Memorial Day weekend: Rick Bayless and Mexican Everyday

Yesterday we had friends over and a good time was had by all.

I cooked from Mexican Everyday (Rick Bayless).

• Jicama Salad: could not find watercress so I used pea shoots and added some toasted pine nuts.
• Garlicky rice in the rice cooker; Damn! I'll make that one again. It's effectively rice, garlic, onions stock. Yummy.
• Roasted tomatillo salsa
• Grilled Roadside Chicken and as suggested in the recipe,  I grilled green onions (couldn't find knob onions), eggplant, and zucchini. I did two 2.5 lb chickens; the four of us ate about a chicken and a half.  The chicken had a beautiful brown glaze on it by the end of it's grilling, and great flavor.

Consensus was that Rioja was the best wine of this.  M & G brought a apple beach crisp with caramel ice cream that was wonderful.