GRILL OUT!!!

Even though we still 'officially' have 12 more days til spring...... it sure feels like spring has sprung here today!  Beautiful sunny day... birds chirping... windows open... fresh air smells.... ummmmmm!!!  So of course the first thing I thought of this morning was....... GRILL OUT!!!!!  Our first official grill out of the season!  I've been drooling thinking about it all day.

The hardest part was deciding on just what to grill out tonight.  Should it be steaks, hamburgers, country style ribs, chicken..... but after mentally tasting all those other meats....italian sausages w/peppers and onions seemed the most perfect.... so italian sausages it is!  For the side dishes... I'm going to have boiled new potatoes (or roasted... still deciding on this part), corn on the cob, a fresh crispy salad and for dessert my future son-in-law made a strawberry delight dessert that is yummylicious.... he is going to give me the recipe and when he does, I will post it for you all.

Before I grill my sausages, I always pre-boil them first.  I do this so that the sausages will be cooked fully on the inside and grilled nicely on the outside.  It also speeds up the grilling time and prevents the sausages from getting dried out.  Then I cut up a trio of peppers (red, yellow and green) with a couple of onions, place them in a foil packet, season with salt/pepper and a squirt of lemon or lime juice and grill them til tender.

The first official grill out of the season is a big deal in our house.  It's kinda like we are celebrating the un-covering of the grill from it's long winters nap!  I secretly think the grill too is quite happy to be in use again too!  Many many many more grill outs to follow after tonight, but the first one..... seems to always be a celebration to winters end.  And I'm betting there will be more grills fired up tonight than not..... so to all you other grillers tonight!  WOO HOO!!!  It's grill time!