Food & Recipes

Ah, the fresh flavors of summer – chicken grilled to smoky perfection; cool chunks of sweet, juicy melon; colorful vegetables just plucked from the vine. Sure it’s hot outside, but that’s what makes for sun-ripened taste sensations.

So fire up the grill, unfurl the patio umbrella, call the neighbors and pass the sweet tea. We’ve cooked up a menu of summertime favorites just right for your backyard shindig.

Our Cilantro Lime Chicken recipe was made for grilling. Chicken breasts are immersed in olive oil and lime juice and spiced with garlic, red pepper and cilantro for some Southwestern flair. Marinating in a zipper-seal bag is an easy way to infuse flavor, as well as tenderize your poultry and keep it from drying out. Using a meat thermometer ensures that your moist, juicy chicken is fully cooked.

The sweetness of the honeydew, cantaloupe, watermelon and grapes in our fruit salad provides a perfect balance for the zesty chicken and tastes even more refreshing splashed with our honey-lime-mint dressing.

Vegetables proliferating in gardens across the state – such as jewel-green zucchini and yellow summer squash – turn into gourmet delicacies when tossed on the grill with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. Add some asparagus spears and mushrooms and drizzle with our basil vinaigrette just before serving, and your vegetables will be dressed to impress.

Finally, our Mediterranean orzo salad also makes use of summer’s bounty, adding crisp red and yellow peppers, diced cucumber and tender spinach leaves to orzo pasta, olives and feta cheese, and tossing it all with a tangy lemon-oregano vinaigrette.

Enjoy! 

Summer Bounty

Using fresh ingredients will only make your menu taste better. If you don’t have a garden of your own, you can find a local farmer online at www.tnfarmfresh.com.

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Magazine:
Tennessee Home & Farm, Fall 2010 Edition Edition

Headline:
Shared Tastes

Summary:
Savor the season’s offerings with a picnic on the patio

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