First Day of Spring

Today is the first day of spring. I always forget that because there's never any sign of it. To be fair, it was at least bearably warm enough to do some grilling tonight, so I made some Honey Garlic Pork Skewers. In a perfect world I would have had fresh figs to grill along with them, but instead I just served the pork with the dried variety. This is a perfect marinade for pork that goes great on the grill. The whole sweet and smoky flavor is very complimentary and the vinegar helps to keep the pork very tender.

I did not plan on doing a spring equinox theme, but it certainly seems that way. I made a light Yogurt Potato Salad that could easily fit into any summer barbecue. Basically, it's just boiled red potatoes with Yogurt Dill Dip. It's tasty and easy to make and also a nice, light accompaniment where potato salad can usually be quite heavy.

Playing up the barbecue salads I also made a simple Cold Rice Salad. To be honest, this was more of a luke warm rice salad because impatience got the best of me. Shannon said this is her favorite rice to date and it's the simplest preparation; just butter and chicken stock. It can be eaten hot or cold and having a bit of rice with grilled meat almost seems like a pre-requisite to me. I also added some cottage cheese simply because I love cottage cheese.