More Summer Food Tips

In our continuing blog series, "Summer Entertaining," today we offer 5 more tips for summer food.

#1
If you grill a steak or chicken breast, don't cut into it to tell if it's done--buy a good meat thermometer with markings that will tell you when different types of meat are done.  You can continue to use the thermometer for indoor cooking all year long, too.

#2
If you'd like to grill something "different," try cooking fish on an aromatic cedar plank--just follow the package directions and it's easy! These planks are widely available at better grocery stores.

#3
Try making pizza on the grill--it's not as hard as it sounds.  Buy pizza dough at the pizza parlor, roll out each disk slightly thick, cook for a few minutes on the grill over wood chips, then flip it and add toppings.  With some grilled pizzas you really don't need more than a salad and a nice wine, maybe a dessert.

#4
Speaking of dessert--If you have the grill going, have you tried grilled fruit? It is so good! Cut the fruit in half, brush with melted butter and maybe sprinkle a little brown sugar over it, and grill.  You can top the grilled fruit with ice cream or whipped cream if you want to go luxe but it's also really good on it's own.

#5
Two No-Cook Pasta Sauces:
Sauce A: Cook pasta, preferably spaghetti; drain, reserving 1/2 to 1/3 cup cooking water in the pot.  Place mozzarella and/or Gorgonzola cheeses, some butter, and some cream and Parmigiano in the water and place a bowl over the pot, letting these ingredients melt into a sauce.  Toss with hot cooked spaghetti, fresh chopped herbs, and grindings of pepper.
Sauce B: Chop fresh whole or halve cherry tomatoes; mix with a mashed garlic clove, 1-2 chopped green onion tops, and fresh basil.  Then mix with fruity olive oil and Parmigiano and toss with hot cooked pasta.  Eat hot or at room temperature.

Enjoy!

Kristina

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