ottawa foodies

Spring has sprung and I couldn't be happier. Citrus, cilantro chicken, Memphis dry rub pork tenderloin, grilled veggies and a side of rice. Tomato bocconcini as an amuse bouche. Plus a bottle of red and bottle of white. Now that's what I call a good Saturday night with the family.

Husband decided to become a vegetarian after 34 years of marriage! Urgently need ideas for the grill this summer. My staples of grilled meats and fish won't do!

My sister became a vegetarian too.

Could grill corn, peppers, veggie kebabs, portabello mushroom and veggie burgers. It could be sides for others too.

Grilled watermelon. Just make sure the grill is impeccably clean first. Also grilled peaches.

D .... Nice grill marks !

I followed your lead last night with a bottle of red and a bottle of white, but my grill marks weren't even close to what I wanted.

Sometimes I don't get the grill marks I wanted either.

Here is one of my attempts.

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The result I'm aiming for is a diamond pattern and not a cross-hatch (square) pattern.

Looks like I need more practice .... and that's what I'm gonna do today !

Last night I cooked a beef brisket and some veal shanks.

Out with All Things BBQ in with Who's Grilling What:)
Medium ground with minced garlic ,onion, jalapeno. Seasoned with some alder salt and a touch of black pepper. Later topped with mac&cheese mustard, ketchup, salsa verde then slipped into a pita.

Chicken Kabobs with halloumi or paneer cheese, zucchini, and grilled pineapple with brown sugar cinnamon rum sauce for dessert.

No picture, because it was a few weeks ago, but I grilled a whole arctic char on my Big Steel Keg.

I salted and peppered the cavity, stuffed it with lemon, dill, and shallots, and then tied the whole thing shut. Grilled it over direct heat (450 degrees or so) for about 10 minutes a side.

And then I grilled some lemon halves for good measure.

It was awesome. Sure, the fish cost like fifty bucks, but I spend that much on steaks for the grill too ;)

No pics, but a quick grill of chicken breasts, rubbed down with some garlic, lemon, pepper, and the salty don's smoked salt (will be making my own someday). Also grilled up some yellow peppers splashed with olive oil and balsamic.

Next week back to the smoker me thinks.

had 2 sirloin steaks tonight about 7-8 oz each from aljazeera...$5.88 they were delicious and super cheap!!! was my first time in there, will definitely be going back

Aljazeera ... $14.00/kg steaks ... local beef ... animal was not subject to a feed lot .... and had a (hopefully)quick halal slaughter.

I'm IN !

... and while at the Aljazeera .... some couscous ... Iranian raisins ... middle eastern pistachios ... dates ... etc.

11.99/kg actually...he was cutting up a bunch of sirloins when i went in...just got him to cut me off 2 nice steaks

$11.99/kg .... even better ! Sirloins ta-boot. Wow.

Not exactly grilling but I've got two turkey legs and a piece of beef brisket in the Bradley, should be ready in an hour.

Smoker guy, close the door - you are loosing all your heat!

Hey sourdough just gives me more time for another cool and refreshing krusty brand ale. The only brew to sip on while smoking.

Chicken and veggies over oak. Think oak is going to be this summers wood yummm!

Steak on my Big Green Egg for breakfast this morning and yesterday - yum!

Zym: Not using a Grohmann knife? Traitor ;)

I don't have any Grohmann steak knives, unfortunately. Plenty of kitchen knives though - paring and butcher knives.

Turkey legs and potatoes.

Lamb burgers (minced lamb, feta, mint, dijon, s/p, win!), grilled zuchini and grilled pears. The bbq season has begun, and it is goooooood.

How much win do you use? Maybe I haven't been using enough.

Shish taouk

Had a couple of strip loins on the kamado yesterday and a nice cold left over one for breakfast this morning!

8lbs rubbed refrigerated overnight smoked for three and low and slow for another nine ready for pullin. Sure looks different in direct sunlight.

Some baby back ribs, smoked for 2 hours then low and slow for another 4 over charcoal with apple chunks.

Italian meatballs over hickory.

Chicken breasts with a basic dry rub and killer sweet potatoes. I hated sweet potatoes until I made these. Little veg oil and lots of salt and pepper. Pulled them off a little early and let them steam a bit while the chicken rested. Grilling makes everything taste better!!

Backyard grilling on a summer Saturday night makes me happy. Rib eyes that taste like candy (salt, pepper, garlic and onion) and mushrooms that put you on cloud nine (butter & garlic). Shrimps just for one of my little buddies. Spinach salad on the table. Ice cold martinis for the chef. Yummy. Cheers to a great weekend Foodies!

Used the wet jerk rub my buddy brought back from Barbados. Marinated four hours. Decent flavor. Hickory for smoke over char coal.

Fridge died today. Living out of coolers for the next couple days and here's the first things we grilled up. In the tin foil is a yummy lemon dill potatoe packet. Rib eyes were like candy as usual. Garlic and butter in the mushroom caps while lemon zest made an appearance on the asparagus. Paired with 2011 Perez Cruz Cab Sauv. Cloud 9.

Not exactly grilling but...

Homemade bacon and cured pork loin (Canadian bacon) Delicious!

Roasted some chickens on the Weber Performer tonight. Soooo good.

Seed To Sausage Chorizo over hickory. When you hear that snap cutting into them you know it is going to be good.

And then I said, let there be ribs...

Stuart ? ... Curious ... What's in the container to the left ?

Lol, Krusty asked me the exact same thing when he came to my house yesterday lol...

The small container is just water. The plate it's sitting on keeps the charcoal and smoke segregated and fully indirect and the water pan is just to create a thermal break over the main opening. That kettle stays at 225 for 6 hours with less than a full chimney of briquettes using that thing. Some people use apple juice and stuff in there, when I'm feeling fancy I toss some apple chips in it.

Jalapenos stuffed with Boursin shallot and chive and two year old white cheddar with some walnuts for texture. Wrapped in bacon smoked over hickory. Quick tip the corn at Wal-Mart is not worth the 25 cents. Ick it tastes like wood.

Some Calgary hot wings about to take a bath in some Sriracha/Franks/butter. Scroll down on the link. www.bbqu.net

Sounds delicious. Will definitely try it out. I love how they tell you to discard the beer marinade. Mmmm, chicken beer....

Ken V, it was delicious. I used thighs however. Have you tried the recipe with less butter or maybe olive oil as a substitute?

After being inspired by the local tri-tip cook-off this dry rubbed hickory smoked tri tip turned out great. A good 10 minute rest then thinly sliced, tender and juicy. The tri tips here are giant.

Smoked Andouille's.

I'd love to know where you're getting the tri-tips please...

Time for a bump. Meatloaf smoked over JD oak barrel stuffed with fresh mozzarella and some scallions, parsley, pecorino and fennel seed mixed in for a twist.

Grilled pizza with olives, bacon, onions and 3 types of cheese.

BBQ season is back. Doing some chickens with the Smokenator 1000. First run with the new toy. Working great so far.

Anyone hit the Seed to Sausage dry-aged sirloin or rib eye yet? Spotted them in the shop the other day ... curious if they taste as good as they look.

I don't know, OSM, but I'd bet money on their goodness.

I started my grilling season off last night with some burgers my dw made, and topped mine with years old cheddar, grilled onions, dill pickles, tomato and some really delicious local sauce, "Bengal Burn" from Meow! That's Hot.

For some reason the name 'Bengal Burn' caused a foodie version of the 'Sex Panther' scene in Anchorman to play out in my head and now i can't explain to anyone here why i was laughing so hard.

It's made with real pieces of Bengal tiger! Oh! It stings the eyes!

And I swear there was noooo cat pee in it, just sweet fruit and a burning desire.
You guys are killing me!
Carry on...

Cheeseburger for lunch. Chicken tandoor for dinner.

I had a seed to sausage dry aged striploin a couple weeks ago.....it was amazing! price was good too

D's post upthread prompted me to try stuffed mushroom caps on the grill... monster criminies stuffed w a black garlic, cream cheese, marmelade, chopped shroom stems mix... put on the high rack while the grill heated up, finished on the low grill for a few minutes at the end, and YUM.

The lamb chops from Farm Boy were all good too.

We grilled up some kebabs that we bought at Loblaws. We got chicken, chicken with bacon, and chicken with halloumi. All were very good but the cheese kebab was the stand out. $3.99 a pop.

Lamb shoulder chops from Your Corner Butcher. Very nice.