Grilled Salad? Why, Yes!

We’re back at the table again this month for our November Dinner Club. This time we’ll be enjoying a sit-down meal of “All Things Grilled!” The premise for this Dinner Club is that each course must be prepared on an outdoor grill of some type (see our full menu below).

Our host has several options to work with and surely some of the cooking will be done in advance from the comfort zone of our own grills at home, but as we always do with Dinner Club, we’ll finish our preparations when we arrive (and with a beverage in hand)!

 For our part, my husband and I are making a Grilled Hearts of Romaine Salad. We’ve actually done this before at home and there are many, many variations on the recipe. We made a lovely one once that included “crusting” the cut side of the romaine lettuce with a coating of parmesan cheese! We’re trying a new recipe this time, as we always like to conquer new recipe territory for Dinner Club. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Some other highlights of our planned menu that I’m very much looking forward to are the Grilled Nutella Pizza for dessert and the Feta Cheese appetizer; which we also have done our own version of previously, but I’m looking forward to seeing how someone else prepares it.

Watch my upcoming blog entries for more on grill types and techniques. The men in our group really do love to get out on the patio and see what they can come up with. Some of them spend hours in the summer smoking various cuts of meat and I know my own hubby simply devours his grill cookbooks full of interesting ideas! For my part, I enjoy a bit of a break from being the “Head Chef” at our house!

Thanks for reading. Here’s the menu: