Grilled Romaine Salad Recipe With Fruits & Nuts

[1] Grilled romaine hearts with apples, cherries, walnuts, and feta cheese (photos #1 and #2 © Envy Apples). [2] An Envy apple. [3] It’s easy to grill hearts of romaine (photo © Hitchcock Farms). [4] Use fresh pitted cherries. The photo shows are a mixture of Bing and Queen Anne varieties (photo © Washington State…
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RECIPE: Grilled Radicchio Salad & More Radicchio Recipes

[1] Grilled radicchio. The recipe is below (photo © Vermont Creamery). [2] Grilled radicchio with filet mignon (photo © Omaha Steaks). [3] Radicchio leaves nested for a salad bowl (photo © Alcove Cafe | Los Angeles). [4] A bowl of radicchio di chioggia, the most common variety in the U.S. (photo © Hillshire Farm |…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Eat More Vegetables? Grill Them On Skewers!

If you have vegetable-resistant family members, here’s an easy way to make eating veggies fun: Put them on skewers. Food on a stick is always a palate pleaser. Get the 10″ skewers to add more veggies. Bamboo skewers are inexpensive—here are 100 thick ones for $7.55. Soak them for at least 20 minutes in warm…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Garlic Bread

[1] Garlic bread made on the grill with Lucero garlic olive oil. The recipe is below (photo © Lucero Olive Oil [now closed]). [2] Baked in the oven. Here’s the recipe from Taste Of Home (photo © Taste Of Home). [3] Italian garlic (photo © Burpee).   Now that grilling season is on, make one…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Shishito Chile (Or Pepper Or Chile Pepper)

Before cooking, bright green. Photo courtesy SpoonForkBacon.com.   The shishito pepper is a relative newcomer to American cuisine. Finger-shaped, slender and sweet (not hot), it is growing in popularity as a snack, blistered on the stove top or grill. The shishito is named after its shape: The tip of the chili pepper was seen to…
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