Mexican Rice

This is one of our newly discovered favourite rice recipes! It smells so fragrant while cooking, my husband always knows we're having something Mexican if he walks in the door to this smell.  The recipe was found on All Recipes with great reviews!

Roasted Potatoes

It is such a beautiful Spring day here, +23! So my mind was on BBQing but I wasn't sure what since we had burgers on Saturday, barbecued pork chops on Sunday and yet I still craved BBQ with the nice weather.

So I thought I'd try roasting potatoes in the grilling basket with grilled chicken breast to go with them and WOW! Were they ever good, my daughter is still sneaking a potato in every time she walks by, lol.
Seriously, if you don't have a grilling basket, run, don't walk, to a store nearest you!

Roasted Potatoes

5 medium potatoes, halved and then thinly sliced (I used russet)
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
2 medium carrots, sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup Italian dressing
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1 tsp parsley
1/2 tsp basil

Toss this all together and roast on the barbecue until done, about 40 minutes. You'll notice in the picture that I sliced the potatoes fairly thin, simply because otherwise it would take too long to get them tender and they would start to burn on the outside. In fact I had a few that were a little too thick and they were still a little hard. I think slicing them about 1/8" of probably be what I did, maybe a little thicker.

Note: You will need to stir these frequently or you'll find them sticking, you might also need to add more olive oil or dressing if they become dry.

Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!
Tina

Grilled Vegetables

What's better than a beautiful warm day, burgers are on the grill along with the most delicious grilled vegetables. We could eat these at least every other day. We bought a grilling basket in the BBQ section at Superstore, everyone should have one of these! We bought the one with no handles, so it's really more of a bowl, we've used both and we like that you can close your bbq lid completely with this one and if you have the handled one your bbq is always open a little.

Grilled Vegetables

1 large zucchini, chopped
1 large onion chopped
1-2 red peppers, chopped
8-10 mushrooms, chopped
1/2 cup Italian dressing
1 tsp olive oil

Mix the dressing and oil with the vegetables, I like to let this marinate for 10-15 minutes before we start grilling them. Grill on the BBQ for 20-30 minutes, depending on how well done you like your vegetables, stirring in between. We like our vegetables to be well done so ours are on the grill for about 30 minutes.

Enjoy!
Tina