Weekend With Friends

The rain held off until the last hour of the weekend allowing for a beautiful fire and BBQ party to wrap up the long weekend.

Friends, old and new, got together around the fire. Theme was middle eastern. Languages were abundant. Conversation easily flowing. 

Food was simple, non-adventureous and included jardin crop as much as possible. 

The rain at the end of the night simply moved the party into the house.

So what was served?

Jardin chard was harvested and cooked with pepper plant leaves, garlic and onions.

Jardin lettuce and mint were mixed with store-bought vegetables to make a handsome Fatoush.

Parsley is the queen of the jardin this year. This was used along with jardin chives to dress up a Lebanese-style lemon juice and olive oil potato salad.

The BBQ hosted chicken thighs marinated in two options along the Canada Day weekend theme: white lemon, oil and garlic and red BBQ sauce.

And in my home, no chicken BBQ is ever eaten without humus.

When the rain started, sugar warmed all up with home-made atayef and delicious gift of Iranian sweet creamy desserts.

What better can life offer than a filling weekend with friends. Thank you all for the fun.