Simple Summertime Pleasure

Today we are joining Dayle's Simple Summertime Pleasure Party at A Collection of This and That.

Every week, participants tell what one simple pleasure is in their lives. Right now, it's a summertime pleasure.  

Here's mine:

Every summer, off comes the protective cover of the gas grill so we cook something delicious outside in the backyard.

Thick cheeseburgers from the grill taste so delicious with fresh lettuce, a fat slice of luscious tomato, and a little mayo on a bun. Mmm mmm mmm Can't beat that summertime taste.

We have had barbecued ribs on the grill this summer and they were yummy, too.  When it comes to buying barbecue sauce, however, I've very vigilant to check to list of ingredients. If the first one is high fructose corn syrup or sugar, it goes back onto the supermarket shelf.  It's hard to find one without too much sugar but at least it doesn't have to be the first ingredient.

Sometimes we put corn on the cob, unshucked, on the grill, too. In Central America, corn is served with a bit of chili pepper and lime juice which are less fattening than butter.  But I like it slathered with butter and salt, too.

Yup.  Grilling dinner is definitely one of my favorite summertime pleasures.

DO YOU GRILL OUTSIDE IN THE SUMMER?