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Mozzarella and bread skewers
Grilling cheese on a skewer seemed like such a silly idea, but we found ourselves making this three times in a row! Ingredients: Fresh Mozzarella, such as buffalo Cherry tomatoes French Bread, cut into...
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Grilled Tostones
Make sure that you use green plantains; this won’t work with ripe ones. Traditionally in Cuba and Puerto Rico these are twice fried, but today in my backyard they are twice grilled! A nice sauce to go...
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Potato and Prosciutto Galette
This is rather complicated to make but is well worth the effort. The key is to make sure it does not stick to the foil. The smaller you make it , the easier it will be to handle on the grill. When you...
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Grilled Bruschetta
Here is a really simple and quick recipe perfect for the season. My tomatoes and basil are coming up nicely in the garden and are also found in all of the local farmers markets right. $1.00 for a huge...
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Fresh Tomato Salsa
I make a lot of salsas and out of all of them this is my favorite. The fresh tomatoes, lime and cilantro give this a bright clean taste. This is very easy to make. Ingredients: 8 Tomatoes 1/4 Red Onion...
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Guacamole
This is such an easy thing to make. One thing to be aware of, is that avocados will discolor, turning brown after they have been cut open. If you are not serving this right away, cover with plastic...
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Fire Roasted Salsa Verde
I normally do this on my charcoal grill with wood, but today I used the gas grill. This is a green salsa using tomatillos, NOT green tomatoes. Ingredients: Tomatillos, about a dozen Anaheim Pepper...
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Fire Roasted Peach Salsa
Like all good things, this salsa starts out on the grill. The balance of sweet and spicy really makes this salsa stand out. I’m eventually going to make this salsa again over a wood fire — I think a...
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Grilled Stuffed Grape Leaves
When I first started to work on this recipe I wanted to include feta cheese but I found out that my wife, Kris could not eat that since she was pregnant … well … she was pregnant a few days ago . I...
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Meena’s Tandoori Chicken Pops
Recipe Spotlight Meena over at hooked on heat posted this recipe a couple of weeks back and we gave it a try. She notes: “ALTERNATIVELY, you can avoid deep frying by simply grilling the marinated...
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Prosciutto Wrapped Mango and Jalapenos
This is a very simple yet tasty thing to make. The combination of sweet, salty and spicy really works well together. Ingredients Prosciutto Mango jalapenos Provolone Cheese Carefully lay out a slice...
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Ground Cherry Salsa
I am still amazed at the wonderful treasures we can find at our Farmer’s Market! Today, we scored a pint of the elusive ground cherry. What are those I asked? The vendor gave us a sample and went on...
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Pork Spring Rolls
One of the things I love about fall is making spring rolls. We fry them out in the garage to avoid the greasy, smelly mess they can leave in their wake. Here in Wisconsin, it is too hot and humid in...
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Rolled Stromboli
I first learned to make this bad boy at a little neighborhood pizza joint in Minneapolis called Casalenda’s. It was one of those things that was not on the menu, but if you were knew what to ask for,...
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