Now that summer's here...

[AngieDoogles]

What are some of you favorite things to grill? Any favorite recipes or grilling tips? Mom bought Bren and me a new grill for our anniversary this year and we are having so much fun with it! I'd love to try a few new recipes.

Thanks in advance!

[judy]

Fresh veggies are delicious grilled. Fish is also good. I fact, everything is good grilled. Enjoy your grilling.

[teri88]

We are boring, burgers, hot dogs or chicken. We will only be grilling ono the weekends this summer because of Kenny's work schedule. I hope you enjoy your new grill!

[Janet]

We just do normal grilling of meat and some veggies. No special recipes or anything.

[HALEY]

i love ribs and corn on the grill, yummy !!!!!

[Gina]

We bbq a lot during the summer and have company. My favorite side dishes are homemade potato salad which is always a hit , I also make a tri color pasta cold salad dish they are both really simple . If anyone wants the receipes let me know and I will post them next time...

[Tiramisu]

My hubby does the grilling and I do the sides. He grills everything from shrimp, crabs, ribs, fish, veggies, etc. You need to try grilled tomato and avocado slices. My favorite steak is that we get a whole sirloin or ribeye, hubby ages it in the frig for 10 days, then cuts it into steaks. I think some people call it delmonico steaks. It's so good.

[DianaB]

I have a recipe for a marinate that we just love! It makes steak and chicken breasts better than any steakhouse around.

Steve's Marinate

1 cup Soy Sauce (You can use low sodium if you want to)
1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar

Mix all ingredients together and add meat (Steak, Pork Chops, Chicken Breasts, etc.). The recipe says to marinate for 2 hours, but I like to marinate overnight, about 12-24 hours.
We marinated steaks in this one time while we were canoeing and grilled them over an open fire and they were the best steaks that we'd ever had!!

[AngieDoogles]

Thanks for the recipe Diana! Brendon and I both love soy sauce so that sounds awesome! :)

Gina, I'd love the recipes! I'm wanting to try a lot of new dishes and recipes within the next few weeks.

[DianaB]

Zucchini is really good cooked on the grill. Just slice it into about 1/2 inch slices and brush a little oil on them (or spray them with Pam) and shake a little Season Salt on them. Turn them occasionally until they're done. You can also broil them in the oven.

[Dobie]

I love Salmon in a lemon/pepper marinade. I make it up in the morning, wrap it in reynold's wrap and let it soak all day. We cook it in the foil on the grill.

[Janet]

I love Salmon in a lemon/pepper marinade. I make it up in the morning, wrap it in reynold's wrap and let it soak all day. We cook it in the foil on the grill.


I love Salmon on the grill, but never used this marinade so Dobie...how much lemon and how much pepper?

[Janet]

I have a recipe for a marinate that we just love! It makes steak and chicken breasts better than any steakhouse around.

Steve's Marinate

1 cup Soy Sauce (You can use low sodium if you want to)
1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar

Mix all ingredients together and add meat (Steak, Pork Chops, Chicken Breasts, etc.). The recipe says to marinate for 2 hours, but I like to marinate overnight, about 12-24 hours.
We marinated steaks in this one time while we were canoeing and grilled them over an open fire and they were the best steaks that we'd ever had!!

Definitely going to try this one Diana!

[Gina]

My Homemade Potato Salad



I don't measure I do everything by eye, its all according to taste .


I boil 5lbs potatoes with skins on until cooked

Once cool I take skins off and cut into cubes into a bowl

I put some white vinegar not to much or it will be tart

salt , pepper to taste

Then I put mayo once again according to how you like it, I don't like to much mayo, not dry either

I cut up a small onion , mix in

shred a carrot and put some in

the trick is a little sugar to sweeten it

some dill weed sprinkle some in

mix all the above well , then top it with more shredded carrots and dill weed to finish it off. Refridgerate to make cold.


It is delicious when I make it or bring it to someones bbq it goes fast.. Enjoy!

Angie Pasta salad will follow I promise lol

[Dobie]

I love Salmon on the grill, but never used this marinade so Dobie...how much lemon and how much pepper?


I play with the ingredients below, depending on how zesty I want it.

1/4 c Lemon juice
1 tb Oil
1/2 ts Pepper, black, cracked
1/4 c Water
1/2 ts Dill, fresh
1/2 ts Salt

[pope1982]

Right now I am into huge tin foil packets of grilled veggies.
Going to be venturing on to grilled fruits... :D
I saw a neat recipe for like beef teryaki served over long planks of grilled pineapple. I can't wait to try grilled peaches, bananas etc

I make killer steaks and burgers (inside out cheeseburgers too) :thumbup:
Most recently these turkey burgers stuffed full of onions green peppers and hot peppers seasoned.

I recomend watching the videos on these guys youtube channel :thumbup:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BarbecueWeb

[pope1982]

One of our recent favorites! Pasta Caprese
http://www.recipezaar.com/103965

I recommend freezing the cheese cubes after you cut them, otherwise when you throw them in with the hot salad, you may end up with a blobby cheese ball lol
when they are frozen, it turns out perfect :)

[Gina]

One of our recent favorites! Pasta Caprese
http://www.recipezaar.com/103965

I recommend freezing the cheese cubes after you cut them, otherwise when you throw them in with the hot salad, you may end up with a blobby cheese ball lol
when they are frozen, it turns out perfect :)

Pope this salad is similar to what I make, I zest it up and make it a cold salad.. Will post later today. Yours sounds good going to try it. Thanks!

[AngieDoogles]

Right now I am into huge tin foil packets of grilled veggies.
Going to be venturing on to grilled fruits... :D
I saw a neat recipe for like beef teryaki served over long planks of grilled pineapple. I can't wait to try grilled peaches, bananas etc

I make killer steaks and burgers (inside out cheeseburgers too) :thumbup:
Most recently these turkey burgers stuffed full of onions green peppers and hot peppers seasoned.

I recomend watching the videos on these guys youtube channel :thumbup:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BarbecueWeb

Ohh, I forgot about veggie packs! We used to do those at camp with the kids and they loved it! Called them Hobo-packs. lol. YUM!

[Ponyup]

We make what we call hobo pies; recipe:

On a sheet of foil

spray foil with pam
Add a dollup of butter in the center
Cut 1 large potatoe into slices; spread out in the middle of the foil on top of the butter.
Make a hamburger patty & lay it on the potatoes (season burger for taste)
Put sliced onions on top of hamburger
Then place sliced carrots on top of the onions

The fold foil into a packet; cook 20 minutes on each side or until vegetables are done.

[Tink]

One of our favorites that works great if you have quite a few people over for a meal is to have ground beef, a nice variety of veggies (potatoes, onions, carrots, green peppers, all sliced and ready) and 2 squares of tinfoil for each person to put together what they like between 2 ground beef patties. We usually have steak sauce, soy sauce, terriyaki sauce, etc on hand as well as salt and pepper for them to season with. seal the edges of the foil into a packet so nothing leaks and toss on the grill.

It's quite yummy!

[pope1982]

I threw a recipe together the other night ladies that was pretty delicious...
I sliced some chicken breasts 2 to 3 times so they would be very thin cutlets and easy to roll up. I put a little extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano, basil then I put a slice or two of thin sliced deli ham, monterey jack cheese and jalapeno pepper sliced then rolled then and skewered them.
They only took about 15 minutes (if that) baking at 350 in the oven.
I served them with braised potatoes and baby carrots.

I am sure they would be done in no time on the grill :D

[judy]

We make what we call hobo pies; recipe:

On a sheet of foil

spray foil with pam
Add a dollup of butter in the center
Cut 1 large potatoe into slices; spread out in the middle of the foil on top of the butter.
Make a hamburger patty & lay it on the potatoes (season burger for taste)
Put sliced onions on top of hamburger
Then place sliced carrots on top of the onions

The fold foil into a packet; cook 20 minutes on each side or until vegetables are done.

Yummy! With a few tweaks, this is a definite Weight Watcher's meal.

[DianaB]

We make what we call hobo pies; recipe:

On a sheet of foil

spray foil with pam
Add a dollup of butter in the center
Cut 1 large potatoe into slices; spread out in the middle of the foil on top of the butter.
Make a hamburger patty & lay it on the potatoes (season burger for taste)
Put sliced onions on top of hamburger
Then place sliced carrots on top of the onions

The fold foil into a packet; cook 20 minutes on each side or until vegetables are done.

We make these when we go camping! We double wrap them in foil and bury them in hot coals for about an hour. Yummmmmm!!!

My Mom does something similiar in the oven with smoked sausage. She slices it into small pieces about 1 inch thick then adds broccoli, cauliflower, onions, carrots, potatoes, with salt and pepper and a little bit of water. She wraps it in foil in a large pan and bakes it until it's done (it's takes quite a while). Then she opens it up and serves it from the pan with a salad. It's really good and it feeds quite a few.

[Tink]

Oh Diana, that sounds yummy!

[DianaB]

I have a different kind of potato salad that everyone really loves once they have a taste!

You take about a pound of red potatoes, boil whole until tender. Cool in cold water. Take a good sized deep bowl and slice about a fourth of them on the bottom of the bowl. Then spread about 1/4 c. mayonaise (not salad dressing) on the potatoes. Then take a large container (16 oz) of cottage cheese and put a fourth on the mayonaise. Sprinkle lightly with seasoned salt and put chopped green onions on top of cottage cheese. Continue with layers ending with the cottage cheese on top with the season salt and onions. Let this sit in the refrigerator for a while so the flavors can blend. It sounds really unusual but I get a lot of compliments on it and the kids even like it! (I can't remember if there's 3 or 4 layers to this so you'll just see what works for you. And make sure you use the red potatoes. They have a better flavor for this.)

[Tink]

With warm weather here, I've got a thirst for some good old fashioned lemonade.
Who has a good "from scratch" recipe?

[DianaB]

For lemonade, I just ream a couple of lemons for a 2 qt. pitcher, add sugar, and water. I know that there's recipes to make a syrup but I've never made it.

To make a diet limeade, take a can of diet 7-up or Sprite (or similiar soda) add a pkg of sweetner (Splenda or Nutrasweet), take a lime and cut into fourths. Squeeze 2 sections into the soda and leave the squeezed sections of lime in the drink. Stir and add ice. Yum!!