Monday, October 4, 2010

Favorite Recipes: Grilled Dinner! Marinated Chicken, Grilled Beets with Feta, Grilled Zucchini and Grilled Pineapple with Honey

A couple days ago, we made one of the most delicious dinners we have in a long time - so I was dying to share these recipes with you all! This is the perfect fall Sunday dinner, for sure.
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Grilled Marinated Chicken Breasts with Grilled Beets, Zucchini and Pineapple with Honey
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Grilled Marinated Chicken Breasts
Ingredients:
-4 Chicken Breasts
-3/4 cup Italian Dressing
-Orange Zest (as desired)
-1/4 cup Olive Oil
-1/4 cup Dry White Wine
-Splash of Balsamic Vinegar (to taste)
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Directions:
In a gallon size ziploc bag mix the italian dressing, orange zest, olive oil, white wine and a splash of balsamic vinegar. Place small fork marks in each chicken breast, so marinade will soak into chicken. Place chicken breasts in ziploc bag with marinade. Allow chicken to marinade as long as possible - anywhere from 30 minutes to 24 hours.
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Grill chicken on indirect heat (I know - can you believe I even know what this means!) and grill until meat is tender and ready to serve!
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Grilled Zucchini:

Ingredients:
- Zucchini- Lemon Juice-Olive Oil
-Lemon Pepper Seasoning
-Parmesan Cheese (Optional)
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Directions:
Cut up zucchini into small pieces - either quarter size or in strips. Mix zucchini pieces with lemon juice, olive oil, and lemon pepper seasoning (to taste). Once all zucchini is coated in mixture, place in grill basket and grill until desired tenderness. Serve on plate and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
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Grilled Beets with Feta Cheese. (Follow instructions from prior post to grill beets)
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Grilled Pineapple with honey, lemon juice glaze:
Ingredients:
- 1 can of Pineapple Rings (or Fresh )
-1/4 cup honey
-3 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
- 3 Tablespoons of Butter

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Directions:
Melt butter and then mix with honey and lemon juice. Place pineapple ring in honey, lemon mixture and then place each ring on grill. Brush pineapple rings when turning. Serve alone as a dessert or over ice cream.
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Literally, I sort of can't believe I made this. . .not only did it taste delicious, but it looks beautiful! (I'm a sucker for pretty meals - I'm not gonna lie!)Your guests will be wowed for sure. . . its not only a beautiful meal, but it tastes delicious and it can all be fresh, if you choose!
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Great summer or fall meal. . .
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Enjoy, friends. . .

Daily Inspiration: Just Can't Get Enough. . . Grill Love!

This summer we bit the bullet and purchased a brand new grill! Originally I could think of nearly 10,000 other things I'd rather spend a large lump sum of money on. . . I wanted to redo a couple more rooms, buy some new dresses and shoes, travel, etc. Shoot, I wanted to do anything but spend a bunch of muu-la on a 'GRILL!'
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However, Ben, my sweet husband, had been eyeing a new grill for quite some time, but we wanted to wait until our old, cheapy grill bit the dust. So we purchased this beauty. . .the Weber Genesis E-320. I grew up in a family where grilling was muy importante! My dad is a Weber Grill Master and my mom is pretty handy with the grill as well! This new beauty has all the bells and whistles that my hubby desired and even a few that excited me!
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Prior to purchasing, I only really cared about the color. We chose this beautiful copper color, because I thought it would look nice outside our brick house - literally people - that is what I cared about at the time!
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Needless to say, after purchasing this beauty, I've fallen in love. . . maybe even more than my sweet hubby!
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We grill nearly 75% of our our meals now and we could not be happier!
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So if you are in the market - we'd highly recommend this beauty. . . she leaves beautiful marks (so your food is PRETTY!), she is large (so you can grill tons of fun things for yourselves or for entertaining!) and she cleans really easily too!
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If you're looking for some inspiration - check out this delicious meal we made a day or two ago! The recipes are coming soon!
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Have you found any great recipes for the grill? If so - please share!!
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I hope you have a great start to your week!! Thanks for following, friends. . .

 
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