Mother's Day Dinner - Entirely On the Grill

Fortunately, the new grill came just in time for Mother's Day. I could really put the grill to the test with Gigi's favorite meal? But what would she choose? Steak? Chicken? How about both in the form of fajitas! So, the menu consisted of:

• Steak and chicken fajitas with peppers and onions
• Spanish rice (from a bag)
• Lemonade (nothing fancy, just the concentrate)

The recipe we have for the marinade for the chicken is pretty incredible. Lime juice, olive oil, crushed red pepper, garlic, salt. Wow! It ends up muy rico! It was my determination, however, to fix as much as possible of the meal on the grill. Thanks to some great cast iron ware I have, it was easy.

Using a heavy duty freezer bag makes for easy marinating.

Man, that's some pretty looking skirt steak!

Vanna shows off the coals.

I cooked the rice in the dutch oven. I had to add some extra water as the water was evaporating pretty quickly in the oven. Doing it again I would just pull the oven off after the water boiled and let the rice cook by the residual heat.

I prepped the peppers and onions with some oregano, olive oil, and kosher salt, sauteing them in a heated cast iron pan.

Here is a sideways picture of the chicken.

I really like this pictured because of the bright colors of the meat and the veggies. Just looks pretty!

The foil packets are the flour tortillas warming up!

In retrospect, I would have marinated the steak a bit longer, added a few more briquettes to get the fire a bit hotter, and would have left it on just a tad longer. It was still pretty tasty.

Here is the family enjoying Mother's Day dinner outside. I enjoyed my fajitas with a few cubes of fresh avocado. There were very little leftovers--which is great and a bit of a shame!

What's next? Can't wait to find out!