Pizza on the Grill

We are leaving for vacation on Monday, so I won't be posting until the following week, so I thought I'd leave you with a few posts of pictures of what we've been up to.

Last Friday night, we made pizzas on the grill, or POGS as my Dad likes to call them.  I used this recipe for the dough- it was one of those where you mix the ingredients (I did proof the yeast first), let the dough rise for an hour and then punch it down and then let it rise for another hour... time consuming, but SO SO SO worth it. 

I split the dough in half and rolled it out, brushed it with olive oil mixed with minced garlic and Grant pretty much threw it on the grill:

It puffed up pretty quickly... here's my handsome grillmaster about to remove it so I can put on the toppings (you only want to grill one side at first, and then put the toppings on the grilled side): 

We did one pizza with pepperoni, red onion and cheese, and and another with tomato & basil (from our garden!!), red onion & goat cheese. I also brushed it with more olive oil & garlic... why not?? :) Do you see the grill marks on that dough? YUM. 

After you put on your toppings, turn the heat down on the grill and let it cook until the other side of the crust is done.  It would have been nice to eat on the deck but the it was so hot out my cheese was starting to melt in the bag as I was putting on the pizza toppings... fall, I am ALMOST ready for you.  Anyways, here are our pizzas: 

Make grilled pizza before grilling season is over.  We will definitely make it again, so if you want to join us, let me know :-)

Menu Plan Monday 6/13

It's officially summer vacation!! I'm leaving for Montreal in less than two weeks... crazy. After eating City BBQ on Saturday and then going to a cookout on Sunday, I wanted to cook vegetarian all week... but I'm leaving Grant so soon, so I just couldn't bring myself to do it. So, we are having pork chops and chicken... and but still 3 days are meat-free. Yum-o.

Here's what's on the menu this week:
Sunday: Spicy Black Bean veggie burgers, mac & cheese
Monday: Rosemary-rubbed Pork chops on the grill (these were SO GOOD... I used extra brown sugar), rosemary potatoes on the grill (I have a lot of rosemary in my herb garden...) & hominy, cumin & cilantro stew (we had never had hominy before... this was also delicious!)
Tuesday: Southwest Salads with cilantro lime vinaigrette and grilled chicken
Wednesday: Brown Sugar Streusel Baked French Toast, fresh peaches (if they ripen in time...)
Thursday: French Barley Salad, hummus & pita.
Friday: visiting my family in Akron
Saturday: out to dinner in Akron

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Menu Plan Monday 5/30

I love three day weekends. It was SO nice to have that extra day. Since my husband rarely has a day off and only has 10 vacation/sick days a year, days like today are super special for us. We did a lot of fun errands (aka shopping!!) this weekend and had a lot of quality time with friends and delicious food. Including tonight's dinner:
Yum. I just love the colors. This was our first time attempting kabobs (we are newbies in the grilling world... we've done chicken, hot dogs & burgers, so we took it to the next level with these.) I soaked the skewers for HOURS in water... but they still caught on fire... Any helpful hints?? The food was totally fine, with the exception of a few pieces of zucchini that got too close to the flames...

Sunday: grilling out here with some good friends :-)
Monday: Honey Chicken Kabobs & rice
Tuesday: whole wheat penne w/ red sauce & green beans
Wednesday: pancakes (I think they have been on the menu for 3 weeks in a row but we still haven't made them!), eggs & turkey bacon
Thursday: veggie burgers & pierogies
Friday: homemade pizza (again, didn't make from last week)
Saturday: not planning anything since there are ohhhh about 10 graduation parties I can go to and quite a few other options with family & friends. Gotta pack everything in before I leave the country!

This week is my last "real" week of school... 4 days and then the next week involves me giving exams Mon-Weds and then Thurs is a teacher work day. Summer is SO close.