Father’s Day Barbecue: Menu and shopping list included!

He took me fishing, even though I jumped in the creek and scared all the fish away!  He cleaned my scraped knee when I wrecked my bike.  He taught me how to build and launch model rockets.  And how to work a room with witty conversation (and sometimes corny jokes).

For all these things (and many more), I thank you, Dad.  Happy Father’s Day!

My dad will be on vacation at the beach for Father’s Day (lucky), so I won’t get to see him this year.  This is the meal that I owe him, the next time I see him…

For starters:

Savory Caprese S’more appetizers

Main dish:

Grilled Chicken with Japanese Garlic Marinade

Side dish:

Pantry Pasta Salad

And for dessert:

Cardamom biscuits with strawberry jam

or this:

Pineapple-Coconut Upside-Down Cake

Menu serves 6 to 8.  A printable grocery list for this menu is available here.

Serve with Shaya Verdejo Old Vines 2009, La Vieille Ferme White Wine 2010, or a homebrew.

Further reading:  A Wife’s Guide to Homebrew