If you like piña coladas, and getting caught in the rain… Then we got a damn good piña for you to celebrate National Piña Colada day!
Naturally, we thought we’d get real festive for TCD’s drink of the week in honor of such a classic!
Toasted Coconut Piña Colada !
Ingredients: 1 small pineapple (To put the drink in… duh)
1/2 cup shredded coconut for the rim (Toast the coconut in the oven for a few minutes until golden brown)
1/4 cup freshly-squeezed orange juice
1/4 cup coconut rum
1 1/4 ounce dark rum
1/2 cup pureed pineapple (puree the pineapple you carved out of the middle)
If you like it sweet, add a dash of sugar or simple syrup
Check yourself before you wreck yourself with these bad boys! Don’t think we don’t know y’all are in LOVE with that coco! 😉
So you think you are the “Grill Master,” huh? Unless you’re well-versed in the grilling of the following items, I call bull. Everyone loves a creative mind, so the next time you’re flaming up the good ole’ BBQ, whip up some of these recipes to impress your guests! And when you document the goodies (because we know you will want to), make sure you use the hashtag #thecoachsdaughters so we can check out and admire those BBQ skills!
Watermelon
Photo: myrecipes.com; Jennifer Davick; Styling: Lindsey Ellis Beatty
Watermelon reminds me of summertime, regardless of the season. Nothing tops the sweet and delicious taste. For a little something extra, try this Grilled Watermelon with Blue Cheese and Prosciutto recipe.
Avocado
So here’s one from left field (sports talk, always, because duh). Grilled avocado is not something to mess with. Grill halved avocados and top with toppings of your choice and BOOM, you look like a professional (and all you had to do was figure out how to cut the avocados in half and removed their seeds without completely mushing them).
Pineapple
One of my favorite meals is teriyaki chicken with grilled pineapple (try getting it wrapped in a pita at Pita Pit – holy YUM!) This recipe is SO easy and something that you can make while hardly paying attention to the grill (all eyes on the beer pong game at hand, obviously).
Peaches
Sweet and savory is arguably one of the best combinations when it comes to food. So when you grill sweet peaches, blue cheese makes one of the most perfect toppings. Find the most fabulous recipe, here.
Potatoes
Okay, now before you tell me this is old news, try this recipe. Holy YUM! And it is SO easy: put everything in tinfoil and toss that on the grill! (Again, more time to focus on your beer pong skills!)
These recipes are so simple and straightforward that even men could make them. Sorry, was that sexist? Come at me, bro. Either way, these recipes will not only impress your guests, but will give you enough time to play game after game of beer pong (or corn hole, you pick your poison) and DOMINATE on the grill and in drinking games (duh).
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