Grilling Season Recipes

Hi Everyone, I decided to pull a few recipes together so that you could peruse the options, without having to keep searching for separate recipes.  I’m so nice, wouldn’t you say?! heehee

Now that the unofficial start to summer is here, we are all itching to get out on our decks, balconies, or the backyard, and fire up those grills.  Some diehard Canadians brave the weather and keep it going all year round, but I’ll admit, we’re not that brave!!

So what does everyone like to grill?  What’s your favourite meats to get all charred up, juices dribbling out and onto the open flames?  We’re big time sausage lovers over here.  As well as ribs, or of course chicken.  And we can’t forget a great juicy burger.  While we like steak, we actually rarely grill them up at home.  I’m not sure why.  I mean, mine would take all of 2 minutes, since I like my steak blue rare.  But in the end, Jim just wants a good burger or souvlaki etc.

But for some weird reason, I don’t have a burger recipe on the blog.  Go figure!!  Need to fix that I guess. Not that we do anything uber fancy.  Just good ground sirloin with salt and pepper, gathered together lightly (over working ground meats will only toughen up the final result)  Nothing fancy or weird added, just good meat.  Grilled to a lovely medium with a bit of pink is how Jim likes it.  I like mine rare! 

But here are some of the recipes that are on the blog which may trigger some menu ideas for your next outdoor dining adventure:

Mediterranean Pork Souvlaki with Labneh Tzatziki

Grilled Sausages with German Potato Salad and Sauerkraut

Coffee Bourbon Sticky and Spicy Baby Back Ribs

Chipotle Lime and Jalapeno Ribs

Cuban Mojo Chicken Legs

Molé, Honey and Lime Chicken Wings

Peri Peri Chicken Wings

Chicken and Pineapple Satay

Za’atar Chicken with Fattoush Salad

Spanish Vegetable Fideua or Pasta Paella

And here are some fun sides to go with all that meat!

Watermelon Feta and Olive Salad

Middle Eastern Marinated Feta

Honeydew Cucumber and Feta Salad

Fava Bean, Mint and Manchego Salad

I could go on and on, adding more to the list, but if you want a comprehensive list of what we eat during the warmer months, just do a search in the Recipe Index, using Summer as your filter.

Love Jen