Strawberries 'N' Cream

It's June (almost July) and that means Strawberry Season!

Strawberries are so versatile and delicious. They're in my top five fave fruits.

You can put them in salads, jams, pies, cakes, ice cream, white meat marinades, smoothies, just about anything.

And they're pretty!

This is one of my favorite summertime desserts and its really pretty simple to make and inexpensive.

Whats better than cheap and easy?

Cheap, easy and TASTY!
Grilled Strawberries with Custard
makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

16 medium to large strawberries, washed and de-stemmed
cinnamon and sugar
wooden skewers

While strawberries are still wet, roll them in cinnamon sugar and place 4 deep on a skewer. Grill on medium heat for 45-60 seconds each side.

Custard Ingredients:

2 cups vanilla ice cream
4 egg yolks

Heat ice cream in saucepan on stove until hot. Beat egg yolks. Slowly temper egg yolks with ice cream. Return to saucepan and cook over medium-low heat (about a 4) until thickened.
**NOTE** if you cook it too hot it turns into vanilla scrambled eggs. not good. if you temper it too fast it turns into vanilla scrambled eggs. not good.

Pop strawberries off skewers into bowls and ladle custard on top. I like to sprinkle a little nutmeg on top for "prettiness".




♥ K8

About a boy and a grill

My husband loves to grill.

Maybe it's the fire.

Any sunny day he wants to grill for dinner.

Today was sunny, so he grilled.

You get a triple header tonight (well sorta) and two of the three pieces of dinner are from AllRecipes.com

{i told you i ♥ that site}

Up first...

Grilled Salmon

Ingredients:

2 lbs salmon filets {I get the Ocean Eclipse because they're individually frozen and pretty cheap. Fresh is always best unless you're landlocked like I am}
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup lemon juice {can also use lime}
3 Tbsp fresh parsley chopped
1 1/2 tsp fresh rosemary {I used dried}
Salt and Peppa to taste

Mix the oil, lemon, herbs and spices together in a shallow baking dish {like 9x13} and add salmon filets. Get 'em niiiiiice and coated in the marinade and let it sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, longer if you've got the time. Heat the grill to medium and cook salmon, skin side down, for 15-20 minutes or until it flakes easily with a fork. Retain 1/4 cup of the marinade for extra basting during grilling.

Part Deux...

Grilled Asparagus

Ingredients:

1 lb asparagus
roughly 3 Tbsp olive oil
Salt and Peppa

Trim ends of the asparagus {don't know what that means? I had to look it up too}, lightly coat with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and peppa to taste. Grill on High heat for 2-3 minutes.

Numero Tres...

Cheddar Garlic Potatoes

Ingredients:

Instant mashed potatoes {i'm a cheater!}
1 tsp Garlic powder {or 2 cloves fresh minced}
1/2 cup cheddar cheese

While you're heating up the milk, water and butter for your instant mashed potatoes, toss in the garlic. After the potatoes are all mixed and ready to roll, stir in the cheese until its melted. What's that you ask? Of course you can do real potatoes! Just add the garlic the same time you add the cheese.

A perfect summer meal! Well, aside from hot dogs at a baseball game...

♥ K8