Happy Father’s Day to all the Fathers and Fathers to be! As a Father of three I look forward to seeing what kinds of crafts and goodies my offspring have made for me at school this year. Judging by what they made for Jana on Mother’s Day, I’m in for a good chuckle.

I wanted to create a menu for Father’s Day that was easy to prepare and even easier to cook, that could easily feed a crowd or an intimate dinner for two, and could be cooked both in the oven and on the BBQ. I don’t know about other fathers but I tend to cook my own dinner on Father’s Day. I like spending the day out in the yard and my wife usually prepares the meal, but I do the actual cooking. Our girls show up at dinner time baring gifts.

I’m proud of my father, I should tell him that more often; he has worked so hard for so many years and it’s finally starting to enjoy himself more and more. A couple of weeks ago I was visiting my folks in Cedar Springs for a few days while in T.O on work. While watching my father at work on his ultra bbq, I noticed a couple of fly fishing rods sitting on the back deck. Their cottage sits about 10 ft back on the banks of a tranquil river that is currently running with trout.

My wife and I were discussing my Fathers Day Menu and we decided to do a warm potato salad with dill, I really like potatoes and dill together. So for my Fathers Day blog I wanted to do them on the grill but keep the same flavour profile. When I grill potatoes I will usually partially cook them first to shorten the time needed on the grill. To do this, place potatoes in a pot and top with cold water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil and simmer until when pierced with a skewer they will slide off approx. 7-10 minutes.

It is Asparagus season in Ontario and I thought that it would be fitting to do an asparagus recipe for Fathers Day! My father LOVED asparagus and so do I, but it wasn’t always that way. As a kid I would not eat the stuff. I wish back then that I knew that you could grill it because there was something I didn’t like about the texture of boiled asparagus.