(Family Features) With summer concert season in full swing, it's time to enjoy great music outdoors. So grab your friends and fire up the grill for pre-concert tailgate fun.
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In addition, Caribou Coffee’s unique coffees are available within grocery stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, office coffee and foodservice providers, hotels, entertainment venues and e-commerce channels. Caribou Coffee is a proud recipient of the Rainforest Alliance Corporate Green Globe Award and is committed to operating practices that promote sustainability and environmental protection. For more information, visit www.cariboucoffee.com.Stop in a Caribou Coffee and try one today, or visit CaribouCoffee.com for more information.Grill beets for 5 to 7 minutes over medium heat, or until they have softened and have grill marks. Remove beets and place a large bowl. Once cool, cut beets in half.Grilled to Perfection, Dinner with the Band America's favorite charcoal is helping amp up traditional concert fare by sponsoring pre-show events spotlighting the Zac and Chef Rusty's Southern recipes. Fans will enjoy food prepared by Southern Ground Executive Chef, Rusty Hamlin, while interacting with the band and enjoying performances from other Southern Ground Recording artists. "We appreciate our fans, which is why we're working to make the concert experience even better, by capturing all five senses," said Brown.Bring three inches of cold water to boil in a 2-quart saucepan. Once boiling, add green beans to pan and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until bright green. Drain beans and place in large bowl, filled with ice and water. Once cooled, remove beans and place on a paper towel to drain.A Gas Grill Cooking TwistPreparing Recipes for the GrillMINNEAPOLIS -- Caribou Coffee, the nation’s second-largest coffeehouse chain, is now providing their guests meal options for lunch with the launch of their new Grown-up Grilled Cheese sandwiches.'Cued Country Beet Salad with Grapefruit Vinaigrette Preparation Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Number of servings: 6Dynamic live shows and home-style cooking have been part of the band's playlist since the early days when the musicians started jamming at Zac's Place, a restaurant located outside of Atlanta and formerly owned by front man Zac Brown and his dad. The band now takes the restaurant on the road with the famous Eat & Greet.Caribou Coffee's new Grown-Up Grilled Cheese lineup includes the Three Cheese Classic and Italian Chicken Melt, as pictured above. (Photo: Business Wire)Combine beans, onions, beets and goat cheese in large bowl, and toss with enough vinaigrette to lightly coat. Chill covered for 30 minutes or until ready to serve.Recipe created by Southern Ground Executive Chef Rusty Hamlin on behalf of Kingsford® Charcoal, and inspired by the Zac Brown Band 2011 concert tour.Although GRILLING is always done with the lid cover open, gas grill cooking can incorporate additional cooking methods that make it preferable to cook with the grill cover closed. With the grill lid closed, the grill changes from a CONDUCTIVE cooking vehicle to a CONVECTIVE cooking one - more like your oven. Of course you could just use your oven for using these cooking methods, but outdoor cooking does have some advantages over indoor cooking - particularly in warmer weather. So how do you turn your dry heat, direct source cooking vehicle (the grill) into one that can utilize a moist convective cooking process? It's actually a pretty cool technique for gas grill cooking. This is a trick I use most often with delicate fish, such as tilapia. First, I turn the heat OFF on the side of the grill that my tilapia will cook. Then, I add a pan of water to the bottom of the other side of the grill - right on top of the heat elements. Keep in mind that this "water" can be any kind of liquid you like. I use shrimp stock sometimes with fish, but you can season it with chicken broth, wine - anything that is liquid and imparts nice, complimentary flavors to the product you are cooking. Then, the fish is placed either directly on the grill (if you have a flat grate option) or you can put it in a cast iron pan and put it on the grill grates. The rest of the procedure for this type of gas grill cooking follows the normal grilling process - cook with your eyes and observations, flip after 75% done, use a thermometer to determine final temperature and remove a bit "early" to allow for the carry-over cooking that occurs. And that's it, now you can consider gas grill COOKING in addition to standard GRILLING for great outdoor cooking results.Image Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=1693158
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