Fat Rob Burger

There's been talk that the Skinny Pukeko might need a partner restaurant in order to attract everyone. Skinny Pukeko would attract the more health-conscious and less meat-conscious customers while the other restaurant would do the opposite. So far no partnership has been made, but we have discovered what would be one of the specials on his menu.


The Fat Rob Burger: A beef burger with bacon inside, along with bacon and the delicious addition of a sautéed Granny Smith apple on top.

The future restauranteur's father's review: This is one of the most delicious burgers I've ever had, and I don't say that lightly.

The New Chef of the Household

June has been great. There have been times when I've had a planned item for John to grill, but otherwise he's been in charge of the kitchen (even if the grill hasn't been used). This has been great for two reasons:

1) I haven't had to think about food as soon as we get home from work.
2) John is very good at making due with what we have, so we've been using things up.

Grilled corn on the cob was beat out for best grilled food when John made this:

A Frisco Burger.

Remember how I said John was good at making due with what we have? Well, one night I was like, "I guess we could have hamburgers," and the next thing I knew John was researching how to make Frisco burgers. The sourdough bread sitting on the counter had given him the idea, and was it ever an amazingly wonderful idea. What were the called-for ingredients?

Sourdough Bread
Hamburger
Swiss Cheese
Lettuce
Tomato
Sauteed Onions
Mayo (I had ketchup and mustard instead)

I sure hope Frisco burgers become a regular at our house!

Grilled Pizza

Start with this:


Brush one side with olive oil and grill that side for about three minutes.
It'll probably puff up like this:


Brush the other side with olive oil, flip it over, and put the toppings of your choice on.
The key is to remember to not make the toppings too thick.


Then back on the grill.


Grilled pizza. SO GOOD.


My sis-in-law says you can make a frozen pizza on the grill too! Baking stone in the grill, turn it on, heat it up, and add your frozen pizza on top. Yum!

The next thirty days will be spent...

Outside grillside! That's right, the next month is John Grills June. And I know we're not the only ones looking forward to it, as my father and brother said this past month was full of "non-food meals."