Summer Food

Summer brings some of the best and simplest foods to cook. Most of them need very little help because on their own they are just so good. Corn is one of them, 6 for $1, what a good price. The only down side was that I had to battle about 7 other small old ladies, because they just post on the outside of the big crate peeling corn looking for the best ones.

Anyway, this is three separate components. The sweet white corn was grilled with a cilantro butter sprinkled with some smoked paprika. Grilling corn is one of the best ways to eat it I think, the smoky BBQ flavor that comes out in the corn is amazing. With the addition of the cilantro in the butter the combination of sweet and well... cilantro flavor paired very well. The chicken was marinated for a couple hours in a combination of BBQ sauce, Lemon juice, smoked Paprika, salt and Dijon Mustard. Usually there are a few other spices I use but this time I substituted them out for the Dijon Mustard. The green beans are also now in season, and have the best flavor when simply boiled for just a couple minutes. The cheese sauce was a basic Bechamel with some mild cheddar cheese added, and added some great flavors to the entire meal. This was my first time making this sauce, I have seen it done a few times and realized that it really isn't to hard. All the elements in this dish played together perfectly.