Health The - A Man, A Can, A Grill: 50 No-Sweat Meals You Can Fire Up Fast

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Cover and Book Design by Christopher Rhoads

Food Photographs by John Hamel

Food Styled by Melissa DeMayo

Nutritional Consulting and Analysis by Kathleen Hanuschak, R.D.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Joachim, David.

A man, a can, a grill : 50 no-sweat meals you can fire up fast / by David Joachim and the editors of Mens health.

p. cm.

ISBN: 9781579547677

eISBN: 9781623364441

1. Barbecue cookery. I. Title: At head of title: Mens health presents. II. Mens health. III. Title.

TX840.B3 .J63 2003

641.5'784dc21

2002156676

A raging hot fire and huge slabs of meat go together like... guys and huge slabs of meat. But canned foods on the grill? Wont they explode? Or roll off? No, no, no... think for a minute: How do you perk up boring old chicken? You slather it in barbecue sauce, right? Well, thats where the can comes in. One of the best BBQ sauces weve ever tasted starts with a can of sloppy joe sauce. And every tailgater knows that the most kick-ass grilled kielbasa is doused with a can of beer. Canned soda makes a great marinade: It tenderizes meat and creates a glaze as the sugar caramelizes over the fire. And dont forget Beer-Can Chickenyoull get applause when you take a perfectly roasted whole chicken off the grill with an open beer can stuck up its... um... orifice. (The steaming beer keeps the bird moist.)

More typical canned foods work on the grill, too. Whole canned ham grills up perfectly. And wait til you taste a gooey grilled Tuna Melt Supreme.

With this book, you can grill up 50 healthy, great-tasting mealseach ready in minutes. Use the nutrient evaluations to help keep your fat intake to 30% of the total calories in your overall diet and to track your salt intake if youre restricting dietary sodium. Slabs of meat and canned foods do provide some fat and salt along with great taste, so plan your diet accordingly.

As for the cooking, just follow the recipes. Whether you own a tiny hibachi or a giant, mega-burner gas behemoth, well show you how to become king of the grill.