I thought this would be a fun giveaway. I have a copy of “Dadgum That’s Good! Kickbutt Recipes for Smoking, Grilling, Frying, Boiling and Steaming” cookbook by John McLemore to giveaway to one MFA reader.
I actually was reading an email about this cookbook as I was sitting in the Lady and Son’s in Savannah a few weeks ago and the foreword of the cookbook was written by Paula Deen. I thought this would be a great book to check out since I have never really had Southern food before.
This is a fun cookbook with recipes that are Southern inspired. There are quite a few recipes that require a deep fryer (which we don’t own) but I found tons of other recipes that were appealing and fairly easy to prepare. I think this book would especially appeal to men as there are a lot of recipes for grilled meats and I loved the section on how to make regional BBQ sauce from Kansas City, Alabama, Memphis etc.. The author of this book, John McLemore, clearly takes his BBQ seriously.
You will find some lighter recipes like Salmon and Avocado salad all the way to some not so light recipes like Deep Fried Oreo Cookies.
I know I have purchased a few new cookbooks recently to jazz up our summer routine and I thought one of you might get inspired by the dishes in this cookbook.
If you want to win a copy of “Dadgum That’s Good!” just leave a comment below letting me know what your favorite summertime meal is. Personally I make a lot of Greek orzo pasta in the summer because it is so simple and very light. My favorite part of summer though is all the grilling my husband does (read: I don’t have to cook- Yay!)
So just leave me a comment below and let me know what your summertime dish is.
I will pick a winner tomorrow at 6pm PST.
GOOD LUCK!
Love all these meal ideas. My face is heirloom tomatoes sprinkled with cracked pepper & sea salt, layered with fresh basil & mozzarella, splash of olive oil all on sliced sweet French bread (the one from Nob Hill with $1-off coupon last week)
I love salads in the summer…pasta, chicken, tossed. I love them all!
we love grilled corn on the cob with mayo! Try it and you will love it!
My favorite summertime foods are corn on the cob and watermelon. YUM!! 😀
Just bought our grill yesterday! Honestly nothing better than a good burger loaded with all the goodies on a hot summer evening!
My favorite summertime meal is grilled Ranch burgers with Watermelon and potato salad
BBQ ribs with coleslaw & corn on the cob!
Grilled Anything!!
Grill some steaks!!!
My favorite summertime dish is pasta salad!
We love BBQ chicken. Also Jersey corn, fresh tomatoes., watermelon and ice cream.
Grilled ribeyes and fresh bruschetta!
Balsamic chicken in a tortalini salad with tomoatoes and red peppers.
My husband’s bbq tri-tip sandwiches reminds me of summer!
I love grilled chicken!
Our favorite summer foods are anything cooked on the grill. Meat, corn on the cob, ANYTHING!!! We do love our pasta salads too 🙂 Usually italian based with TONS of fresh veggies.
My favorite summertime meal is anything on the grill, fresh tomatoes
with basil, pasta salad and a frozen drink by the pool! Everything tastes
better outside!
We grill bell peppers a lot. We also eat a lot of green chili cheese burgers! Yum yum!
One on my personal favorite summertime dishes is cold spaghetti. I cook the noodles but the sauce is just fresh uncooked diced tomatoes, olive oil, red wine vinegar, capers and a few other fresh ingredients. It is so mouth watering good (and very easy to make)!
We love anything with berries, peaches, or any of the yummy summer fruits and veggies. Mmmmm….I’m getting hungry! 🙂
My favorite is marinated chicken grilled with roasted potatoes.
we love watermelon!
We love steak and burgers. We just got a new grill for Father’s Day, so I know my husband would love some new recipes to try!
We love to have Asian Chicken coleslaw for dinners int he summer. Nice and cool to eat and no heating up the kitchen!
I love pasta salad in the summertime…mmmHMm
I love hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill!!
I am an email subscriber. My favorite grilling meal is grilled steaks, grilled corn on the cob with butter and salt and nice cold watermelon. 🙂
We love to grill year-round but during the summertime we love to grill every thing we can. It’s probably our favorite summer pastime next to spending time at the lake on the boat.
I love BLTs with fresh tomatoes from the garden and great sourdough bread!
Pea Salad – Yummy!
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Home-made potato salad. That’s it. Just leave the bowl, mama.
We love sweet corn & watermeon!
Grilled steak, chicken, hot dogs with homemade potato salad, sweet corn, and fresh fruit.
dicity
A chef’s salad when it’s too hot to cook
Fried green tomatoes and fried squash