​I love teriyaki sauce!  It is so delicious on chicken, beef, pork, rice, even vegetables!  It adds a savory/sweet tang that I find so appealing, I use it a lot.  I really prefer the thicker variety over the kind that has the consistency of soy sauce.  Unfortunately, the thicker variety is also more expensive, it seems the things I like are always that way!  So one day I wondered if I could make my own, so I could make it the way I like it.  I was afraid it would have some weird ingredients so I did some research on the internet and I ran across several recipes, and to my relief, the ingredients were all things I usually have in my house anyway.  After some experiementation, I found the perfect recipe.  

​Miracle Whip was invented as sweeter alternative to mayo, in the early 1930's.  They originally planned to call it mayonnaise, but the FDA would not let them because it contained ingredients that they deemed were not supposed to be in mayonnaise.  So the ended up calling it "dressing," instead.  If you have ever wondered what the difference was between Miracle Whip and mayonnaise, this is the place to find out!
​