Monday, July 2, 2012
Summer Cooking: Simple Backyard Grilling Ideas
Summertime is for fun in the outdoors,
enjoying summer evenings with friends. You want something easy and quick to fix
for dinner. That’s when the backyard
grill becomes your best friend. Here are some simple ideas we hope you
enjoy.
Create a Deluxe Hamburger
Rather than just slapping a burger on the
grill, let everyone pick their own ingredients to make them special. Buy about
¼ of a pound of ground beef per person.
In a bowl, mix the burger well with 2
well-beaten eggs, half a packet of Lipton’s Onion Soup Mix, a dash of
Worchestershire sauce, and ¼ cup breadcrumbs. (It’s easier and faster to do this
with your thoroughly cleaned hands. Although it may not be pleasant, it does
wash off easily with dish detergent.)
Now, let your guests choose from diced
jalapenos or green chilies. Those who don’t want the heat can choose from diced
mushrooms, scallions, diced olives, bacon broken in small pieces, diced onions,
roasted garlic, thinly diced celery, grated zucchini or grated carrot.
Cover a baking tin with aluminum foil. Write
with permanent marker names of people to match with their special burger. Cover
with plastic wrap. Spray it lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Quickly mix
their choice into a handful of meat (about ¼ lb.) Pat it out fairly flat so it
cooks evenly. Place each burger by the name. Give the top of the burgers a
quick misting of cooking spray. Place burgers on the grill in the same pattern
as on the tray so you keep everything straight. Grill on hot heat until done.
Serve with choices of mayo, mustard, ketchup,
relish, salsa, guacamole, cheddar cheese, feta, mozzarella, lettuce, tomato,
cucumber slices, pickles, roasted red peppers, and potato chips. Your
imagination is the limit. And it’s a way to sneak
veggies into dinner.
Grill Corn on the Cob
8 corn cobs- Remove the silk and husks.
Dissolve ½ cup salt in 4 quarts of cold water. Soak the corn in it for 10
minutes and up to, but no more than 8 hours.
Place on a high grill turning every 2-3
minutes. It will take about 10-14 minutes to cook and get that light charring.
Serve with cilantro-lime butter.
Cilantro-Lime Butter
Blend:
4 Tablespoons softened butter
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
2 Tablespoons coarsely chopped cilantro
A pinch of each – chili powder, salt, black
pepper
We, at Simplify Home
Solutions hope you have a great summer. We’ll give you some more fun summer
cooking ideas in upcoming blogs. If you’d like some suggestions on how to free
up more of your time for fun things, give us a call.
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