Can I just say, I love the afternoon light in our backyard? I never ever take photos with flash and afternoon is my favorite time of day for the beautiful, golden light.
On Saturday it was burgers, BBQ kosher chicken, and cupcakes (Wallie and cupcake crumb mouth).
Then on Memorial Day, we brought out the big guns. Schaub's "black meat" aka marinated bottom sirloin (which my husband likes to refer to as "baby seal')...
And sangria (which I drank way too much of):
I made some sides (grilled chicken pasta salad with red peppers and fresh baby spinach, broccoli salad) and bought a side (rosemary orzo with golden raisins)...and people brought more sides.
Chicken kebabs off the skewer.
The condiment tray (I love me some condiments).
"Healthy" crudités with non-healthy dip and salt and pepper (Italian-style).
...and despite me giving away "meat carepackages" to everyone who came (we also cooked up about 2 dozen sausages and a slab of salmon) we have enough food left over to last us through until Labor Day, it seems.
God, I love cooking outdoors. It really can't be beat.
What a great BBQ weekend! It looks like you had quite a spread, and lots of takers to share it with. We had white sangria, but tell me- is the recipe for the black meat posted? That looks like a barbecuer's delight!
Posted by: Deborah Dowd | May 29, 2007 at 07:04 PM
We grill almost every night so I'm always looking for great grill recipes. How do you prep your salmon? There's a great marinade in this month's issue of Food & Wine, which I highly recommend.
Posted by: Jmom | May 31, 2007 at 12:30 PM
i did some grilling this past weekend and it was officially the start of summer! at least around here.. i love when the sun starts to go down and everyone is just hanging out outside. it's awesome.
Posted by: kat | June 04, 2007 at 06:55 PM
What type of pasta is that in the salad? Everything looks delish!
Posted by: Bgirl | June 07, 2007 at 11:18 AM
stefania: i've been enjoying your blogs recently. come visit my food blog sometime. i'm talking every day about family food and lots of other fun stuff. plus, i'm linked to a pretty cool site that is working to offer all the restaurant menus for every U.S. city online in one spot.
thanks for the great reads. love babble too!
Posted by: Sheri | June 12, 2007 at 03:31 PM