Pillsbury sponsored a post on Willow Bird Baking wherein I used their pizza crust for a grilled pizza project -- and these are the result! These mini-pizzas are adorable no matter how you cook them, but grilling pizzas turns out to be fast, delicious, and perfect for the summer. Leave the toppings on the side as a topping bar so everyone can create ( Read more... )

It's ridiculously hot in Chicago right now, so to prepare before the heatwave hit, I made one of my all-time favorite summer salads. It's perfect right off the grill the day it's made, but is just as good served cold the next night when it's 100 degrees outside.


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 I had been craving BBQ chicken for days and finally decided to do so yesterday. Chicken thighs are the cheapest cut available at Safeway. These took about thirty to forty minutes on the grill. I served them along with grilled baby new potatoes and sauteed asparagus. 

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In memory of our last BBQ. Lol.


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sarah_y & I did our final grill duty today.


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Okay folks, I want to buy a grill pan, but my mom insists on having many opinions and reviews on pans. SO!

I have come across Emeril Lagasse's non-stick, heavy, cast-iron grill pan, for a lovely price of $24.99 at Amazon.com

Is this a good pan? Does it stay non-stick? (That is one thing mom's worried about ( Read more... )