Tag: grilling

  • Grilled Mahi Mahi with Pan-Roasted Corn Salsa and Black Beans

    This recipe from Mccormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant Cookbook was deeeelicious and a great summer meal. We needed the grill on for the fish anyway, so we grilled the corn on the cob for the pan salsa. The recipe as written in the book uses a lot more butter and store-bought salsa, but we had […]

  • Catch-Up Post #5: Honey Sesame Shrimp

    This shrimp recipe from The Barbecue! Bible was fantastic — the shrimp come out plump, moist and delicious, with a sweet, slightly spicy honey glaze. Lisa and I loved this preparation and will definitely make it again. On an unrelated note, we’re almost done with the catch-up posts and will return to our regularly scheduled […]

  • Grilled Shrimp over Sliced Mango Salad

    Grilled jumbo shrimp sits atop a slightly-spicy, slightly-sweet thin-sliced mango salad. in this “perfectly-utilizes-the-CSA-box” recipe that I stumbled across while browsing epicurious. The only thing we had to buy was the shrimp — everything else came from our veggie box or the planters outside! It was perfect served with the cilantro coconut rice. [donotprint] Chris […]

  • Beef Satays over Thai Salad

    Tonight’s recipe comes from Food & Wine Magazine’s Quick from Scratch Herbs & Spices Cookbook, and is a great quick, light summer meal. Cubes of sirloin are marinated in lemon, salt, pepper, and lemongrass, quickly grilled, and served over a simple salad with a nuoc-chom-like dressing. We were lazy and served it with a quick […]

  • Grilled Mint Chicken

    Holy crap mint grows fast.  We ran out of sugar and limes, so mojitos were no longer an option for using up the mint that’s been going nuts in the planter out front.  I found this easy grilled chicken recipe on the kitchn, and it helpfully uses almost an entire cup of mint in the […]