It's Always Grilling Season

We love to grill. All year. Sunshine, rain, snow.... doesn't matter. I've ruined a grill cover or two chiping the ice away to get 'er going.

And one of our favorite things to grill is pizza. No pizza tastes as good as a grilled pizza. Especially when the combination of toppings is as perfect as what I chose last night. It was my best ever. I was worried it would be an odd combination, but my BBQ-Pepperoni-Hot Turkey Sausage-Pineapple-Tomato-Hot Pepper pizza turned out simply amazing. Sweet, tangy, spicy, smokey..... delicious. All topped off with my favorite brew from right here in the mitten.

It's too cold to bike, rollerblade, swim - all the summertime things I'm anxious to do - but when I'm at the grill with a beer in hand I'd almost think it was summer.... if we hadn't gotten inches of snow just hours after I finished. :)

Finally!! I made restaurant-tasting Thai food at home!

I have tried several times to make my beloved coconut curry from scratch. I've tried them all - red, yellow, green. It never seems to work out right. On top of finding a really good recipe, I also finally broke down and purchased the one ingredient I swore I would never use - fish sauce. FISH. SAUCE. (Yuck! - just the sound of it!) But it has made ALL the difference.

So I gave this new recipe a whirl and was so excited that it actually tasted like the red curry I get at the restaurant. *Squeal* You don't understand - I love Thai food. I mean, like I REAAALLLY LOVE Thai food.


It's pretty easy and I found everything I needed to use at Meijer. I did, however, use regular coconut milk instead of light coconut milk. My thai food is the one place I will not sacrifice or cut corners.

I added a LOT more crushed red pepper than the recipe called for. I went a little heavy to start, tasted it when it was done and still added some more.

The recipe can be found HERE at MyRecipes.com.

I also made it a second night without the chicken - just mushrooms, onion, green onion and garnished with cilantro. Voila! Coconut soup. But it you do it that way be sure to use extra coconut milk.




Without the chicken to soak up some of the marinade it was a little too concentrated, so I wish I'd had more coconut milk to dilute it a little. Still really yummy though!

Best. Potatoes. EVER.

I found this recipe on Pinterest and we made it the other night. They are SOOOO good, SOOOO flavorful, and SOOOO easy. Not to mention they make for a nice presentation.

I used minced garlic from a jar instead of fresh cloves (I always have it on hand, and it was nice to have the garlic juice to drizzle on them a little also.)

They take a few minutes to prepare - stuffing the little slices with the toppings, but are just delicious!!

The original recipe can be found here on SeaSalt With Food


I served it with a Garlic Lime Chicken recipe, which ended up being just okay. The potatoes, however, I will be making often.