Summer dinner

I was in the mood to make dinner tonight so I decided on wings, salad and corn on the cob.

The wings I did in an easy sauce which I put olive oil, balsamic, dijon mustard, honey, brown sugar, salt, pepper and sesame seeds in. I cooked them in the pan first, threw them in the oven and then back in the pan just to thicken the sauce up a bit.

The salad was candied walnuts, roasted beets, goat cheese and a balsamic and olive oil dressing.

What kind of wings do you like to make at home?

-Marielle

Egg Salad Sandwich

I was in a sandwich mood the other day and made egg salad. Typical ingredients(hard boiled eggs, mayo, paprika, salt and pepper) and then I added garlic dill pickles because pickles are AWESOME! I also used lettuce that we grew in our garden. Enjoy!

I also had my girlfriends over for some sangria! 

What kind of sandwiches do you like to make?

-Marielle

Corn on the BBQ

I really love corn and lately we've been making it like crazy which is fine with me! I don't mind having just regular boiled corn but if I have time I like cooking my corn on the BBQ WAY more. This is the method I use which is easy and delicious.

First I soak the corn for about 15 min in water. This is done so that all the leaves get wet and don't totally burn on the BBQ. If you don't have 15 min then you can always peel back the leaves and wet them as you go.

Second I peel back the leaves but I don't break them off. Do take the strings off though.


After thats done I brush butter on the corn. You can do just butter but I like to mix rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper into the butter and then brush it on. You can put on as much or as little as you'd like. 


When that is done put the leaves back up and tie them in place with a string. Make sure to soak the string too otherwise it'll burn right off.


My BBQ gets pretty hot so I usually put them on for about 15-20min at 500f. I flip them after 10 and rotate the ones in the back of my BBQ to the front. If you know your BBQ as well as I do, you will want to do the same if your BBQ is hotter in the back.

You'll know they're done when the kernels are a golden yellow. Completely shuck your corn and eat away!

Here is the corn I made last night. Instead of string I used some of the leaves that fell of to tie the corn shut.

I really like doing it this way because not only can you add anything to your butter but the leaves of the corn actually add a really good flavor. If you have tried this or are going to, let me know what kind of butter you make!

-Marielle

Burgers Part 2

 I made the mango coconut burger tonight but you couldn't really taste either. I think it would have helped if there were big chunks of mango and coconut in the burger and on while I cooked it. Here is a picture of the burger.

My whole meal.

This was my "snack" last night. Smokie with ketchup, mustard and diced garlic dill pickles and white onions. Also a carrot salad with balsamic vin(of course), mayo, coconut and sesame seeds.

I have also been drinking blended lemonades in my new Starbucks to go cup! I love it!

-Marielle

Season For Burgers

Since it's summer I have gotten into making my own burgers. We had a going away party for the student living with us so I made roasted red pepper(I roasted them myself)and goat cheese burgers. They were fantastic! I will be making them again in the near future, that's for sure! 

Today I decided to try a couple more idea's I had brewing. The best part is my uncle Les was nice enough to mail me his camera he wasn't using so I took pictures of it all! Let the fun begin!

This is my usual setup before I start cooking. Laptop and speakers for music and today I added a fan because it's SO hot here. I usually listen to music but a lot of the time I'll watch TV and movies off of Netflix.

This is my kitchen. Nice and clean and ready to get messy.

Pepper before roasting.

Green onions for one of the burgers.

Mango Coconut Burger

Mango

Coconut

Ground beef

Egg

Bread crumbs

Salt

Pepper

Blue Cheese Burger

Ground beef

Blue Cheese

Green Onions

Garlic

Salt

Pepper

Bread crumbs

Egg

Both burgers mixed up.

Roasted pepper done. I set my oven to broil and put it up to 500f and put the pepper on the top level. I rotate it every 7 min until all sides are done. Then put it in a bowl with a tea towel over it while it cools down. This is so it's easier to peel the skin off. The skin should just peel off and the seeds will be easy to take out too. DO NOT RINSE IT! It will take all the flavor out if you do.

Patties all done.

Sauteed mushrooms in garlic, butter and balsamic vinegar. For the burger.

Roasted green beans and cherry tomatoes in garlic, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper for my salad.

In the toasted oven they go!

I decided to make the blue cheese burger.

End result! An awesome dinner complete with an Alexander Keith's Red Amber Ale.

A close up of my salad. I put the roasted pepper in it too with a simple balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil dressing.

Burger all done topped with the sauteed mushrooms, balsamic mayo and romaine. I love balsamic vinegar if you haven't noticed!

I ate it all! It was fantastic!

I will make the mango one tomorrow and let you all know how it went. If you have any suggestions of burgers you've tried out let me know! I would love to try them!

-Marielle