The "Grillin' Up A Storm" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Thinking back a few nights ago to when Carol and I enjoyed having friends Barry and Karen over for a meal and to see the photos from our latest trip to St. Martin.  I know how much some people hate to see their friends vacation photos so I made my favorite 228 photos into a slide show with music that lasted slightly over 12 minutes.  They still seemed interested in our trip when the show was over, so I guess they weren't bored out of their minds.  I should tell you that they traveled with us to St. Martin over a year ago and they were anxious to revisit some of the same spots again through the slide show.  Made the slide show an easy go for me.  Carol prepared a meal for the evening which included mostly grilled items so that we could talk while we sat near the grill.  Most of the time I kept turning the Romaine lettuce and steak over and over.  Did you know that you can grill Romaine lettuce?  Hey, there are many items that I didn't know could be grilled until I read an online article sent to me from Reader's Digest.  You may find some of the items to your liking so I will give you a few photos and how you can grill them.  Happy eating!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

Carol cut the Romaine lettuce "stalks" in half and I placed them on the grill for a few minutes on each side.  May get some burning on the ends, but the flavor with olives, small tomatoes and feta cheese is great.

Don't these look great.  Watermelon or even cantelope can be used for grilling.  Make the pieces about 1 inch thick, brush them with olive oil, season to your liking, and grill for about 4-5 minutes per side until the fruit carmelizes and begins to dry out.

Did you know you could grill cheese.  Put the cheese directly on the grill until it gets char marks.   Different varieties of cheese require different times, so watch that you don't melt it.  Don't make you pieces too thick and use a medium-high heat.

Place the entire sweet potato on the grill until soft, slice and drench in butter and brown sugar.  You know, any potato would taste great with butter and brown sugar on it. 

Put slices of bacon on a skewer and grill.  You must be careful that the fat doesn't cause the grill to flame-up too much. Use the grilled pieces for salads, burgers, or add them to grilled pineapple as an appetizer.

You can grill avacado halves, scoop the flesh into  guacamole that's extra smoky and savory.  Never did it, but it sounds good.