Breakfast a la Traeger

Grilled Quiche

Ingredients:

8 Eggs
1 chopped red pepper
1 chopped onion
2 cups of milk
Dash of salt and pepper
2 cups of shredded cheese

Directions:

Combine all ingredients (except cheese) and pour into cast iron skillet.  Grill on high, stirring occasionally, until eggs are done to your liking. Top with shredded cheddar cheese.

Chicken Wings

Grilled Wings

Ingredients:

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup of your favorite rubs

Directions:

Combine brown sugar and rubs to coat the wings. Top with the honey.  Grill on high for 25 minutes or until the chicken is done.

Stuffed Chicken Thighs, Sweet Potato Medallions

Stuffed Chicken Thighs

Ingredients:

8-10 Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs

1 Tbsp Olive Oil

1 cup Cheddar Cheese

1/2 Finely Chopped Onion

2 Stalks Celery, Finely Chopped

1/2 tsp Poultry Seasoning

1/4 tsp Pepper

1 1/2 tsp Garlic

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Onion Powder

Directions:
Heat olive oil in small sauce pan.  Add onion and celery.  Cook and stir until soft about 5 minutes.  

In medium bowl, combine cheese, onion, celery, poultry seasoning, pepper and garlic.  Mix well.  Rinse thighs and lay skin side down.  Place a spoonful of mixture on each thigh and roll up.  Secure with toothpick.  Mixture will coming out the sides a bit.   Place seam side down on grill and season with salt and onion powder. Grill, turning occasionally, for approximately 20-30 minutes. 

Sweet Potato Medallions

Ingredients:

3 sweet potatoes, cleaned and sliced into 1/4 to 1/2 medallions

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp ground red pepper

1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Combine oil and spices together in big bowl.  Mix well.  Add sweet potatoes and mix to coat. Place on oiled grill and grill until soft, about 15 minutes. 

Kale Chips

Kale Chips

Ingredients:

Kale

Olive Oil

Butter

Sea Salt

Directions:

Rinse and dry kale completely.  Remove leaves from stem and tear into bite sized pieces.  Coat a cookie sheet well with butter. Spread out kale leaves, spray with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt.  Set grill temperature to 350 and grill for approximately 10 minutes or until edges of leaves just start to turn brown.  Enjoy!

Peppers and Pineapple

Grilled Peppers

Ingredients:

Red, yellow, orange sweet peppers halved

Seasonings of your choice

Directions:

Season peppers. Place face down on grill and grill until soft.  

Grilled Pineapple

Ingredients:

One whole pineapple (peeled, cored, cut into 1/2 in thick wedges)

2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
Zest and juice of 1 lime

Directions:

In small bowl, combine brown sugar and lime juice.  Spray grill with some form of oil.  Put pineapple wedges on grill and cook, turning once, until softened and brown in spots (7-8 minutes). Transfer to bowl and coat well with mixture. Top with lime zest.  Best eaten warm.

Grilled Quiche

Grilled Quiche

Ingredients:

6 Green Onions

1 Pie Crust

Half Head Cauliflower

Salt

Pepper

1Tbls Butter

4 Eggs

1 Cup Milk

1 Cup Cheddar Cheese

Half Cup of Parmesan Cheese

5 Slices Of Bacon

Sausage (We used hot and spicy breakfast in patties)

1 Avocado (optional)

Directions:

Grill bacon and sausage until done.  Chop onions and cauliflower.  While grilling, saute cauliflower and onions in butter until tender.  Add Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and remove from heat.  In a separate bowl whisk eggs and milk vigorously for 2-3 minutes.  Place pie crust in a baking stone. Add  sauteed mixture into pie crust. Top with crumbled bacon and cut up sausage.  Pour egg mixture over everything and top with cheddar cheese.  Grill at 400 until the eggs are cooked. Top with avocado chunks.

 

Cheese Filled, Bacon Wrapped Burgers

Cheese Filled, Bacon Wrapped Burgers

Ingredients:

1lb ground beef

Beet Veggie pulp

1 packet onion soup mix

Thick bacon

Velveeta

Grated Parmesan

Directions:

Combine beef, veggie pulp, soup mix in a bowl. Make 12 thin patties. Place Velveeta on top of 6 patties and sprinkle with parmesan.   Cover 6 patties with remaining 6 patties forming burger shape.  Wrap with bacon and secure with a toothpick.  Grill at 400+ for 18 minutes or to your liking. Toast hamburger buns on the grill during the last 5 minutes. *Careful, cheese is very hot!

Grilled Meatball Sandwich

Grilled Meatball Sandwich

Ingredients:

For meatballs:

1lb ground beef

1/4 cup Veggie pulp (ours was celery, carrots, cucumber)

Salt (to taste)

Pepper (to taste)

Garlic (to taste)

2 Chopped green onions

Sandwich creation:

Hoagie or French bread

Marinara sauce

Provolone Cheese

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a bowl.  Form small balls.  Grill at 400 for 15-20 min.  During the last 5 minutes, add your hoagie bread to toast.  Place 2 or 3 pieces of cheese on bread, top with meatballs and marinara sauce.  Enjoy!

Smoked whole chicken

Smoked whole chicken (before)

Coat chicken with your favorite rubs.  Slice an apple, small onion and an orange and fill the cavity of the chicken with them.  Stick in the refrigerator overnight.  Smoke for 2 hours and set temperature to 300 until it reaches 170.

Chicken Wings

Grilled Chicken Wings (before)

 

Followed the directions on the Traeger website here.  I smoked them for 30 minutes before switching to high for 30 minutes though.

Honey-BBQ Chicken

Honey BBQ Chicken

Ingredients:

Boneless/Skinless Chicken Beasts

Honey

Traeger Honey Bourbon Sauce

Traeger Chicken Rub 

Directions:

Tenderize chicken using a Jaccard tenderizer.  Add rub generously on both sides of breast.  Top with a little honey.  Grill on high, honey side up, for approximately 10 minutes.  Flip, top with BBQ sauce and grill for 5 more minutes. Enjoy!

Grilled Corn Bread

Grilled Corn Bread

Make according to package.  Put in well greased grill safe pan or stone. Grill for about 15-20 min or until toothpick comes out clean.  If using stone, take off a few minutes early as stone will continue to bake.  This corn bread was not as dry as oven baked corn bread. 

Vegies by Zane

 

Vegies By Zane

Ingredients:

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Mushrooms

Baby Carrots

Salt 

Pepper

Garlic

Paprika

Thyme

Smokey Mesquite Seasoning

Olive oil

Butter

Directions:

Cut vegies to size you like.  Zane picked out these four vegies and cut them himself.  Put in grill safe pan.  Sprinkle with olive oil.  Add about a teaspoon of each of the spices.  Mix well.  Add 2 tablespoons of butter (to melt as it cooks). Cover with foil. Grill for approximately 45 minutes depending on the amount of vegies you have.  Enjoy!

Zane cutting up vegies for his dish!

Seafood Galore

 Grilled Tilapia, Bacon Wrapped Scallops, Crab Cakes, Sweet peppers and Parsnips

The fish was rinsed, seasoned with lemon pepper seasoning and grilled on a wooden plank.
Recipe for Scallops came from the Traeger site.
Crab cakes were premade and bought on a whim by Greg.
Vegies were sliced, sprayed with a little butter, salt and peppered.

The neighbors came over to check this dinner out!

Grilled Mini Pizza

Grilled Mini Pizza

Use pre-made biscuit dough and flatten into mini pizzas.  Add toppings and grill according to directions on biscuit package.  We added tomatoes, avocado, spinach, olives, red peppers, grilled chicken, mozzarella cheese, and some seasonings.  Zane had a blast making his own and then eating it.  Super fun and super easy!