Family Meal

• Preheat grill to 375 degrees.
• Place the sausages directly on the grate and grill over a medium fire, turning occasionally, until cooked through or until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Do not prick or slash the skin during cooking, as this causes the juices to escape.
• Place the sausages in the buns, top with generous spoonfuls of relish, mustard, grilled onions, and ketchup.

Good to Know: Sausages come in all kinds of varieties and flavours—be sure to expand your repertoire and try some new ones. Your local butcher shop might offer a few more varieties.

• Wash, trim ends, and cut green beans in half.
• Remove stalks, cut broccoli into florets, and wash well.
• Blanch green beans, broccoli, and peas for 1–2 minutes.
• Drain and rinse under cold water to stop them from cooking.
• Combine spinach, mixed greens, grapes and blanched green vegetables in a large bowl.
• In small bowl, mix together yogurt, mayonnaise, dill, lemon, honey and salt and pepper. (If yogurt is very thick, you might need to add water to thin it out.)
• Pour over salad and toss gently.

• Soften concentrate and add to pitcher with cold water according to package instructions.
• Add a few slices of lemon to the pitcher.
• Serve over ice with a slice of fresh lemon.

• Pour cookie crumbs into a mixing bowl.
• Add the melted butter and stir the mixture until the crumbs are evenly moistened with butter.
• Transfer the crumbs to an 8-inch spring form pan or pie dish.
• Using your fingers, press the crumbs evenly over the bottom of the pan and freeze for 15 minutes.
• Alternatively, omit steps 1 – 4 above by using an Oreo pie crust bought from the supermarket.
• Spoon the (slightly) softened ice cream on top of the crumb crust, pressing it down firmly with a spatula.
• Cover with aluminum foil and freeze at least three hours or overnight.
• If using a spring form pan, run knife around the inside edge of pan and release collar from the pan.
• Using a tube of icing with tip, decorate the top of the Father’s Day golf-themed cake by writing Dad a special message i.e. #1 Dad.
• Have kids make a flag for the hole, using a popsicle stick for the post and construction paper for a flag.

Good to know: If sticking with the golf theme, try to find a mint chip ice cream that is darker green in colour. 

• Arrange the prepared fruit in small separate bowls.
• Have the kids feed the fruit onto the bamboo skewers, starting at one end and filling the skewer to the other end, making a pattern as they go.
• Serve the completed fruit kebobs on an oval platter.

Good to Know: Bananas will go brown if made ahead of time so kids might want to make this while adults are finishing up the meal.