This is the perfect time of year for grilling.  Shari Steinbach with Meijer has some unique recipes that you’re family will love, plus some Father’s Day gift ideas too!

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Meijer has all sorts of new gadgets and kitchen goodies in their stores.  Our friend Shari Steinbach gave Maranda a peak at some of them.

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This week our Meijer expert, Shari Steinbach showed us how to make quick and easy pita pizzas.  Kids will love not only eating them, but helping make them too.

What You Need:
-3 tsp. olive oil
-3/4 lb. of turkey sausage
-1 cup of fresh mushrooms
-1 cup of diced green pepper
-4 wheat flour pitas
-1 cup of pasts sauce
-2 cups of reduced fat shredded cheese

Instructions:
1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Heat 1 tsp. of oil in a medium sauce pan.  Add in sausage and cook for five minutes.  Add mushrooms, green peppers and cook for two minutes.
2.  Spread each pita with 1/4 cup of pasta sauce and top evenly with sausage, mushroom and pepper mixture.  Sprinkle cheese on top.
3.  Place pitas on a baking sheet and bake for ten minutes or until the cheese has melted.

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 After a long day, many parents don’t feel like cooking!  Instead of hitting up the local drive-thru, Shari Steinbach has some quick and easy recipies that will have you cooking once and eating three times.  This week she showed us how to cook a peppered pork roast and “recycle” the leftovers into two more meals.

Peppered Pork Roast

1 (4-pound) pork loin roast or 2 (2-pound) roasts
6 T. pepper blend seasoning

Rub all surfaces of roast(s) with seasoned pepper.  Place pork in shallow roasting pan and roast in 350º F. oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes, until internal temperature (measured with a meat thermometer) reads 150º F.  Remove from oven and allow roast to rest for 10 minutes.  Slice and serve.

Makes a meal with garlic mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables.

Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Makes 4 servings

¾ pound cooked Peppered Pork Roast, cut into thin strips
12 ounces Meijer penne or ziti pasta, cooked and drained
1 small cucumber, diced
6 ounces crumbled feta cheese
1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
½ cup chopped fresh mint leaves
½ cup Greek vinaigrette dressing

In large bowl, gently toss all ingredients with dressing.  Serve on shallow salad bowls or dinner plates.  Makes a meals with sesame seed dinner rolls.

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