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Posted on June 29, 2016 by Cindy Kerschner

Grilled Vegetable Salad

Grilled Vegetable Salad brings out the natural sweetness of vegetables in this easy to make healthy side dish. Try it at your next cookout.

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Welcome to day three of #CookoutWeek! I’m super excited to share today’s healthy veggie side dish. Crisp tender grilled carrots, Vidalia onions, zucchini, red peppers and corn tossed in a light vinaigrette. This dish is finished off with a sprinkle of white truffle oil.

 

Grilled Vegetable Salad Veggies

 

White truffle oil is made with the aroma of truffles and adds a delicate, earthy taste. Use sparingly by adding a few drops at a time. Don’t forget to taste after each addition. 🙂

Grilled Vegetable Salad with oil

I was given a sample of Pébeyre White Truffle Oil from The French Farm to try and review. I received no further compensation. All opinions are my own.

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Grilled Vegetable Salad

Grilled Vegetable Salad

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound peeled carrots cut lengthwise
  • 1 large Vidalia onion, thick sliced
  • 1 zucchini cut lengthwise
  • 1 ear of corn, husk on tassles removed
  • 1 red pepper cut lengthwise
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil for grilling
    • dressing
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh squeeze lime juice
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro or parsley
  • sea salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon truffle oil

Instructions

  • Soak corn for at least 1/2 hour before grilling.
  • Heat lightly oiled grill to high. Spread out vegetables evenly. Grill until slightly charred and crisp tender. About 5 minutes.
  • Remove and allow to cool. Cut into bite-sized pieces,
    • dressing
  • Whisk together oil, vinegar, lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper.
  • Carefully add truffle oil a few drops at a time to reach desired flavor.
  • Coat vegetables with dressing. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to blend.
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Remember to check out the entire Cookout Week menu for inspiration for your next cookout! 

Enjoy today’s recipe ideas for your next cookout from the #CookoutWeek bloggers!

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Food for Thought… Have you ever tried genuine truffles grated on a dish or truffle oil at home? I’d love to hear what tasty recipes would you create in a comment below! 

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It’s super easy to enter, and one lucky winner will get:

It’s pretty much everything you need to host an awesome cookout this summer. It’s a prize pack worth over $300! Thank you so much to all of the wonderful sponsors listed above, who have made #CookoutWeek possible.

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Grilled Cheese Steak Potato Salad #cookoutweek #giveaway #ad

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Cindy Kerschner

Grilled Cheese Steak Potato Salad combines smoke kissed steak, potatoes, peppers and onions with aged cheddar. All the flavor of a cheese steak in a easy to love salad!
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I’m so excited to share this Grilled Cheese Steak Potato Salad with you for #cookoutweek 2016!

I love a good cheese steak. A messy sandwich packed with tender beef, peppers, onions and gooey cheese.
My first job was at J’s Steaks and Subs. We made our cheese steaks (they spell them cheesesteaks) with chipped beef, onions, American cheese, tomato-based steak sauce. Pickles and banana pepper slices were a must.
Not exactly the Cheez Wiz Philly type but I was never a whiz fan anyway.
That was 40 years ago and that same sub shop is still there and serving the same menu. All the other J’s in that local based chain have moved on to bigger but in my opinion, not better things. 🙂

Even though I love cheese steaks I don’t always want all that bread. So I thought, why not take those delicious flavors and mix them with my favorite side dish for a cookout. You guessed it! It’s potato salad.

What makes this potato salad different is that the potatoes are grilled and I skipped the mayo. Don’t get me wrong. Mayo definitely has a place in my heart for potato salad.

Grilling potatoes keeps them firm and easier to stand up to any dressing. Grilled Vidalia onions get oh so sweet and grilling red peppers intensifies the flavor.

Grilled Cheesesteak Potato salad veggies

Grilled Cheesesteak Potato salad plate

I marinated the strip steaks in oil and vinegar with garlic and oregano for extra flavor. I used Aged Cheddar for an extra sharp cheese bite. A little wine in the dressing of course!

Grilled Cheese Steak Steaks

Have you ever tasted wine infused salt? This Vigneron Salt  added a boost of flavor to the dressing.

I was given a sample of Terre Exotique Sel du Vigneron Vigneron Salt from The French Farm to try and review. I received no further compensation. All opinions are my own.

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I sprinkled some directly on the cut steak too. Wow, what flavor!

Grilled cheesesteak and salt

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Grilled Cheese Steak Potato Salad #cookoutweek

Yield: 8 to 10 servings

Serving Size: 1 cup

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lbs boneless sirloin or ribeye steaks
  • 4 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices
  • 1 Vidalia onion peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices
  • 1 large red bell pepper, cut in half
  • 8 ounces aged cheddar cut into 1/2-inch cubes
    • marinade
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 Tablespoon garlic paste or minced garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon oregano
  • 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
    • Dressing
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 3 Tablespoons red wine (Pinot Noir or Merlot)
  • 2 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vigneron salt
  • 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh basil
  • pepper to taste
    • oil for grilling
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Place marinade ingredients in a reclosable bag. Add steaks and shake to cover meat. Refrigerate for an hour.
  • Oil grill. Heat grill to high heat. Place vegetables on one side of grill. Brush vegetables with oil and season with salt and pepper. Cook approximately 5 to 8 minutes per side until tender and show char. Do not overcook. Remove as each reaches desired doneness. Potatoes should be firm but not hard in the middle.
  • While vegetables cook, place steaks on the other side over direct heat. Cook to desired doneness, flipping once. Approximate times are 6 minutes per side internal temp should reach 160 for medium. Pull steaks at 150 or 155 and rest to reach desired temperature.
  • Whisk together dressing ingredients. Set aside.
  • Slice cooled steak and vegetables to desired size. Sprinkle meat with additional vigneron salt if desired. I recommend it!
  • Mix together steak, vegetables and dressing. Add cheese. Serve immediately or chill for later.
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Thank you again Allison, Sharon and Jess from The PinterTest Kitchen for hosting this event!

Enjoy all these delicious cookout recipes from us to you for #CookoutWeek 2016!

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Food for Thought… I like sauce and pickles on my cheese steaks. How about you? What is your favorite way to enjoy a cheese steak? I’d love to hear your version in a comment below!

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Enter for a chance to win a fabulous #cookoutweek prize package!

It’s super easy to enter, and one lucky winner will get:

It’s pretty much everything you need to host an awesome cookout this summer. It’s a prize pack worth over $300! Thank you so much to all of the wonderful sponsors listed above, who have made #CookoutWeek possible.

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Learn more about the giveaway here.

Enter now:
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Welcome to #CookoutWeek #Giveaway #ad

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Cindy Kerschner

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I am so excited that it is finally summer, and you know what that means – picnics, BBQs, camping, pool parties, and… cookouts!
Thank you again Allison, Sharon and Jess from The PinterTest Kitchen for hosting this event!

This year, we’ve got something special to celebrate! We joined forces with around 50 of our blogging friends to bring you #CookoutWeek – and entire week filled with yummy summer recipes perfect for your next cookout, along with a fun giveaway, courtesy of some awesome sponsors.
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It’s super easy to enter, and one lucky winner will get:

It’s pretty much everything you need to host an awesome cookout this summer. It’s a prize pack worth over $300! Thank you so much to all of the wonderful sponsors listed above, who have made #CookoutWeek possible.

Enter now:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Don’t forget to check back throughout the week with all of the bloggers participating to get some yummy #CookoutWeek recipes. Here’s the full list of participating bloggers:

The PinterTest Kitchen • 2 Cookin’ Mamas • A Day in the Life on the Farm • addicted 2 recipes • Aimee Broussard & Co. • Amy’s Cooking Adventures • Angels Home Sweet Homestead • Bakin’ and Eggcerpts • Balancing Motherhood • Body Rebooted • Cheese Curd In Paradise • Cindy’s Recipes and Writings • Cook With 5 Kids • Cook. Craft. Love. • Cookaholic Wife • Cricket’s Confections • Crumb: A Food Blog • Eat, Drink, Be Healthy! • Everyday Eileen • Fairyburger • Food Parsed • Get the Good Stuff! • Goodie Godmother • Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks • Home in the Finger Lakes • Jennifer Cooks • Jessie Weaver • Kate’s Recipe Box • Life on Food • Little House Big Alaska • Little Scratch Kitchen • Making Miracles • Moore or Less Cooking • Rhubarb and Honey • Savvy In The Kitchen • Seduction in the Kitchen • Simple Food 365 • Style Island • Thanks for Cookin’! • The Food Hunter’s Guide To Cuisine • The Hungary Buddha Eats the World • The Spiffy Cookie • The Weekday Gourmet • This is How I Cook • Tramplingrose • Vintage Kitty • West Via Midwest

Looking forward to sharing some yummy recipes with all of our readers. 🙂 “

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Fluffernutter Waffles #SundaySupper

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Cindy Kerschner

Fluffernutter Waffles layer crunchy peanut butter and gooey fluff between two peanut butter waffles. Top with crushed peanuts. A peanut lover’s heaven!

Fluffernutter Waffles

Who doesn’t like waffles?

Savory waffles.

cdf corn waffles
Waffles with Cream Dried Beef

Strawberry or blueberry topped and piled high with whip cream.

waffles and strawberries
Belgian Waffle
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Belgian Waffles and Blueberry Waffles

Or maybe you’re a syrup or powdered sugar fan?

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Cinnamon Roll Waffles
or
Bacon Honey Waffles

Honey Bacon Waffles

What do all these waffles have in common besides the fact that they are delicious?

Here’s a hint:

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You guessed it! They all needed me to use a waffle iron. 🙂

This week Sunday Supper celebrates that wondrous tool with a salute to waffles!

June 29th is National Waffle Iron Day and we are kicking it off with a huge waffle event! Although waffles have been around since the 14th century, the first American patent for a waffle iron was issued in 1869. Americans LOVE their waffles and waffle irons and have been making all sorts of waffle creations over the years! Sweet waffles, savory waffles, even omelets made on a waffle iron all are fair game in this event. We want to hear what creative recipe you like to make on your waffle iron! So heat up that iron and join us as we celebrate National Waffle Iron Day!

My contribution this week is for the peanut lovers out there.

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Who remembers Fluffernutter sandwiches? A great kid treat with a cold glass of milk.

Fluffernutter sandwiches were a treat saved for special occasions. I must confess I would have rather had a PB&J with fluff than just a fluff and peanut butter sandwich.

Fluffernutter Waffles
These waffles are also made with peanut butter powder. That’s 3 times the peanutty goodness in every bite.

Fluffernutter Waffle bite

Go ahead, take a bite.

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Here’s the recipe to make your own batch. This batter recipe makes 8 standard size square waffles. Enough for 4 people unless you have BIG peanut butter fans at your house!

Fluffernutter Waffle trio

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Fluffernutter Waffles

Yield: 8 waffles

Serving Size: 2 slices

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup powder peanut butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup warm milk
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter, smooth or chunky
  • 1 cup marshmallow fluff
  • 1/2 cup chopped peanuts

Instructions

  • Whisk together flour, brown sugar, powdered peanuts, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  • In a separate container, whisk together butter, milk and vanilla . When cool, slowly add to eggs.
  • Fold wet ingredients into dry mixture.
  • Pour batter onto lightly greased hot waffle iron.
  • Top with additional peanut butter and fluff. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts if desired.
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Don’t limit using your waffle iron for batter beauties. It makes a great sandwich press too!

Waffle Turkey Sandwich

Thank you Sue Lau from A Palatable Pastime for hosting and Renee Pajestka from Renee’s Kitchen Adventures for coordinating our waffle tribute!

Food for Thought…Have you ever made anything unusual with your waffle iron? Maybe brownies, cookies or some type of sandwich? I’d love to hear your ideas for the perfect waffle or sandwich made in a waffle maker! Please share your thoughts in a comment below.

In the meantime, enjoy all these delicious waffle ideas coming to you this week from Sunday Supper!

Sweet and Sinful:

Savory Brinner Winners:

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