Barbeque

Company is coming for the Forth of July.  The weather is perfect and we plan to eat on the patio.  Our main course will begin with hors d'oeuvrese followed by barbecued hot dogs and brats from Tip Top meats in Carlsbad- a local favorite .

I am serving a favorite salad- Spinach Pasta with white beans and cherry tomatoes.  

It is covered with homemade Pesto Sauce and Parmesan cheese.  

The next side dish is new.  I found the recipe in a magazine- I think it was Food and Wine. It is made with two kinds of squash- zucchini and yellow squash.  The two squashes and sliced on a mandolin horizontallly.  Then they are lightly brushed with olive oil and softened in the oven.  The baking dish is covered with a layer of leeks which are thinly sliced (whites only) and covered with Parmesan cheese.  Then I spiraled a slice of zucchini and placed it in the center of the dish over the leeks.  To this spiral another squash (yellow) was added to the spiral.  

For dessert I made Lemon Tart and ...

....a buttermilk cake with...

Sherried Berries