{the dish} Lamb Chops and a Deconstructed Pesto Parsley Sauce

First I must say thank you for bearing with me. Nothing worse in the blogging world than when your computer is down. So here I am back in business with a fixed display panel and graphics processor. I don't know about you but it is kind of like taking my car in... they could tell me anything and I would say .... hmmm ok fix it NOW!

This sauce is the highlight of the dish. It is fresh and crisp and makes even lamb scream - summer. Just like when you look out the window of your car and the sun has hidden itself for just a moment and WOW. Everything is crisp and bright and amazing.

I served the sauce with lamb, mashes and some grilled asparagus. I truly built the meal around the sauce. I have had this sauce swimming around in my head for some time and finally it had to be made real. So I decided that lamb would pair so well with parsley and garlic and well I have a ton of basil in the garden so I might as well add that. Then some olive oil, lemon, red pepper and salt. There you go.

... and you just have to have a little mash with lamb. I like my mashes rough. I leave the skins on and as much as I mash - they are a still lumpy. Don't let me lead you astray I do appreciate a creamy mash that is like velvet - I am just impatient!

Pesto Parsley Sauce by ann west

a generous handful of italian parley chopped

4 cloves of garlic chopped

a generous handful of basil chopped

small handful of pinenuts chopped

salt

red pepper

and olive oil

1 lemon

Chop chop chop. Add oil and spices. Squeeze the lemon stir and taste! This will be great with some tomatoes added tomorrow onto of some toasted bread - can't wait.

For your Lamb Chops : Rub with olive oil, salt and pepper them, they don't need anything else. Grill to your preference!

For your Mashes: Gold potatoes boiled and drained, generous amounts of melted butter, buttermilk, salt and pepper. Mash until you loose patience and then serve. My husband and I like a little horseradish mixed into ours.

enjoy!

{menu ideas} grilled lamb, smashes, & garlic green beans

It all started with a sale on lamb chops. A few spudded out potatoes and some green beans.

Some garlic seared green beans in olive oil. Basic "more healthy than not", smashed potatoes: chicken broth, milk, salt and pepper and yes a little butter.

A little olive oil on the chops and some rosemary from the garden. Of course salt and pepper too.

But this is where the dinner took a turn, a learning experience, a bouncing off point... in a few seconds my grill was aflame. WOW! I took them off, did my best to salvage my dinner.

A little crisp on the outside but actually the perfect med. rare on the inside. YEEEeeeHAAaaa!