Cooking in tonight? Family BBQ this weekend? Here are 5 of our favourite summer recipes, easy to make and sure to please!
1. The Perfect Burger
What’s a summer BBQ without a delicious burger sizzling on the grill? If you are tired of frozen patties and want to impress your family or friends, try Bobby Flay’s “Perfect Burger” recipe. It’s a simple, yet flavourful, recipe that will have you making burgers the old fashioned way again!
Follow the link for full recipe details but here is what you need to get started:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pounds ground chuck (80 percent lean) or ground turkey (90 percent lean)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 slices cheese (optional)
- 4 hamburger buns, split; toasted, if desired
2. More BBQ?
Keep that grill hot because we’ve got one more delicious meal for you to cook up! Do you like Prosciutto? Do you like chicken? How about prosciutto-wrapped chicken Kebabs? You can grill these tasty kebabs and serve as appetizers or pair them with some rice and a nice salad to make a meal.
Follow the link for full recipe details but here is what you need to get started:
Ingredients:
- Vegetable oil, for the grill
- 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 24 pieces (about 1 1/2 inches each)
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white or red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- Pinch of kosher salt
- 4 ounces fontina cheese, cut into 24 cubes (about 1/2 inch each)
- 24 thin slices prosciutto (about 6 ounces)
- 1 pint grape tomatoes
3. Okay, Give the BBQ a Rest
Take your taste buds on a culinary trip to Hawaii with these awesome Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos. This dish is fresh, lite, and full of flavour, so save you Air Miles and try this recipe instead!
Follow the link for full recipe details but here is what you need to get started:
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds mahi-mahi filets
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 lime, quartered
- 12 small corn tortillas, warmed
- Romaine or Iceberg lettuce, shredded, for garnish
- Pico de Gallo salsa, for garnish
- 1 avocado, pitted and cut into thin slices, for garnish
- Sour cream or crema, for garnish
4. Stay Chill
Craving something refreshing and chilled? This Pasta salad with lemon-pesto dressing will satisfy your palette with all its flavours and simplicity. Easy to store—just keep refrigerated and serve when needed. Great on its own or as a pairing with almost any summer dish off the grill.
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Ingredients
- 1 pound cavatappi, corkscrew pasta, or medium shells
- Coarse salt
- 1 cup prepared pesto sauce from refrigerated case in supermarket
- 1 lemon, juiced and zested
- 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- 4 scallions, chopped
- 3/4 pound ricotta salata, chopped and crumbled, in specialty cheese case of market or 1 pound tub bocconcini mini pieces of mozzarella, drained, pieces halved
- Black pepper
5. Summer (or…Spring, Fall, Winter) Dessert
Ice cream. Not just one type, but two. With cookies. Combined into one amazing “Mocha Pop” popsicle that will have you sneaking into the freezer when nobody is looking. Get all your favourite dessert flavours in one treat and stay cool this summer.
Follow the link for full recipe details but here is what you need to get started:
Ingredients
- 1 pint (2 cups) coffee ice cream
- 1/2 cup chocolate wafer cookies (about 8 cookies), coarsely chopped
- 1 pint (2 cups) chocolate ice cream