One of the biggest cooking adventures of the summer is learning how to use my grill. I'm not a great griller; typically grilling to me means marinading some meat or putting together Lucys and then handing off the raw tray to Hubs. A short time later, dinner is magically done and we eat.
Last summer we had a million chicken legs in the freezer that I bought on sale and needed to use up before we moved. Hubs was working late so I threw them in BBQ sauce and put them on the grill. How hard can it be? Okay people, I didn't even know how to read my grill's temperature settings. Or I am just really, really dumb. Because I threw those legs slathered in sweet BBQ sauce on the flaming grill on HIGH. Soon the grill wasn't the only thing flaming. Those legs ignited quickly. I gasped, not unlike the crazy old guy does in Back To The Future when the model starts on fire. Then I turned the grill too low and a half hour later when I took them off, they were charred and chewy on the outside and raw on the inside. Not quite what I had in mind for dinner that night. I think we ended up eating pinto beans out of a can.
On top of my inability to grill, I also wanted to add veggies to the challenge. We don't eat a lot of meat and we love to eat veggies. Particularly roasted veggies. But as I've already said, it is waaayyyy too hot to use the oven. So, this summer, my big kitchen adventure is to make tasty vegetable-heavy meals on the grill. I'm doing alright. So far we've had grilled eggplant parmesan, stuffed bell peppers, and loads of beets and sweet potatoes. Yum! Hubby has also grilled up a number of sausages and burgers and lucys. And this weekend we are going to try pizza on the grill. I'm excited. Feel free to share any of your great veggie grilling ideas!
This grilling adventure is fun. And do you know the absolute best part about grilling? The clean up! No pots or pans. Not a lot of prep bowls. Usually just a cutting board and a tray. Which is great because my dishwasher is here is only a half dishwasher. We can usually fit in Little Lady's bottles and the dinner plates and that.is.it. Doing dishes is my LEAST favorite household chore. Okay, maybe folding laundry is worse, but I really despise doing dishes. And every night I find myself standing at the sink looking out at the chain link fence and the garage siding and thinking about what God wants me to learn by doing all these dishes. This is a refining process for me and I hope I get out of it what I'm supposed to.
I made these for breakfast last weekend. Pinterest is so much fun!
They are black forest pancakes. Chocolate pancakes, covered in a fresh cherry sauce and whipping cream. Surprisingly, my chocoholics both decided they don't like chocolate pancakes; Little Man refused to eat them, but he did eat the cherries and whipped cream. I thought they we great and I'm usually the one who doesn't eat chocolate. Or at least I was before Little Lady was born. Now I can't seem to get enough; she's made me a "real" woman, I guess.
Alright, off to make some raspberry lemonade and strawberry cupcakes with Little Man. Tonight is Ladies Night with my sister-in-laws and mother-in-law. We are having dessert and drinks at my place and then heading out for a crazy night of BINGO. I can't wait. Have a great weekend, friends!
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