Addictted to Grilling

[KeepingUp]

I've feel in love with my grill at home and ever since I made my very own grilled shrimp, I've been wanting to grill everything in my refrigerator. Any other grillers here?

[Smilie]

I grill year round. I LOVE mine! A quick vegie item: cut red, yellow, and orange peppers, onion, garlic, drizzle with olive oil on a peice of foil, salt and pepper if you like and grill! Yum. I do the same with slices of potatoes and onions. I have a great marinade for any meat if you would like to try it out.

[KeepingUp]

Thanks a lot I'd love the recipe! My favorite things to grill are chicken and shrimp. Are you a fan of grilled veggies?

[Smilie]

I grill asparagus wrapped in bacon-it is delish!! I nuke the asparagus first for a couple of minutes drizzled with olive oil, then take precooked bacon twist it around 3or 4 stalks and grill for a few minutes. Very good.

Shish kabobs are great, but I have learned that I do meat and vegies separately as they cook at different rates. You can grill any vegetable that you like, drizzle with EVOO and you are good to go.

Pork Marinade(you can use it on chicken or beef as well)
1/4c. soy sauce
1/4c. brown sugar
1/8c. sherry
1/8c. sesame seed oil(or any oil you like)
2-3 garlic cloves minced
2 tsp. fresh ginger(I use powdered as that is what I have on hand.

Marinate for a couple of hours or overnight and grill. It is fabulous!

[Eden]

I don't grill too much, but my favorite is grilled raddicchio. Cut the heads in quarters, drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, grind on a little salt and pepper. Cook on all 3 sides. They cook quickly so be careful not to burn them.

You can do belgian endive the same way (its basically the same vegetable in a different shape).

It usually is nicely bitter sweet - though sometimes you can get a head that is just bitter.

If you don't want to just eat them as they are - its also great cut into pieces and tossed with pasta - cold as a pasta salad or hot as a main dish. Goes really nice with some tomatoes and a bit of fresh mozzarella.

[KeepingUp]

Thanks for the recipe Smile. I've got a Grilled Chicken and Asparagus with Crumbled Blue Cheese recipe from Safeways grilling website. You may like it.

* 4 Boneless & Skinless Chicken Breasts (halves; about 1 2/3 lbs. total), rinsed and patted dry
* 2 red onions (1 lb. total), peeled and sliced crosswise 1/2-in. thick
* 2 lbs. asparagus (at least 1/2 in. wide), tough ends snapped off
* 3 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
* 2 tbsp. minced Tarragon leaves
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 3/4 cup (4 1/2 oz.) crumbled blue cheese

1. Prepare a gas or charcoal grill for direct, high heat (you can hold your hand 1 to 2 in. above the cooking grate only 2 to 3 seconds; visit our Grilling Essential section for complete instructions).

2. While grill heats, arrange chicken, onions, and asparagus in 2 large, shallow pans. Brush all over with oil and sprinkle all over with tarragon, then salt and pepper to taste.

3. Lay onions on cooking grate; cover gas grill. Cook until browned, about 5 minutes. Turn onions over with a wide spatula, then add chicken to grill. Brown chicken on underside, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn onions and chicken over, then add asparagus. Cook, turning foods often with spatula and tongs, until chicken is no longer pink in thickest part (cut to test) and vegetables are tender-crisp, 5 to 10 minutes more. As ingredients are done, lift to a platter.

4. Arrange chicken, onions, and asparagus on platter. Sprinkle blue cheese on top.

Chicken breasts are one of my favorites aside from grilled shrimp.

[Sgritn]

I've feel in love with my grill at home and ever since I made my very own grilled shrimp, I've been wanting to grill everything in my refrigerator. Any other grillers here?

Yes, love to grill as long as the wind is not too high or things too dry I will do a slow smoke of something or other in winter. I cook on my charcoal grill all spring and summer when inside is too hot to heat it up any more/saves on gas bill too...usually I do the unexpected things such as a pot of curried chicken/potatoes which fills the air with its aroma, jasmine rice with crispy fried onions in a loaf pan.....lots of pot scrubbing afterward but well worth the effort.

[Sheesh]

We refuse to use our oven (and often our stove, too) in the summer months, so we do almost everything on the grill. Chicken, pork, steak, burgers, brats, veggies ... you name it, we grill it!

We use a lot of marinades (bottled) for the meat, and we use olive oil and seasonings for the veggies.

[JennyPi]

Adding to Radicchio ...

Season it just the way Eden said, but add fresh mozzarella slices in between the crevices. It's heaven.

[Kvixen23]

My husband and I grill all year round....rain, snow, 100+ degrees outside....we grill!! Some of our favorite summertime veggies on the grill are squash and zucchini (homegrown by my folks). We grill chicken, fish, shrimp, turkey, lamb and pork (my husband grills beef from time to time but not when I'm around b/c I don't eat it). We have been through something like 6 grills, gas and charcoal, in the 9 years we've been together. If we're camping we still use charcoal, at home we use gas (it's quicker).

Our favorite meat marinade is a brand called "Moore's".........It tastes great on all meats (veggies too).

[Brandi]

I looove grilling too! For my birthday about 3 years ago i got a brand new fancy grill I love. I really like to do thanksgiving turkey on it after it has been in a brine all night! Yummy! Do you all know when you make shish kabobs and you use bamboo you should soak the sticks in water first? I learned the hard way on that one.