In my hometown of Ely, we like to ‘sour’ things. It can be lettuce, cucumbers, peas and more. Sour food is basically like a simple quick pickle that generally has nothing more than oil and vinegar. I’m not sure what part of Ely’s heritage it comes from or if it just became popular locally. Sour…
Lemon Chive Grilled Foil Packet Potatoes
This is a version of my classic method for foil packet potatoes Grilled Dill Potatoes. It’s one of our favorite ways to make potatoes in the summer on the grill because the foil packet makes it so easy and there is little clean-up to do. We often use the herbs on our deck as a…
Grilled Corn & Zucchini Salad
The fourth of July is coming up this weekend and my favorite part about the fourth is hanging around at the lake and grilling out. My parents host an annual open house party for friends and family to stop by. Usually it turns out into a giant pot luck with everything bringing something. This grilled…
Grilled New Potatoes with Herb Dressing
This year for Easter, we decided we wanted to do some grilling. A little bit of a risky thing to do in Minnesota that time of year – yes you can always grill (provided your grill isn’t buried under the snow), but would it be a nice day to be standing out over the grill? …
Cucumber Avocado Salad Pita
So, I’ve been a bad blogger lately, barely posting anything in the recent months. This is mostly because I’ve been pretty lazy, and eating unadventurously at home, or eating out, none of these are good for blogging, and none are good for my waistline. After enough weeks of this, I decided I should maybe try to eat…
Au Gratin Potatoes
It’s less than two weeks from Easter Sunday, and I bet ham is going to be gracing many an Easter dinner table. It was definitely the traditional main entrée on my family dinner table growing up. And you want to know what goes best with ham – ooey, gooey, cheesey potatoes. I first made these…
