Get Your Grill On

With all the fresh herbs coming up in our garden, I like using some of them for this tangy Argentinian marinade. Chicken is not exactly traditional gaucho food, but it pairs well with the citrus and garlic, and the extra oil helps keep the breasts moist.

1/2 cup fresh cilantro
1/2 cup fresh Italian parsley
1/2 cup red […]

The Cuisinart Griddler is a great way to build the perfect panini, grill up some chicken breasts for dinner, fry up some eggs for breakfast and reheat the leftovers from last nights dinner. The Griddler is very easy to use and comes ready to go out of the box with drips cups, a dishwasher […]

Paella is a classic dish from eastern Spain. Recipes vary widely, but are always based around rice, saffron, and olive oil. It is traditionally cooked over an open fire in a wide, flat pan called a paellera. In that spirit of outdoor cooking, this is a simple version that has been adapted to work well […]

2 tbsp butter, softened slightly
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp candied ginger
1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
3 freestone peaches or nectarines, halved & pitted
1 tbsp butter, melted

Heat grill to high.
Combine softened butter, honey, vanilla, and candied ginger together in a food processor and pulse until mixed into a soft paste. Refrigerate.
Brush cut side of peaches with melted […]

The Meat
Pick USDA Choice or Prime beef. These top 2 grades will have enough marbling (thin streaks of fat in the muscle) to give you a tender, juicy, flavorful steak.  Know your cuts and what you like.  Filet mignon will be oh-so-tender, but not necessarily very flavorful. Rib-eyes have excellent flavor, but can be […]

The Copper River flows some 300 miles through Alaska, and the salmon that attempt the journey up that river are some of the richest, tastiest fish in the world.
The Copper River king salmon has a firm red flesh and a rich, nutty flavor that really calls for a minimalist approach when grilling.  I almost always […]

It’s Summertime, and that means hamburgers and fresh sweet corn hot off the grill. This recipe takes preparation and a little coordination to get everything on and off the grill at the right time, but the results are well worth it.
Double Cheese Bacon Onion Double Burgers with Southwestern Sweet Corn
For the burgers:

1lb ground beef (preferably […]

The heat of the grill does a lot to tone down the spiciness of the marinade.
Chipotle Marinade

¼ cup olive oil
1 chipotle chile canned in adobo sauce
3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (about 2 medium limes)
1 tablespoon honey
2-4 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon kosher sea salt
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Put all of the ingredients (except the chicken) in […]

Right out of the bottle this sauce hits you with spiced up flavor mirrored with a wonderfully rich tasting mouth-feel. It’s not watered down like store bottled ketchup nor is it as sweet as many familiar brands on the market. A simple scan of the ingredients shows that the lineup is entirely organic and gluten-free, […]

For a bit of a change of pace, I decided to try some big ol’ scallops on the Big Green Egg.
I started with a little over a pound of fresh diver sea scallops. Half of them went into a Thai marinade:

4T sweet chile sauce
1T lime juice
4T soy sauce.

The other half were marinated in my version […]