4th of July Grilling Favorites
It is a holiday week in both our home countries (Canada and the US), and we are celebrating with family and food. We've put together a collection of our most popular grilling recipes to inspire your summer cooking. Check out Paul's fantastic spelt flatbread on the grill, or my favorite Grilled Greek Salad with delicious caramelized halloumi cheese, our flavor loaded burgers; turkey feta, cheddar ancho or portobello, or, if you just need a change from plain old hotdogs, ditch the bun and make loaded hotdogs! We hope you have a chance to share delicious smoky foods with the people you love this weekend! Click directly on the photos above (or the links below) to go to the recipes.
SMOKEY ANCHO CHEDDAR BURGERS
North African Grilled Chicken
GRILLED POTATO SALAD WITH JALAPENO, BACON, & BLUE CHEESE
GRILLED GREEK SALAD
GRILLED CHICKEN BÁNH MÌ SANDWICH
GRILLED SPELT FLATBREAD WITH TAPENADE & TOMATO
SALTED RUM CARAMEL WITH GRILLED PEACHES & ICE CREAM
Turkey Feta Burgers With Yogurt Curry Sauce
GRILLED ASPARAGUS & HALLOUMI WITH TOMATO BASIL VINAIGRETTE
Portobello Burgers With Green Olive Tapenade
Zucchini Soba Noodles With Grilled Vegetables
Loaded Hotdogs
Zucchini Falafel Burgers with Green Tahini Sauce
It's burger time, and not just for meat lovers. We're combining the summer's bounty of zucchini with loads of herbs for a burger riff on the falafel. While these patties are delicious on their own, we went a little nuts with the toppings, including a tangy herb scented green tahini sauce, and an addictive tomato, cucumber and feta salsa. Zucchini Falafel Burgers with Green Tahini Sauce are a vibrant celebration of summer flavors. Happy 4th and Canada Day to our American and Canadian readers!
For more burger inspiration check out smokey ancho cheddar burgers, bacon bison burgers, turkey feta burgers with yogurt curry sauce & portobello burgers with green olive tapenade.
Grilled Greek Salad
Grilling is our cooking method of choice for these early summer days, but it's not all about the meat. Actually, our summer diet has tilted vegetarian since we started making this Grilled Greek Salad. I dreamt up this colorful dish in the colder months, with longings of summer. This salad knocked our socks off and had my meat loving husband requesting more. We made Grilled Greek Salad through bitter March sleet, April winds, and May rains. And now finally, with seasonal vegetables and balmy temperatures, we can grill in the sunshine. Unlike some grilled salads, this isn't grilling for cuteness. Grilled Greek Salad is a hefty, hearty entree salad, that relies on the grill to give the peppers, onions, and tomatoes their luscious char, and to add caramel sweetness to tangy halloumi cheese. Topped with kalamata olives and a tart lemon-zest vinaigrette for contrast, this salad is dynamic. Halloumi, for those not familiar, is a hard salty sheep-milk cheese from Cyrpus, a great cooking cheese that keeps its shape and texture at high heats.
Yucatán Quick Pickled Red Onions, Escabeche De Cebolla
It’s grilling season, and these cumin and oregano scented quick pickled red onions are the wonderfully vibrant Mexican condiment that recently took our household by storm, summarily ousting ketchup and mustard from first-shelf-fridge-status. Since the weather is warming up, we like to keep a jar of these delicious Yucatán Quick Pickled Red Onions on hand to top burgers, hot dogs, tacos, even salads get piled with a handful of these fuchsia gems. Whip up a quick batch, and try these pickled red onions out with our Turkey Feta Burgers With Yogurt Curry Sauce, Smokey Ancho Cheddar Burgers, Citrus Pulled Pork, Portobello Burger, or with Baked Tofu Rice Bowl.
Bacon Bison Burgers
It’s the first day of September, an in-between season, with one foot in summer and the other inching towards fall. We created these Bison Bacon Burgers for this time of year, a last hurrah to warm summer grilling, with a nod towards cooler evenings. These are woodsy bison and beef burgers with hints of rosemary, smoky bacon and heaps of sweet caramelized onions. Honestly, these are fantastic burgers, bison lover or not, this burger will captivate your taste buds. And for the labor day weekend, celebrate with a last round of homemade burgers; Smokey Ancho Cheddar Burgers, Portobello Burgers with Green Olive Tapenade, or, my favorite, Turkey Feta Burgers with Yogurt Curry Sauce.
Best of 2015
Looking back, 2015 has been a pivotal year for us, we've changed jobs, careers, houses, countries, and in just a few weeks, our two will become three. Throughout all these transitions, food has played an important role, from eagerly trying our hand at Haitian recipes in anticipation of our move, to the sometimes bizarre pendulum swing of my pregnancy cravings, to meals shared with family and friends, celebrating holidays and saying goodbye. We have loved watching our readership grow, and receiving your many emails, recipe pictures, comments and support through these many life changes, thank you.
To start off the New Year, we wanted to share our readers' favorite recipes from 2015 (click directly on the images above or recipe titles below):
Berbere Spiced Chicken, Doro Wat
Smokey Ancho Cheddar Burgers
Yucatan Citrus Roasted Pork, Cochinita Pibil
Flemish Beer Braised Beef and Onions
Gascon Vegetable Soup
Roasted Strawberry Buttermilk Milkshakes
Barley Risotto
Yucatan Quick Pickled Mexican Red Onions
West African Kale & Peanut Stew
Grilled Greek Greek Salad
Garlic Ancho Chile Paste
Whiskey Glazed Chicken Thighs
Black Fudge Pudding Cake
Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Blackstrap Molasses & Fresh Ginger Cake & Salted Maple Buttercream
Wild Rice & Quinoa Salad with Mushrooms & Asparagus
