recipe round-up | July

If you’re like me, cooking inside during the summer is not my fave. The thought of turning on the stove makes me cringe. But the grill – now that’s another story! There’s nothing like a good summer meal from the grill. But I always feel like I make all the same stuff. Marinate the chicken in Italian dressing or steak kebabs, usually in another type of bottled dressing. boring. So, for my July recipe round-up, I wanted to find different options for grilling four different meats – chicken, steak, fish and pork.

And even though it’s so easy to just pour that Italian dressing on the meat du jour, I forced myself to try some new recipes and we loved them! None of these recipes are complicated or time consuming. I’m always a little hesitant to change my dinner routine but I’m usually glad I did. And you will be too with these very simple, quick recipes for grilling.

I included a link back to each of the original recipe sources. Click on the links for each recipe and try them yourself. And I’d love to hear your feedback!

Here are my July recipe round-up picks:

STEAK: the Perfect Grilled Steak with Herb Butter from Iowa Girl Eats. ooh that butter…

CHICKEN: Grilled Chicken with Basil Dressing from Giada de Laurentiis. A nice change from our standard Italian dressing chicken.