If you’re looking for the best salmon marinade, you’re in the right place. This easy salmon marinade is made with simple pantry ingredients and turns ordinary salmon filets into something incredibly flavorful, tender, and juicy especially on the grill!

Whether you’re cooking salmon for a weeknight dinner or a summer cookout, this marinade is the secret to grilled salmon that everyone loves.

What Makes This the Best Salmon Marinade

This salmon marinade works because it contains the perfect balance of flavor (citrus, honey, and savory) while keeping the salmon tender and juicy. It adds subtle flavor while still allowing the flavor of the salmon to shine:

• Balanced flavor: Sweet honey, bright orange juice, and savory soy sauce create a marinade that’s flavorful but not heavy.
• Tender, juicy salmon: The citrus helps lightly tenderize the salmon while the oil locks in moisture during grilling.
• Quick marinating time: You only need 20 minutes to infuse big flavor so there’s no long wait required.
• Perfect for grilling: This marinade caramelizes beautifully on the grill without burning or drying out the fish.
• Versatile and foolproof: Use this salmon marinade for grilling, baking, or pan-searing with equally great results.

If you’ve ever struggled with bland or dry salmon, this easy salmon marinade is the simple fix you’ll want to keep using!

Ingredients You’ll Need

This salmon marinade comes together with a handful of simple ingredients that balance sweet, savory, and citrusy flavors perfectly. Each one plays a role in making the salmon tender, juicy, and full of flavor.

• Garlic: Add bold, savory flavor to the salmon marinade
• Orange Juice: Brings bright citrus flavor and natural sweetness to the marinade.
• Honey: Adds a touch of sweetness and helps balance the savory ingredients in the salmon marinade.
• Sweet Chili Sauce: Adds gentle heat and depth of flavor to the marinade.
• Sesame Oil: Adds rich, nutty flavor and enhances the marinade.
• Soy Sauce: Provides saltiness and umami, forming the flavorful base of the salmon marinade.
• Salmon Filets: Look for vibrant pink color and the filets soak up the marinade beautifully.

Tired of the same pasta recipes? You’ll love my quick and easy roasted red pepper pasta recipe! It’s so creamy and satisfying that you’ll be moving it into your regular dinner rotation!

This simple pasta recipe is a fun way to switch up your weeknight pasta rotation, because the roasted red pepper sauce is lightly creamy, tangy, and filled with a sweet and smoky flavor with minimal effort from you!

I am going to have to quote the pioneer woman here…”GROAN”. Seriously, this roasted red pepper pasta is all too delicious. Roasted red peppers really make this dish. Don’t be put off by roasting your own peppers, it really is worth it and not as complicated as it may sound.

The first time I made this recipe, I used whole wheat rigatoni, and although I couldn’t keep my finger out of the sauce, the whole wheat pasta just didn’t work for me. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE whole wheat pasta, but some sauces just need something else.

This time we used orecchiette and it was like little pockets of heaven!!!!!!! We really liked it a lot more than the rigatoni. I love how they hold the sauce and are still so light. This recipe really is a must try. Let me know how it goes!

Ingredients for Red Pepper Pasta

• Red Bell Peppers: The star of the sauce—roasted for sweetness and smoky depth, giving the pasta its rich flavor and vibrant color.
• Pine Nuts: Add nuttiness and natural creaminess when blended into the sauce; also give a subtle, buttery flavor.
• Pasta (orecchiette or campanelle): Both shapes hold sauce beautifully—their curves and nooks catch the creamy roasted pepper mixture for maximum flavor in every bite.
• Olive Oil: Adds richness, carries the flavors of garlic and shallot, and helps create a silky sauce.
• Shallot: Sweeter and milder than onions, shallots add gentle depth and balance to the sauce.
• Garlic: Brings savory, aromatic flavor that enhances the peppers and ties the sauce together.
• Salt: Essential for balancing sweetness, enhancing flavor, and seasoning the pasta water.
• Heavy Cream: Makes the sauce super smooth, creamy, and comforting while balancing the roasted pepper’s acidity.
• White Wine or Cooking White Wine: Adds acidity and brightness, cutting through the richness and giving a subtle complexity to the sauce.
• Parmesan Cheese: Brings salty, nutty flavor and helps thicken the sauce while adding that irresistible cheesy finish.
• Basil: Adds freshness and a pop of herbal brightness that balances the creamy, smoky, savory flavors.

How to Make Roasted Red Pepper Pasta

Our family’s Roasted Red Pepper Pasta is an easy weeknight meal for when you’re in a hurry. All you

If you’re looking for the best cilantro lime dressing, this creamy version is fresh, tangy, and packed with flavor. Made with avocado, fresh lime juice, cilantro, and garlic, this cilantro lime salad dressing blends up in just minutes and works on almost everything. Drizzle it over salads, tacos, burrito bowls, grilled chicken, or use it as a dip for veggies.

The avocado gives the dressing a naturally creamy texture without any dairy, while the lime and cilantro add that bright, zesty flavor that makes everything taste better. Basically, once you make this cilantro lime dressing recipe, you’ll want to keep a jar in the fridge at all times.

Salad Dressing Recipes

I’m slowly but surely gathering up all of my favorite salad dressing recipes… for my mom. Haha! I mean, I’m doing it for all of you as well, but this stems from a comment my mom made that I’m not completely ruminating on. 🙂 She said she doesn’t know how to make a good salad. AND, FURTHERMORE, she doesn’t really eat salad in the winter because she associates it with summer. 

Oh heck no. 

Salad is one of the greatest things of my life, so I absolutely have to help her out! Salads are the easiest recipe because literally anything goes. You wanna add roasted sweet potatoes? DO IT! You want to mix cottage cheese in? IT’S DELICIOUS!

So, first up, Cilantro Lime Avocado Dressing because it’s healthy, and so bright and zesty! And look at that green color! All the heart eyes!

Why You’ll Love This Cilantro Lime Dressing

• Ready in 5 minutes
• Naturally creamy from avocado
• Fresh and tangy flavor
• Great for salads, tacos, bowls, and wraps
• Gluten-free and dairy-free

Ingredients You’ll Need

This creamy cilantro lime dressing uses simple fresh ingredients that blend into a bright and flavorful sauce.

This Easy Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe requires just five ingredients and there’s no prep work involved beforehand. Simply add everything into the slow cooker and walk away! 

The BEST Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Once upon a time, I was trying to figure out how to make the best pot roast in a crockpot. I was trying to figure out how to make a juicy roast by searing it, marinating it, injecting it, and so on and nothing was really hitting the spot for me. So I did what any normal person would do after an extended period of failures — I gave up. 

Okay, maybe everyone doesn’t give up, but I just decided that maybe a beef roast wasn’t my thing. I took up pork and it totally went well. We made carnitas, tender shredded Kalua pork and finally a juicy shredded beef. But it still didn’t taste like that classic pot roast. And the gravy wasn’t that brown gravy I wanted.

And then I tried this easy slow cooker pot roast and I have been sold ever since! The beef is tender and juicy. It creates wonderful drippings that make the best gravy.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Simple: Uses just 5 pantry ingredients!

Easy: No browning needed — slow cooker does all the work!

Flavor: Butter and pepperoncini create that perfect tangy richness and the ranch and au jus mixes add all the depth of flavor you need!

Texture: Fork-tender, juicy beef every single time!

Versatile: Fancy enough for a holiday meal but so simple you could have it on a random Wednesday!

Slow Cooker Pot Roast Ingredients

As we mentioned earlier, this Crockpot chuck roast dish requires just five ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need to make it: 

• Beef Chuck Roast: look for rich marbling = tender, flavorful beef
• Dry Ranch Dressing Mix: adds savory depth
• Au Jus Seasoning Packet: boosts beefy flavor
• Butter: adds richness and silkiness
• Pepperoncinis Peppers: tangy contrast that balances the salt

How to Make Slow Cooker Pot Roast

It’s truly amazing how easy this slow cooker pot roast is to make! Here’s how you make it: 

1. Combine: Place the chuck roast into the slow cooker, sprinkle with the two seasoning packets on top of the roast, then add the stick of butter butter on top. Spread the pepperoncinis around the roast.
2. Cook: Place the lid onto the slow cooker, then let the roast cook on low for 8 hours.
3. Shred: If you want to shred the beef, use two forks to separate the roast and then let it con

Summer is officially here, and that means one thing in our house… it is time to fire up the grill and keep it going all season long! This list of summer grill recipes has absolutely everything you need.

From juicy grilled mains and trendy crowd-pleasers to essential sides that round out every single spread. Consider this your go-to grilling guide all summer long. Let’s get cooking!

🍔 Grilled Main Dishes

This is where it all starts! A great summer spread lives and dies by its main dish. This section is stacked with the best of the best grilled main dishes for every occasion and every craving.