A combination of tasty things. The bacon is something I hit on, the tomatoes are from a wonderful book called How To Grill by Steve Raichlen. I love this book ^^ The tomatoes are a particular favourite of mine.

These recipes assume you have a gas grill to cook with!!

BBQ Bacon

1 cup woodchips soaked in cold water to cover for 1 hour, then drained
Slab bacon cut into quarter-inch thick slices
BBQ sauce of choice (I used a honey-garlic sauce)

-First, heat your grill to High and place the wood chips in a smoker pouch in the grill.
-While the grill is heating up, cut the slab bacon into however many strips you'd like, making sure each is about a 1/4 in. thick. Coat both sides of each strip with the barbecue sauce.
-Once the smoke gets going on the grill, adjust the heat to about Medium-High heat and place the bacon on the grill.
-Cook for 5 minutes on one side, then turn. Add a coat of barbecue sauce then cook for five more minutes. Serve and enjoy!


Garlic Grilled Tomatoes

1 cup woodchips soaked in cold water to cover for 1 hour, then drained
6 ripe red tomatoes
Coarse salt and black pepper
6 cloves garlic
3 tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
1 piece Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (1-2 oz)
thyme (recipe calls for 1-2 tbs. fresh thyme, but I use dried thyme just sprinkled to taste on the tomatoes)

-Cut the tomatoes in half crosswise. Season with salt and pepper.
-Peel and pulverize the garlic. Heat the oil in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until just starting to turn golden brown, 1-2 minutes. Pour the garlic and oil into a heatproof bowl.
-Preheat the grill to high. Place the wood chips in a smoker pouch and heat until you see smoke.
-When ready to grill, place the tomatoes cut side down and grill for 3-5 minutes. Turn the tomatoes over using tongs (be careful here, you don't want to squish them!), spoon the fried garlic over the tomatoes and continue grilling for another 3-5 minutes.
(Watch for flare-ups when you spoon the garlic on caused by the oil! MAke sure to move the tomatoes away from the flare-up if this happens.)
-Transfer the tomatoes to plates or a platter. Grate the Parmigiano-Reggiano over the tomatoes and sprinkle them with the thyme. Serve at once and enjoy!