Spice up your next barbecue party with these healthy side dish recipes. Your guests will never know that these tasty dishes are light on calories! Top 10 Barbecue Healthy Side Dish Recipes It’s summer barbecue time and all I can think is, “Does that mean I have to stand outside in the blazing heat?” and…
Grilled Potatoes with Rosemary Mushrooms & Onions
It is amazing how flavorful something so simple can be! These vegan and gluten free Grilled Potatoes with Rosemary Mushrooms and Onions are surefire proof of that. Thank you to The Little Potato Company for helping me share this recipe with you. Once grilling season hits, it the focus is typically on the entrees. Burgers,…
20 Healthy Summer Barbecue Salad Recipes
Whether you like pasta or quinoa salads, or lean more to slaw and green salads, there’s something here for everyone! These are 20 of my favorite healthy summer barbecue side dishes. With all of the holiday and “just because” get-togethers that happen in the summertime, you’re bound to be asked to bring a side dish…
10 Father’s Day Recipes on the Healthy Side
It’s time to spoil that special man with an awesome Father’s Day meal. These recipes, all on the healthier side, are some of my favorites. When I look at both my dad and my husband, I appreciate the qualities that make them such great fathers. If I had the opportunity, I would spend the majority…
15 Healthy Barbecue & Grilling Recipes
It’s time to kick off the grilling season, and what better way to do it than with a whole host of healthy barbecue and grilling recipes, great for potlucks or hosting! I am never one to turn down a burger stuffed with blue cheese and topped with bacon, or a steak with that perfect layer…
Grilled Maple Dijon & Chili Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
Take your backyard barbecue from good to great with these tender and tasty Grilled Maple Dijon and Chili Chicken Drumsticks. Plus, they’re healthier than most drumstick recipes out there! The long weekend means one thing, and one thing only, to me this year. My kid-focused brain knows that this weekend signals the 2-week mark until…
Mini Muffin Tin Meatloaf Recipe with Barbecue Sauce & Corn
Meatloaf becomes a favorite with the kids when baked in muffin tins and slathered in barbecue sauce. This also includes directions for freezing. After taking the first bite of this mini muffin tin meatloaf recipe, my youngest son said, “I have no idea why so many of my friends hate meatloaf.” I’ll admit that I…
Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Chicken Recipe with Kefir Cilantro Slaw
Make school night dinners a breeze with these slow cooker shredded barbecue chicken sandwiches, topped with a light kefir cilantro slaw. Thanks to Green Valley Organics for sponsoring this post and helping me to share this recipe with you. I’m going to talk about healthy school dinners because I am not emotionally equipped yet to…
Top 10 Vegetarian Recipes for the Grill
These vegetarian recipes for the grill are perfect for any summertime barbecue. I love it when my readers are straight with me (well, at least when they’re nice about it.) A couple of weeks ago, I posed a question on my Facebook page, asking what types of recipes you’d like to see in the coming…
Best Grilling & Summer Barbecue Recipes…Chosen by You
It’s Memorial Day weekend, the sun is shining with a gentle breeze weaving through the leaves and I can think of only one thing. Grilling! Tie on the apron, pull out the tongs and fire up the grill. It’s time to kick off the summer barbecue season. The recipes below, and the grilling tips, are…
Grilling & Backyard Barbecue Recipes for Labor Day
At the beginning of the week, I inundated you with photos of our summer (okay, there was a darn tasty grilled steak recipe, too) and I rambled on about my love of fall. Now that Labor Day (Labour Day for my Canadian friends) is almost here and we’re sifting through our grilling recipes for the…
How to: Grill Like a Girl…My Best Tips
Yeah, yeah…the title may be a little tongue in cheek. Of course, I’m not suggesting that girls are the only ones who can grill. In fact, I know there are a ton of women out there who deem the grill as the “man’s territory”. Heck, no! I want to inspire you to don your most…
Best of…Grilling and Summer Barbecue Recipes 2012
It’s become somewhat of a tradition around here to do an annual round-up of my favorite summer barbecue-friendly entrees, side dishes, beverages and desserts from Cookin’ Canuck, as well as from some of my favorite blogs (check out 2011 and 2010‘s version for more recipe ideas). With the Memorial Day weekend upon us in the…
Grilled Chicken Recipe with Jicama & Orange Salsa
An easy grilled chicken recipe with a fresh, simple jicama and orange salsa. Perfect for a light, healthy summertime meal. “Grillin’ Bold this Memorial Day? Bush’s has the beans for it. Come join the cookout with Cookin’ Canuck and Hoosier Homemade sponsored by Bush’s Grillin’ Beans.” I think there might be something seriously wrong with…
Potato Salad Recipe with Rosemary & Capers Dressing
As I showed a couple of weeks ago, the raised vegetable beds that my husband built are filled to capacity with fresh vegetables and herbs. The rosemary plant is in a “no holds barred” battle, duking it out with the basil and tomato plants for sunlight. We are impartial judges and are doing our best…
How to: Turn on a Gas Grill…Barbecue 101
When I told my husband what I was writing about for this week’s How-to tutorial, he chuckled under his breath. “What are you laughing at?” I asked, hands on my hips and tapping my foot impatiently. Of course, I knew very well why he was so amused. Doing a step-by-step tutorial about turning on a…
Best of…Grilling and Summer Barbecue Recipes 2011
Memorial Day is upon us and, in the United States, that means eager barbecue fanatics are scrubbing down their grills, checking their supply of spices and herbs, and wielding their tongs while donning their red-checked aprons. I can already hear the caveman grunts and the bellows for brewskies. I really need to learn to control…
Grilled Lemon & Rosemary Chicken Recipe
In the past, lemon chicken has never really turned my crank. Perhaps it is because each time I tried it, the chicken was dry and the tart lemon juice just seemed to add insult to injury, causing me to pucker my lips like an old man who lost his dentures. However, with six cups of…
Grilled Tri-Tip Steak with Molasses Chili Marinade Recipe
As the rain drenched our garden beds and lawn on Mother’s Day afternoon, all we wanted was to be nestled inside together, but the dinner hour was looming. Earlier in the day, we prepared a marinade for the tri-tip steaks we bought the day before and we were determined to grill them, despite the falling…
Grilled Chicken Thighs with Tamarind & Orange Glaze Recipe
On a recent trip to our local Asian market, I nearly walked out the store with some rather esoteric ingredients, at least by North American standards. My 6-year-old son and I were there to restock our supplies of oyster sauce (for Chicken & Broccoli Stir-Fry), hoisin sauce (for Braised Country Style Pork Ribs in Ginger…