level. If you have never tried smoked deviled eggs, then you are in for a serious treat! The smoke from the pellet grills adds so much complexity to an already almost perfect dish! Smoked…
Deviled Eggs Recipe
Deviled Eggs celebrate the beauty and possibilities of eggs in such an amazing way. Eggs are such an important supporting role in so many dishes, so it is nice to see them the star of their own show for once.…
Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole comes together easily and reimagines the eggs, sausage, and tater breakfast as a wonderful breakfast hot dish. You get all the heartiness of a sausage, egg, and hash browns breakfast, but in a form that is…
Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese
Our easy Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese takes the ever-popular buffalo sauce that everyone loves on chicken wings and whips it into a mac and cheese sauce that will have everyone asking for seconds (and the recipe). Buffalo Chicken Mac…
Blackberry Jam Daiquiri
A Blackberry Jam Daiquiri is like a traditional daiquiri, only instead of fresh berries and simple syrup you are using blackberry jam to sweeten your drink. Blackberry Jam Daiquiri If you don’t have blackberries handy, then you don’t have to…
Chuck Roast Stroganoff
Chuck Roast Stroganoff is a classic meal that has been a favorite for generations. It is rich and deeply complex, even though it is easy to make. For that reason, beef stroganoff feels like the kind of dish fit for…
Beer Battered Fish Nuggets
My Beer Battered Fish Nuggets are my new favorite way to eat white fish. Beer batter coats delicate chunks of white fish and then gets a quick fry in hot oil to make the most pillowy, delicious fish baskets that I’ve…
Grilled Nashville Hot Chicken Mac and Cheese
Grilled Nashville Hot Chicken Mac and Cheese uses that spicy hot Smoked Nashville Whole Chicken to make mac and cheese with some zing! Nashville Hot Chicken Mac and Cheese If you are unfamiliar with Nashville-style spiced chicken, it is a…
Breakfast Biscuits for a Crowd
Breakfast Biscuits for a Crowd are the perfect meal for a big family breakfast, a weekend brunch, or for a holiday morning. You bake off a big pan of scrambled eggs mixed with breakfast meat of your choosing, and then…
Pantry Meals to last a lifetime
This is the recipe roundup you’ve been waiting for your whole life. Or maybe this whole month. Who really knows, anyway. Pantry Meals to last a lifetime This is a roundup of roundups; whose main themes are pantry item recipes…
Nicole Johnson
Nicole Johnson, a self-taught expert in grilling and outdoor cooking, launched Or Whatever You Do in 2010. Her blog, renowned for its comprehensive and creative outdoor cooking recipes, has garnered a vast audience of millions. Nicole's hands-on experience and passion for grilling shine through her work. Her husband, Jeremiah Johnson, also plays a pivotal role in recipe development, adding his culinary flair to the mix. Together, they form a dynamic duo, offering a rich and varied outdoor cooking experience to their followers.