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Bar-B-Que Basil Corn

Side Dish, ,

For my friend Dorri if it’s summer it’s BBQ season. Have you thought of roasting corn with fresh Basil? You should! Roasting the corn brings out its sweetness and the basil infused fresh herb flavor. You could even wrap the corn entirely in basil before roasting if you want stronger herb flavor. That’s the fun – any herb will add a vibrancy to a simple summer BBQ.

Ingredients:

  • Farm fresh corn on the cob
  • Farm fresh basil
  • Olive oil spray
  • Salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

  • Lay corn on an aluminum foil square
  • Spray lightly with olive oil spray
  • Place a basil leaf or rip basil leaves and place on corn
  • Sprinkle salt & pepper to taste
  • Roll and enclose aluminum foil square
  • Place on hot grill for 10 minutes, roll over, cook for another 10 minutes
  • Optional: An interesting twist is to add melted butter infused with more fresh basil, and add a garnish of fresh scallion

    • Garden Fresh Mixed Veggie Turkey Soup

    Main Dish, Soup, , , ,

    True it’s a hot summer day but that’s what makes this recipe so good. Pressure cook or slow cook or stove top heat is basically no heating the home.

    Final soup looks delicious!

    Prep pics are at the bottom. Make this in advance and serve room temp or even cold. Personally I love cold vegetable soup. Do you?

    Want it vegetarian? Just substitute vegetable stock and veggie meat product for the turkey).

    What’s in the Zavor LUX LCD multipot used to make this?

    Turkey or veg stock quart, tomatoes, corn cut off cob, string beans and broad beans, carrots, yellow squash, 1/2 uncooked cup quinoa, torn basil leaves, and cooked turkey pieces.

    Pressure cook on low for 10 minutes and let come down from pressure naturally.

    This is a dish where quantities don’t matter much.

    Season to taste with salt, pepper, and favorite herbs – we used basil.

    Serve with crusty bread from the farmers market! Yum.

    Follow prep pictures!

    Roasted Grilled Corn on the Cob

    Side Dish, , ,

    Summer is for BBQ and easy. Soaking corn on the cob and placing directly on the grill is easy prep and delicious. There are many ways to make this but simple brings out the natural corn flavor.

    Directions
    Soak the corn in the cob in cold water for 30 minutes. Place on the preheated grill. Cook for 15-20 minutes, turning every 5 minutes. Remove corn from heat and peel back and enjoy. The silks peel back very easily and the corn is moist.  Add butter, salt or nothing at all. The corn is nice and sweet and tender.

    If you want a variation, you can add melted butter, minced herbs and other seasonings to the husks before cooking, but in this case you are opening the corn and removing the silk in advance of cooking. This works well if you wish to cook corn in a packet or on indirect heat.  You would close up the husks as tightly as possible also.