Category Archives: Grilling

Vacations are always a good time but it is nice to be home to the Traeger! Our first dinner back was cedar plank salmon, grilled potatoes and fresh sweet corn. It is great to get some fresh Minnesota grown sweet … Continue reading →

Our friends (and former neighbors) who were transferred to Florida, were back in town for a visit so we had a cookout on Sunday to celebrate. We got the old neighborhood gang back together for some good food and plenty … Continue reading →

Friday nights and fish just seem to go together. Tonight we had simple grilled fish with grilled fries, tasty. This is really easy to do and the sole fillets we had were super thin and only took a few minutes … Continue reading →

With Kris still having fun at the lake, I decided to smoke a brisket. Started this bad boy at 8:00 AM and pulled it off to rest at 5:00 PM. Definitely worth the wait. This was the first brisket I … Continue reading →

With Kris off to the cabin for a girls weekend, I needed a good one man meal. The lake and the cabin got me thinking about fish so I decided on swordfish. This is something I have never had before … Continue reading →

I had forgotten just how good flat iron steak can be! Last night we grilled one up and made it into a salad. Boy was this tasty. Along with the flat iron, we had grilled peppers (red and yellow), grilled … Continue reading →

We have been grilling a lot of chicken breasts this summer and I usually trim the tender off the breast and save for later. Chicken breasts cook and look better with these trimmed off. Tonight we grilled up a batch … Continue reading →

This 4th of July we went in a different direction. Instead of the usual ribs, beans and slaw we chose cedar plank salmon, tandoori shrimp and a slaw mix of cabbage, brussels sprouts, kale and bacon. Dressed with Jimmy’s coleslaw … Continue reading →

Our friends, Dave and Alissa, recently to a trip to New Orleans and found an amazing spice blend, aptly named ‘Slap Ya Mama’. It is pretty much good on anything, especially chicken. So for dinner we had “Slap Ya Mama’ … Continue reading →

It was a beautiful night here in Minnesota and that means grilling. Kris had picked up some rib-eye steaks the other day at Target and man these were some good steaks! Now that we are in prime growing season we … Continue reading →