Posts tagged grilling

so for cook-outs and dinner parties and cookouts most of the attention goes to main dishes, big pieces of meat or perfect sauce for whatever you just smoked all day, and fair enough right? when you host a BBQ you don’t really want to show off your killer green salad.  well what happens when it’s your turn to bring the side dish you think you are too good for or your cheap-ass friends show up empty handed?  you gotta be prepared so check out two of my favorite sides…

behold the most labor intensive potato salad on earth but it is for sure worth the work..

you need: 6 russet potatoes.

2 boiled eggs.

2 slices of bacon, cooked hella crispy then chopped.

1/2 of a red bell pepper, small diced.

1/4 cup of white onion, small diced.

first get a pot of water boiling and get your grill hot.  then cut the potatoes long ways about 1/2 inch wide, and boil them till they are about half way done. (you want to be able to stick a fork though them but it shouldn’t be too easy).  next grill those potatoes until they are just charred on both sides.  last thing let the potatoes cool and cut them into dices and mix them with the rest of the ingredients.. now for the dressing grab a small bowl and put…

2 TBSP of mayo

2 TBSP of spicy mustard

1/2 tsp honey

1/4 tsp cumin

1/4 tsp lemon pepper

a few drops of lime juice

and salt and pepper to taste

mix together and add to the rest of the salad!

another must at the house is this coffee-brown sugar glazed pineapple..

for this just brew about a cup of super strong coffee and get it simmering in a pot, then add 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 2 tsp of vanilla, and 1/2 cup of water.. cook until it gets thick.  brush the glaze on the pineapple right before you pull it off the grill and enjoy!

power to the sides..

Peace, Love, and Grub

Gastrogangster.

i truly believe that every person, and especially every cook, should be responsible for feeding themselves at least once.  by this i mean killing, catching, growing, picking, finding, or hunting something; then cleaning, butchering, cutting, dressing, or otherwise prepping it.  at that point friends and family should be gathered, and a meal should be shared together. 

i had the opportunity to share this awesome experience with my son this weekend.  he caught his first fish and we cleaned it, and ate it together.  he is only 3 and there is a good chance he wont remember it but someday, when he has passed the point of being to cool to care and wants to be nostalgic with his old man, maybe i’ll remind him

helping drive!

defianly a keeper!

our haul.  two lovely rainbow (i would make it a point to say we caught more, but had to throw them back, but everyone knows fishing stories are lies)

rayder’s fish we stuffed with potatoes and dill and grilled whole.  this is my favorite way to eat trout, cant beat it. 

this is one side of my fish, dusted with sunflower seed and black pepper, a splash of lemon juice and grilled “on the half shell”

i also did this broiled trout belly with caramelized onions, potatoes, and roasted broccoli and cauliflower, with celery milk and lemon foam.

the experience of providing for myself and my family is one of the most fulfilling and damn near religious i can have.  this of course not the first time i have killed something to eat, but this is the first time i have shared it with my son, i don’t know what else to say about how cool it was……….

on a closing note

Peace, Love, and Grub.

Gastrogangster

you how women have that little black dress? that one they always gook good in, and good for any occasion?  well this is the culinary version of a little black dress…

rib-eyes, med-rare, just salt and cracked pepper. nuff said. (the corn is the lingerie)

Peace, Love, and Grub.

Gastrogangster.