Grilled Sausage and Cheese Plate

Turn on your grill and let it reach medium heat.

In a small bowl, add spices and stir well to combine.

Open packages of kielbasa (I use Hillshire Farms Polska, but the turkey kielbasa is good as well) and drain excess liquid.

Place kielbasa on a cookie sheet and cut the links in half. Then cut those in half. You should have 8 hot-dog sized pieces of kielbasa now.

Take each piece and cut about 3/4 of the way through, every quarter of an inch or so.

Get a spoon and sprinkle the rub between each slice and the exposed ends. You will most likely have some rub leftover.

Place spice-rubbed kielbasa links on the grill and cover the grill. Cook for about 8 minutes and flip, cooking another 5-7 until hot and skin is darkened.

While the kielbasa is cooking, get out a large platter and begin cubing the cheese. Pick grapes off and add them to the platter.

When the sausage is done, cut into pieces and add it to the platter. Add some toothpicks to each group.

This sausage has a good spice level to it, so if people aren’t keen on spice, tell them to get sausage, cheese and a grape on a toothpick and take it as one bite—the creaminess of the cheese and the coolness of the grape balance the heat perfectly! (I do this anyway just because it’s delicious.)

Serve with a cold beer and enjoy your game, tailgate, cookout, etc.!