Herby Flatbread for the Grill!
We love this! It does take a bit of finesse to cook the flatbread over a fire, and we are not always successful, but it’s a fun project to do while the BBQ’d meat is resting and the coals are…
Category: Summer
Blueberry Crumb Bars
For a few years, we subscribed to Raddish, a cooking program for kids. Every month we received a box with three recipes, a kitchen tool, a cooking badge, table topics, and some related educational materials. Each box had a theme:…
Summer Fruit Coffeecake
I adore coffeecake. Coffeecake is served warm, so it’s comforting and can be served directly from the pan it was baked in. It doesn’t have frosting, so it’s not too-too overly sweet. It’s communal, shouting out to be shared with…
Polly’s Grilled Tequila Tri-Tip Sandwiches
This is one of my family’s favorite BBQ meals—marinated and grilled tri-tip, on a toasted bun, with fresh tomato relish–yum! I’ve been making these for at least a decade, and the bits and pieces of this recipe came from so…
Fresh Peach Pie
I found two good recipe for fresh peaches this year! This one is the standout—I hope it’s served at every summer BBQ 🙂 The previously posted Peach Crumble Bars are delicious, too 🙂 As you can see from the picture above,…
Fresh Tomato Tart
My neighbors and Facebook friends have been asking for recipes to use up their tomatoes. I have two good ones. The Fresh Tomato Lasagna that I posted earlier this week, and this Fresh Tomato Tart were a staple at our…
Grilled Mint Marinated Lamb with Pistachio Pesto
Absolutely one of our favorite BBQ dishes! We serve the lamb with a grilled, herby flat bread or homemade pita, and a rice pilaf. There’s no Pistachio Pesto in the photo, unfortunately, but if there were you’d be amazed by…
Blueberry Lemonade
Thought I might like this…and I was right! Loved it. The blueberry taste is not pronounced, but the color they give to the drink is fantastic. Bbbb…b…bbut…the lemonade is pinkish RED, not blue! Surprise! Once-upon-a-time we had a delightful 4…