The great grilling continues with another winning combination in a stuffed burger. This time some locally made queso fresco artisan cheese from Five Brothers Cheese gets layered with diced fresh jalopeno peppers and stuffed into extra lean ground beef flavored with garlic and even more jalopenos! This is a very flavorful burger with plenty of …
Chicken Souvlaki Wraps with Tomato Avocado Tzatziki. Flavourful souvlaki marinated and grilled chicken with feta cheese, Greek salad topped with avocado and tomato in a chunky tzatziki. We are having a lovely summer here in Newfoundland, which is a welcome relief after the wettest, coldest summer in decades that we experienced last year. The great …
Grilled Chicken Avocado Club Sub with Spicy Sundried Tomato Mayo. An incredibly delicious sandwich that’s a meal in itself!
Cheese Stuffed Lamb Burgers with Lemon Mint Tzatziki When I dropped by the St. John’s Farmer’s Market last Saturday, I had a brief chat with Adam Blanchard, the owner and talented cheese maker at Five Brothers Artisan Cheese. Adam has had great success over the past year since the launch of his local cheese making …
Turkey Club Stromboli. A fantastic use for leftover turkey in a hearty hot pocket of a sandwich, that’s practically a meal in itself.
Chipotle Jack Bacon Burgers. Fantastically flavourful spicy burgers with oozing pockets of cheese and topped with plenty of bacon. THE burgers to serve on game day, especially for the Super Bowl.
Touton Lobster Roll with Homemade Lemon Olive Oil Mayo – a new take on this classic using traditional Newfoundland favourite, toutons to serve as the rolls. This photo got a lot of oohs and ahhs when I posted it to Facebook and Twitter yesterday. This is a distinctly Newfoundland twist on a lobster roll, made …
Bacon Chicken Salad with Creamy Spicy Dijon Dressing – maybe the best use of leftover chicken yet. Use it in sandwiches, wraps or atop a garden salad! This Bacon Chicken Salad is a different take on a club sandwich and one of my favorite lunches. We also often serve them in mini versions at party …
The sunny weather these past couple of days reminds me of the hopefully many more days ahead to prepare meals on the backyard grill. We practically live off the grill from spring until fall and try to use it in as many ways as possible, grilling all kinds of chops, steaks and vegetables, as well as …
This delicious steak and tomato panini with cheddar cheese was another plan-ahead meal I enjoyed for lunch one day last week after a grilled steak dinner the evening before. I purposely grilled an extra striploin steak to ensure there would be leftovers to make it. Even if you prefer your steak well done, it is better to …