Recipe Recap #37

Hello friends, welcome back to Recipe Recap.  With the Thanksgiving holiday last week, and with us being away, I got behind on my posts and missed sharing my recap from last week.  So today, you get TWO recaps!  Here is the first...and be sure to pop back later for part 2!

Here are the recipes that I shared the week of October 13 - 19, 2012:

Grilled Vegetable Basket (a staple in our house!)

Chicken Stew with Sweet Potatoes (Slow Cooker)

Now be sure to come back this afternoon to check out Recipe Recap #38!

Meal Plan Monday

Hello friends, Happy Monday!  I hope your week is getting off to a good start. How are your meal plans coming for this week?

Here is the meal plan that I have prepared for my family for this week:

Sunday - Beef Stew

Monday - Leftovers (Beef Stew, Homemade Hamburger Helper, Broccoli and Cheddar Soup)

Tuesday - Zesty Broccoli and Shrimp

Wednesday - Spaghetti

Thursday - Leftovers

Friday - Freezer Clean Out

Saturday - Grilled Chicken (with Lemon Pepper Seasoning) and Grilled Vegetables

I hope you enjoy!

Grilled Vegetable Basket

In case you missed this when I shared it over at Tales of a Ranting Ginger...here it is for you!

We eat a tonne of vegetables at our house.  We are incredibly fortunate to live in a region that produces a lovely variety of vegetables for us, and we are able to purchase all a nice variety of vegetables at our local supermarkets - it seems we always have great selection to choose from!

One of our most favourite things to do, especially in the summer - though we do use our BBQ year-round, is grill vegetables.  We have a grilling basket for our BBQ that I think is the absolute best thing we've ever purchased for our BBQ.  We've bought these grilling baskets for people as gifts, we just LOVE ours that much!

Every time we do a Grilled Vegetable Basket, our "recipe" changes.  In fact, there is no real recipe, just "guidelines".  Or, more like, "What vegetables do we have on hand to chop and grill?".  Here is an example of one of our recent grilled vegetable baskets:

Cut up your vegetables into nice chunky pieces.  Here I used:

Red Pepper
Onion
Snap Peas
Orange Pepper
Gren Pepper
Zuchini
Yellow Pepper

Place your vegetable in a bowl, pour olive oil on top (just enough to coat, no need to overdo it), and sprinkle Montreal Steak Spice (as much or as little seasoning as you desire).

Preheat your grill, place your grilling basket on the BBQ.  When warmed, pour the vegetables from the bowl into the basket.

When the vegetables are cooked, pour them from the grilling basket into a serving bowl.  Be careful, that grilling basket will be VERY HOT!

And now, they are ready to serve!  And BEAUTIFUL!  Great colours, great taste - and like I said, one of our favourite ways to prepare our vegetables.

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Hello!! How is everyone's Friday going?  It's amazingly beautiful here today...but alas I am inside with the baby, seems he's picked up an icky cold this week :-(  On the bright side, I've enjoyed all the extra cuddles, even if he has been grumpy.

Have I told you about my latest blogging fun?  I'm the newest contributor over at Tales of a Ranting Ginger.  Once a month you'll see my recipes posted over on her site...be sure to check it all out!  Kim's site is full of tips and fantastic giveaways!  I'm excited to be part of her fun!

Having said all that, be sure to pop over and check out my recipe post for September, it's live now!  Here's a sneak peek!