Grillin' Guys

One of the things I love about summer (other than this season’s rather unusual temperature swings) is dinner on the grill. Tonight marked the second evening that Jim and Jamie barbequed dinner for the family.

This is only half unusual – as I have explained before, Jim is one of the most amazing cooks on the planet; I am a genius in the appetizer and dessert departments. Together we are the perfect dinner party team.

However, the past two nights Jamie has asked Jim to show him how to use the grill so he could cook dinner for us by himself. And being Jim’s son, he wasn’t interested in hotdogs and hamburgers, so Jamie’s first meal consisted of grilled rib eye steak, garlic-roasted broccoli and double-baked macaroni and cheese.

Dinner was beyond fabulous, and I’m not sure who was the most proud of Jamie’s first summer meal, but I know none of us left the table hungry. 

As Jordan was at a sleepover this evening, Jamie scaled back slightly on his menu with simple bratwurst and grilled-butter corn on the cob. Tomorrow he wants Jim to show him the proper way to flip cheeseburgers, and eventually wants to learn how to make a whole chicken on the rotisserie.

Summer Chefs 2011

Not to be left out of the fun, Jordan has asked if we can start making special summer desserts to go with Jamie’s dinners. While I told her I thought it was a great idea, Jim and I just figured out we’ll need to add a few more laps at the neighborhood pool and walk the dog a few extra blocks each night just to keep up with all these great meals to come.

Not a bad price to pay for two personal summer chefs …