¡Salud!

I was so excited about barbecuing with our friends, and sharing some great carne asada on the hottest day of the year last weekend. So excited that I forgot to take pictures of the final dishes or spread. And it was a feast!
We grilled carne asada, bought freshly-made tortillas in Santa Ana, made Mexican corn on the cob, tried a new recipe for Cilantro and Lime rice (this will become a regular), and served ALL the fixins with plenty of tequila to go around. Our friends brought Mexican Caesar salad with roasted peppers, which was fantastic! This was merely the first of many bbqs this summer. So I will try to remember to take some shots next time. Here are some of the prep work (teasers).

Before

After

A lamb lamb

Last night's dinner was refreshingly good! I've never been a huge fan of lamb, but my husband made a delicious marinade for it and grilled it on our new BBQ. It was lovely! I just love Mediterranean flavors - I happened to be making a lentil/spelt/vinaigrette salad type thing last night, and it went perfectly! We also had broccoli and cauliflower on the grill with merely a little olive oil drizzled on top. So delicious. I think one of the best inventions in the world is a BBQ grill basket.

I... like a barbecue... whoah-oh-oh!

Action shot of carne asada grillin' and asparagus grillin' ... this is JUST the beginning ...

photo by Greg Jacobs