Hellobee Boards

We are a grilling family so my gotos are honey garlic pork chops, sweet chili chicken skewers, pulled pork/chicken/beef, steaks. Throw together a veggie mix on the grill or pasta salad.

I love love this recipe.
http://jacquelynnesteves.com/featured/cheesy-bruschetta-boneless-pork-chops/

Summers are SUPER hot here (like 110 degrees!) so while we love grilling, we actually end up crockpotting a lot more!

If we grill, our favorite is just to throw on some tri-tips rubbed with Costco's mesquite seasoning and brushed with some Stubb's BBQ sauce. We'll usually do 2 of those, plus some sausages to have for easy meals during the week (see entree salads below!) Corn and sweet potatoes will cook on the dying coals.

If we crockpot, we'll do a lot of shredded braised meat. Our favorite chicken for tacos is 2-3 pounds of chicken thighs coated in a packet of chicken taco seasoning and 1 cup of salsa (we buy those small cans of Herdez salsa because its the perfect portion). 4 hours in the crockpot on LOW and shred!

Pulled pork is 3 pounds of pork shoulder or country style ribs coated in salt, pepper, and onion powder with a few tablespoons of Worchestershire sauce and 2 bay leaves all day on low in the crockpot. This can work as carnitas, or you can add BBQ sauce when you shred the meat for pulled pork sammies.

Another favorite is crockpotting a big tray of chicken wings for 4 hours on low and then crisping them under the broiler for a few minutes (keeps the house cool!) Buffalo wings we crock seasoned simply with salt, pepper, and garlic and then toss them in butter/hot sauce before crisping them in the oven. We have also used these 2 recipes on wings and they are scrumptious:

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/03/crockpot-apricot-chicken-recipe.html

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/06/crockpot-vietnamese-roasted-chicken.html

Big entree salads! We make huge Cobb salads with whatever meat we happened to grill with lots of avocado and honey mustard dressing. Or a salad with nuts and strawberries (and feta for me!) with poppyseed dressing. Greek salads with yogurt dressing. You get the idea.

And nothing like LOTS of ice cold fresh fruit for dessert.