Dinner Tool & Top Chef Ariane Duarte

No matter who you are, where in the world you live or what your beliefs are...we all have one thing in common...the need eat, its necessary for our survival...right? Some of us cook because we have to; some of us cook because we love to.

Answer this...How many times a week, a month or a year do you ask yourself "What should I make for dinner?"

Recently I was fortunate enough to be invited to an event hosted by Dinner Tool at former Top Chef Contestant Ariane Duarte's restaraunt CulinAriane in Montclaire, NJ. Where I learned about Dinner Tool, spent time in the kitchen with Ariane, and shared an incredible meal prepared by her, with her and some new friends.

If you ever have the opportunity to visit CulinAriane, do it!!! See if you can reserve the chefs table in her kitchen for both a fantastic meal as well as a behind the scenes experience!!

Ariane is part of the Dinner Tool family, she contributes both videos and recipes as well as blogs for the site. Recently she recreated and announced Dinner Tools $1000.00 winning, reader submitted, crock pot recipe - check it out here.

It was incredibly cool for me to get a chance to spend some time in the kitchen at CulinAriane. In addition to seeing behind the scenes of a Top Chef's restaurant, Arianne showed us how to cook scallops perfectly, how to prepare ramps, the proper way to mince shallots and gave us a visual tour of the incredible mushrooms she has delivered from Kennett Square, PA. (The mushroom capital of the world!!)

Here is something I never knew!! You know how you salt your blanching water...did you know you also need to salt your ice bath or the water will remove the flavor picked up while blanching. I NEVER knew that...ooops! Thanks Arianne!

A meal prepared by Chef Ariane Duarte...lucky me!!

Dinner Tool is a comprehensive website in which you can easily organize yourself and your meals. It has a large recipe database, a meal planning tool, a grocery list creator and how to videos. They focus on easy, fast, budget, healthy and make ahead meals. You can even share your recipes for others to enjoy. They have contest too! What's not to love!!

Here are a few things I found on the Dinner Tool you may want to check out:

Mediterranean Chicken Ragu with Orecchiette Pasta (This needs to get in my belly asap!)

Ariane shares what to do with your produce once you are home from the store (Time saving and produce storage tips!)

20 dinner ideas under $10.00 (Gotta love it!)

So...until the replicator from Star Trek or The Jetsons finally becomes a reality and you find yourself asking once again..."what can I make for dinner". Why not check out Dinner Tool to see if it will make your life a little bit easier!

**Note: Dinner Tool did invite me to CulinAriane as well as give me a great bag with some fun products, however the above are my own thoughts on the day as well as the Dinner Tool website.

Caramelita Cookies

When I was a kid, I don't remember watching any cooking shows on TV.

I think the first cooking show I did occasionally watch, as a young adult, was Jacques Pepin on PBS. I thought he was a rock star, plus his accent was cool!

I have always had an interest in cookbooks, reading them cover to cover as soon as they were in my possession, but watching cooking on TV...not so much.

It's funny...many times in my life, when I was really really into something and it later blew up and was everywhere...I choose to not get involved. (Not sure what that is all about)

I was into mostly British Music in high school, discovering and listening to many bands just about everyone around me never heard of...then all of a sudden a year later...BAM this or that band/singer was HUGE. (I may have pouted...just a little)

I have always loved (and collected) fairy's. They were hard to find, but I loved them. Then one day (and again right now) stores had everything fairy...including "fairy dust" Grrrr!

I guess I used to like to keep the things I was into quiet or something. I think it felt more special or intimate to me. These days I love sharing anything I am into with others...I guess I grew up!

Well, as everyone knows a number of years ago "cooking" blew up and cooking shows are everywhere. Folks in my life would ask me about this chef or that show and if I watched it...I always said "nah" and they were always surprised by that answer. Sometime I knew who they were talking about because I either owned, read or had glanced at their cookbook. But I just did my own thing.

I found it strange that most of the people I knew who watched cooking shows...did just that...they watched cooking shows. They rarely actually cooked!

Enter reality TV.

That is what it took to suck me into the cooking/TV world. I think competition is fun, so when you add a healthy competition with cooking in the mix, well for me, that was the magic in the bottle! I LOVE Top Chef, love it, love it, love it (and I totally dug Bobby Flay's Next Great Restaurant...Bobby, if you do it again...I want to play!!!). From there, I have watched a number of food competition shows. LOVE them, even though they often stress me out lol! Talk about pressure, whew!

I saw the last two full seasons of The Next Food Network Star and I really enjoyed them. So now that the new season of the show on again, I happily searched On Demand for the first episode. On the first episode of this new season Kara made Caramelita Cookies and the judges said they were the best dessert of the competition. I had never heard of this cookie (bar cookie)and was intrigued. So I decided to whip some up. And you should too. They were easy and the result is a really flavor packed treat that my son, for one, is mad for! Last night, I took a batch of these to a friends house where 5 families had gathered to hang out and the kids devoured them. I don't think a single adult knew there was a cookie to be had.

Through a mouthful of the oatmeal, caramel and chocolate combination that is the Carmalita Cookie, one of the girls said to me "Mrs Kennedy, you make the best desserts!" Awwww! I just like to see kids happy!

The way I see it, if caramel plays a part in a cookie (or anything for that matter) it has to be good!!

I chose to make this cookie without the pecans due to the nut allergies my children have. However, I just know they are enhanced by the addition of the nuts the added "crunch" takes this cookie to another level.

To check out Kara's reipe with her additional toppings, click here.

Caramalita Cookies
-Kara Sigle via The Food Network

2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing
2 cups plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups oats
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 ounces caramel sauce, from a jar
1 cup chopped semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

*I chose to make my own caramel sauce for this recipe

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Spray or grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. In a large bowl, mix 2 cups of your flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix in the butter until the mixture is crumbly. Place half of the mixture in your baking dish, pressing down a bit with the back of a spoon or spatula to make it uniform and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool for a few minutes.

Mix the remaining 3 tablespoons flour with the caramel until smooth. Layer the chocolate, nuts (if using) and caramel on the baked cookie base. Add the caramel last. Then spread it around just a bit with the back of a spoon or spatula. Add the remaining unbaked crumble on top(again, pressing down a bit to spread it out and pack it down a little)and bake an additional 14-18 minutes. Pull when slightly browning on top.

Cool for 5 minutes then run a butter knife around the perimeter of your dish to loosen the cookie. Allow to cool then remove the cookie one half at a time then slice into bars or squares.

Enjoy!

Actifry Winner!

Well THAT was fun!!

Congratulations to Amy Brown who Rafflecopter selected as the winner of my Actifry giveaway!!

I KNOW Amy will LOVE getting to know (and taste) all that the revolutionary T-fal Actifry can do!!

Have a fun and safe Memorial Day Weekend everyone!!

Captain Crunch Chicken

A couple of months ago my family and I tried out a new-ish restaurant in our area. My daughter ordered the chicken fingers. I knew as I looked across the table at her dish that something was different about them...the color was different, but I didn’t think much about it due to the beautiful plate of food that was sitting in front of me just begging to be devoured.

As we were happily eating our dinner, the chef came out to stop by our table, he asked each of us how we were enjoying our meals and my son who had ordered the lollipop lamb chops, showed him what was left (picture a pile of bones lol) told him "they were awesome!", My husband and I also expressed how delicious each of our dishes were and just how happy we were to find his place. Then chef then turned to my daughter, who was happily muching away, and asked her how she liked her chicken, she replied "these are really good but they taste a little sweet...why?". The chef lowered down to her level and said "I'll tell you my chef secret!" My daughters eyes got huge as she anxiously awaited what he was going to say next "I made your chicken with Captain Crunch!!" She was like "REALLY" as she looked back and forth from the chef to her plate.

The second the chef finished talking to Samantha and walked away 3 hands darted out for my daughter’s plate to have a taste...and it was good!!

Forget our fancy plates...Samantha was the one with the order we now all wanted lol!

Where has this idea been all my life? They were so, good! They were moist and crunchy with a wonderful hint of sweetness. I knew I had to whip them up asap! I was lucky to get a picture of these...they were gone in an instant :)

I chose to use both Captain Crunch and Panko and I was really happy with the results...and so were my kids! In the end it was my kids who in fact made these. This is a fun and tasty recipe for kids...any age really, to take the lead on.

Captain Crunch Chicken

2 cups of plain Captain Crunch
1 cup Panko
Salt & pepper (optional)
1 TBS mayonnaise
4 boneless chicken breasts, sliced into strips

Preheat your oven to 375

Lightly oil or spray your baking pan. Ground the Captain Crunch in your food processor (or have the kids hit a sealed gallon bag with a rubber mallet or small frying pan). Combine the Captain Crunch, Panko and salt & pepper then spread the mixture out on a plate (you may want to only put half on the plate in case you don't use it all...reserving the rest for the next time you make these). With clean hands, spread just a bit of mayo on each chicken strip, and then coat each strip in coating mixture. Place strips on your baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes or until crispy and cooked through. It really depends on the thickness of your chicken.

Enjoy!!

PS: If you do let your kids either make these or help you make these...remember to take a picture!! Later on in life photos of them cooking with the people they love the most will be cherished!

Giveaway!

As promised in my last post, I am giving away an Actifry to one lucky person!! It has a retail price of $249.00. I am SO excited!!

SO...if you want an revolutionary kitchen gadget that to me is like an extra pair of hands...something that cooks a variety of foods with just 1 TBS or less of oil...and something that cleans up in a snap...well then this giveaway is for you!


OR maybe you just want to win one to give to the man in your life for Father's Day or maybe you want to give it away to a very lucky college bound kid in your life (I say every dorm room needs one of these beauties...you know...Actifry could be the answer to the Freshman 15!!!)

To enter either leave a comment telling me one thing you learned about Actifry or use the Rafflecopter provided below.

Contest ends Friday May 25, 2012 at midnight EST


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Good Luck!!

Actifry

Raise your hand if you love French fries!

I sure do (even though sometimes I wished I didn't)!

What about chicken wings?

I think my husband could live on them...well wings, lobster and good beer anyway!

Do you sometimes wish you had an extra pair of hands?

What if I told you that there was a kitchen gadget that could give you all of the above AND with just 1 tablespoon of oil, allow you to be hands free while it was going on and create very little mess?

Really!

Have you ever heard of an Actifry?

I had not until a few weeks ago. Actifry has been available in Europe for a couple of years and is just now coming to the US.

I was lucky enough to be contacted to try one out and now I get to share my thoughts with you (as well as give one away!!)!

I have to admit I was very skeptical when I heard about what the Actifry, which is made my T-fal, could do. So I put it through a number of tests.

First up chicken wings...right off the bat I just had to see what the Actifry could do with chicken wings. I rarely make wings at home due to #1 - not wanting to deep fry them (after all they are not that healthy) and #2 - making them in the oven causes quite the mess for me.

So I threw about a 18 seasoned pieces of chicken wing segments into the Actifry, drizzled them with just 1 TBS of oil as instructed, set the timer for 25 minutes and peeked through the see-through lid. Very slowly, the "arm" (which to me looks like the tail of a very small dragon) began to move around pushing the wings in a circle. I watched for a bit, and then I walked away and went to catch up on a TV show I am fond of that I had missed. Yeah me!!

I went back halfway through, popped open the lid, stirred the wings around then went back to putting my feet up. Soon I heard the timer and I was floored with the results. The Actifry really did cook the wings well!! My 7 year old daughter had one of her BFF's over that day after school was let out early for a well-deserved half a day and those two gobbled every one of those wings up...just look at what was left. They were picked clean lol!!

Prior to this my daughter had never had a chicken wing...now she is asking for more. Her girlfriend Sophia loved them as well.

Those two ate them so fast that the sauce I had made to make them Asian style wings was sitting on the stove...all alone.

SO, I ran out to get more wings and to do it again! They were finished just in time for my husband as he walked in the door from work and I have to say as a man who LOVES and I mean LOVES chicken wings (especially Cajun wings) he was floored!

Test 1 passed with flying colors...TWICE!

The next morning I saw the granola recipe in the recipe book that accompanies the Actifry and I just had to give it a try...again I was amazed! In 8 minutes I had a delicious, crunchy, golden brown granola, made with just a bit of oil.

That day, I was headed out to an evening event...as I was running out the door to tend to a few errands, my husband came in early from work to do some online testing at home. He had not eaten lunch and said to me "do you think that thing can make frozen pierogi's?" I was like "I have no idea...let's try it". So I threw in 2 frozen pierogi, set the timer for 7 minutes just to see what would happen...and it worked. My husband then threw in a dozen more, turned it on, set the timer and out the door I went.

When I came home I asked him how they were and he was raving about them.

Listen...this is a man who in his youth would cook up pierogi late at night after him and his buddies would come in from the bar. First they would deep fry them, THEN they would PAN FRY THEM IN BUTTER!! I swear...I have no idea how those knuckleheads survived eating like that! SO if my husband said they were good, they must have been good...and with less than a TBS of oil! T-Fal may have just given my husband an extra year to live!!

Next, I cooked up hot sausage which I cut into chunks and it cooked up beautifully! I never even so much as stirred them...whoohoo!!

They last thing I made before writing this was the fries. I made up a batch, just like the recipe booklet said and they were wonderful! So much so that my kids gobbled them right up, and immediately asked if I could make more. So I quickly wiped the pan with a paper towel and got down to it....WHY? Because it is SO easy with the Actifry and because I LOVE them!!

My daughter, 7, said "can I make them?" I thought sure...why not. So she took over, and she quickly helped me finish cutting the potatoes, rinsed them, dried them, tossed them with oil, placed them in the Actifry, shut the lid, turned it on and set the timer!

Then waited for "her fries" to be done! They were perfect and my family ate every one!

So my findings are this:

This machine delivered what was promised! It shocked me for sure! Where I see this being most useful in my life is the nights when my husband and I may be eating something that my kids either don't want to eat or can't eat (due to food allergies). I see my Actifry as another pair of hands in my kitchen - working on its own to make something while I am busy with something else. I also see this as a great help in making lunches for my kids while we are around the pool this summer. Like I said it’s another pair of hands for me. The “arm” design inside the machine is brilliant!

I think this could be a bachelor's best friend as well as tremendous help to single dads (or moms) that don't cook much as well as a great and I mean great gift to kids either heading off to college or away at college. It doesn't take up much space and it can make everything from granola to chili! It cleans SO easily...really! Why would they want microwave food when they can easily whip up something easy and delish in an Actifry?

The only con I can say is that it is a little on the loud side, but by the middle of the second time I used it, I didn't hear it anymore. As far as the price goes…look at the Actifry site…see what it makes well and what other are using it for. If this is something you can see yourself using a few times a week, then it is absolutely worth it!

Now for some exciting news!!! Tomorrow I will have a giveaway up and the prize will be...You guessed it a brand new Actifry for one of you!!! How cool is that!!

Click here to learn more about Actifry.

Click here to see some of what owners of Actifry are cooking up! They even have a Pinterest page and a Facebook page!

I also have some shots of my Actifry in action on Instagram (as Souffle Bombay) here

See you tomorrow!



Disclosure: I was given an Actifry to try out as well as one to give away to one of my readers. The opinions expressed in this post were exactly what I thought of the product after using multiple times over the course of a week. I chose to use extra light olive oil for everything I made in the Actifry.

Lemonade Cookies

Happy Mother’s Day!!

Put your feet up, kick back and let those that love you the most treat you like the goddess you are!

My kids have been hard at work on a couple of surprises for me this week and I have been doing my very best not to peek lol!!

As I sit here and think about another Mother’s Day, my 10th as a "Mommy", I am grateful for the adventure being a mom has given me. I love experiencing my kids "firsts" with them, who knew it would be this exciting...the holidays, birthdays, vacations, well everything really. To see something fresh again as well as from a different perspective is priceless! I just love it and don't want to miss a single thing.

BUT then there are times that I want to hide under my covers for a "me" minute...know what I mean? Complete quiet. The funny thing is once that does happen, I am like what should I do??? It's too quiet?? When are they coming home?? I miss them!!

I KNOW I am not the only one like that!

I am grateful for my mom, she is also my friend and she has demonstrated just how strong she can be on a couple of occasions and I hope I can do the same if ever a situation warrants it down the road of my life.

I make cookies and treats all the time for my kids. I have always felt, since they were old enough to eat them, that that is one way of me leaving "my love behind" for them. I tuck cookies in their lunchbox, surprise them with a plate full after school, watch them enjoy them just out of the oven or when I am away, I always leave a full cookie jar behind. My son asked me the other night for Lemon cookies...so I whipped these up, a variation on a buttery cookie I have been making since I was a child. He loved them and called the lemonade cookies.

These are soft and refreshing and even my chocolate addicted husband enjoyed a few :)

It is my hope that I will be baking cookies for and with my kids for a very long time and that they in turn enjoy the same passing of love onto their children. I love you Connor and Samantha and being your Mommy has been the most fantastic gift of my life!


Lemonade Cookies

2 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tarter
Dash of salt
2 sticks of butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 egg
Lemon zest, grated from 1 lemon
1 TBS lemon juice


Lemon Icing

2 cups powdered sugar
1 TBS plus 1 tsp butter, room temperature
3 TBS fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp light corn syrup
1/2-1 TBS water

Yellow jimmies/sprinkles, yellow sanding sugar or crushed lemon candies for topping

Preheat your oven to 350.

Combine flour, baking soda and cream of tartar in a medium bowl and combine thoroughly. Set aside.
In your mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, egg, zest and lemon juice and mix on medium until well blended.
Beat in the flour mixture until it is fully incorporated.

Grab sections of dough and roll into logs about 8 inches long, pat down the log and cut into 2 inch pieces. You could also just make these into balls and flatten them a bit with the bottom of a sugared glass into circles.

Bake for 10-12 minutes on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. You don't want them to brown.

To make the icing, combine all ingredients except the topping and mix by hand in a small bowl until smooth. You want the icing to be on the thick side yet spreadable...add additional water or powdered sugar until you achieve this. You could also water it down and just glaze the cookies, your call. Top with your choice of the above suggested yellow items and enjoy!

Enjoy!!

Blue Cheese & Caramelized Onion Burgers

In March I shared my adventure to NYC to hang out with the Kerrygold crew and the incredible Darina Allen at Cooking By the Book. I have said many times how much I respect Kerrygold as a company and that both their cheese line and butter make me, my family and our friends tongues and tummy's dance with delight!

Well, as I previously shared, I came home from that event with a roller bag full of Kerrygold products and, let me tell you, we had some good eating from that glorious surprise!!

The only cheese I actually really don't have a taste for like is blue cheese. My husband, my siblings and my friends all love blue cheese and when we get together and a blue cheese appetizer of some sort is there...it's gone in a flash. Meanwhile I want nooothing to do with it and yes...they think I am nuts!

Since I had come home with a huge beautiful round of Kerrygold's Cashel Blue Cheese, made by a husband and wife team for Kerrygold on a farm in Tipperary, I KNEW I would be looking for ways to use it up. Now believe me...my friends were like...HELLO...just cut us each a hunk and that cheese will go to a grateful home...lol! I did that for some of it, of course, but one night, thinking of all the times my husband has ordered a Black & Blue Burger when out to lunch or a blue cheese encrusted steak when out to dinner I decided to whip him up a blue cheese treat!

I decided on burgers stuffed with blue cheese, slathered in carmelized onions. Two things my man loves. I cut the cheese with a bit of cream cheese and froze rounds of it, thinking it would grill better that way. I figured similar to pasta butters I have made, I could freeze these rounds for use later. That way, whenever burgers are on the menu...they could be instantly customizable.

Of course I also had to try one of these burgers...and guess what...I lived to tell the tale. It actually was quite good to my non-blue cheese eating self! Maybe it was the cream cheese, or the combination of that beautiful farmers market meat and succulent carmamelized onions...either way I enjoyed it! My blue cheese loving man was crazy for it :)

Blue Cheese & Caramelizedlized Onion Burgers

Filling:
3/4 cup blue cheese, room temperature
1 TBS cream cheese, room temperature

Onions:
2 Vidilia or red onions
2 TBS butter
Salt and peppert to taste

Burgers:
1 pound ground meat
Salt and pepper

Combine your blue and cream cheese in a small bowl and mash together until combined and smooth. Use a small cookie scoop or tablespoon and form into balls. Place on a small plate, wrap gently and stick it in your freezer for at least 30 minutes.

Slice your onions and saute them with the butter in a large pan over meduim heat, stirring every so often until caramelized. Add a pinch or two of sugar to speed up the process if you like.

Make your burgers. I made 8 thin-ish burgers from my meat, then once I was ready to grill, I placed a round of the Blue cheese mixture in the center of 4 burgers, places another burger ontop and sealed them shut. I them pressed down a but to flatten the mound of chesse a little.

Grill to your liking.

Allow the burgers to sit for a couple of minutes, (if you bite in right away, hot cheese may squirt out...just sayin) top with the caramelized onions and enjoy!

Apple Salsa with Cinnamon & Sugar Chips

It's easy on certain holidays to "forget" about the kids. That is one thing I know I am good at...remembering to make something special for that party, weekend hangout or impromptu get together. I love seeing the kids around me excited at the prospect of what was made especially for them. I have a couple of friends who always make sure they include a themed craft or two for the kids based on what the closest holiday is. The kids love it!

This way the kids have their "fun", then run off to play or hang out with each other...then, the adults can have some fun ourselves!

Is it just me or do you now never ask your kids who they want to "play" with but instead ask them who they want to "hang out" with. I swear, after seeing the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie a couple of years ago, both myself, my husband and my kids were forever altered!!

Whatever you are doing this Cinco de Mayo, don't forget something fun and special for your kids like this delicious apple salsa.
The kids always go crazy for it!

As a matter of fact my daughter recently won "lunch with the principal and 9 other kids on the roof" at our annual school fundraiser...something...I kid you not...both of my kids were desperate to win...along with just about every kid in the school. My daughter however brought in "the big guns" and included that plea in her nightly prayers...and look what happened! I emailed the principal and offered to make a fun treat for the kids in addition to their pizza prize and when I asked my daughter what treat she wanted me to make...out of everything I make...THIS is what she requested. SO I send in a HUGE basket full of chips and a big container of the salsa! The kids loved it!

One thing to note...whenever I make this...it's not just the kids who gobble it up! lol

We are going to a friends house this year where we will celebrate not only Cinco de Mayo but the Kentucky Derby as well! I think it will be fun for the kids to have their own grid to choose the winner of the Derby and win something fun if they do!

Apple Salsa with Cinnamon & Sugar Chips

1/2 cup Sugar
Cinnamon to taste
Flour tortillas
Butter
6 apples, diced (I usually use a combo of Pink Lady and Grannie Smith)
A squeeze of lemon

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees

Mix up your cinnamon and sugar to the ratio you know your kids will enjoy...my kids like a lot of cinnamon.
Lightly butter each tortilla. Sprinkle the tortillas liberally with your cinnamon/sugar mixture. Cut the tortillas into triangles (usually 6 to 8 per tortilla, depending on the size you have). Place on baking sheets and bake for 7-10 minutes or until just crisp...you don't want them to burn.

You can make these a day ahead of time, just cool then store in airtight bags/container.

Combine your apples and lemon juice and toss. Sprinkle apples liberally with cinnamon and sugar mixture and toss well. Serve.

Note: I like to have the kids take this outside whenever possible to eat, as they get excited and "dig in". It can get a little messy.

Variations: Add in raisins or well chopped strawberries.

Enjoy!!

Garlic & Ginger Grilled Brussel Sprouts

I just love this time of year...the grilling, the outdoor parties, the picnics and the fires at night all make it so fun!

I love food, so anytime I can cook and or eat my food outside...well that just brings it to a whole new level! Can you see me doing the happy dance? Really...I am!

In addition to meats, I love using the grill for fish, seafood, veggies and fruits. For me, vegetables in particular take on amazing flavor when grilled.

As a kid, I wanted nothing, and I mean nothing , to do with brussel sprouts! If I even had a hint they were about to show up for dinner...I started to turn green myself. Well, I found out years later that was because my parents only served them boiled or from a bag (ouch). It's a whole new world when you roast brussels at a high temperature in the oven or pan fry them (especially with a bit of bacon or pancetta, fan-tastic). They have a whole new flavor and texture, trust me!

So with my love of the grill and my husbands and my enjoyment of brussel sprouts, I wondered about grilling them...and boy was I happy that I did! They were delish and will be a regular part of my griling rotation going forward.

Head on over to Char-Broil Live where I am one of the Char-Broil All Stars to see this recipe as well as fantastic ideas and recipes for your grill this grilling season!


Happy Grilling!