It’s Just Another Meatball Monday…

First!  My apologize to the Bangles…it was just too easy!

Second!  It’s not Monday anymore but what the heck it’s still a good headline!

If you’ve been following the last saga of my trip to the Fancy Food Show you know that I’ve become the owner of a fair amount of Buffalo Style Hot

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Grilled Bread Salad With Tomatoes and Basil

A salad without lettuce?  Who would have thought this would be something that tasted awesome.   I saw this on the Fine Cooking website and figured it would be a novel idea to try and blog about.  Little did I know that it would, in fact, be a flavorful and extremely tasty appetizer.  You’ve just

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You Can’t BEET A Good Salad

It’s time for another 4 Ingredient Challenge.  One of the best things about doing the 4 Ingredient Challenge each month is the opportunity to cook with ingredients I’ve never used before.  In this particular case I was “forced” to use two new ingredients: Kumquats and Beets.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I have a

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Grilled Apple Medley & Cheese Salad (Part 1)

It’s Apple season in Northern California and the local Farmer’s Market is full of tasty varieties of juicy apples.  This is a perfect time of year for a BBQ Brethren Apple Throwdown.  I knew there would be a variety of great entries from all the great cooks on the forum so I had to come

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Grilled Salad from The GrillinFools

 

Courtesy of GrillinFools

I’m always looking for some great side dishes to serve with bbq.  I’m not a huge romaine lettuce fan, but this recipe from the GrillinFools blog has me interested.  It’s simple, yet has some wow factor involved.  Give it a look and maybe even a try.

Grilled Salad from The GrillinFools!

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Healthier Grilling Is Possible

Now that my wife and I are “empty nesters” we are enjoy trying different types of foods and flavor profiles that we couldn’t try with kids at home. We are also trying to eat healthier. Ellie Krieger’s book “The Food You Crave” has given us several great meals that don’t necessarily taste “healthy.”

Tonight

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