Memorial Day Simple Grill

As planned, we had our cookout today in the backyard: chicken, asparagus, and potatoes. My husband grilled enough chicken for the two of us for dinner and then some. There's a whole breast for the grilled chicken Caesar salad we'll have later this week. Plus there are three extra half breasts that I've stowed away in the freezer for some unspecified meal at some future, unspecified date.

Note: We put the potatoes on the grill after the chicken had been cooking for awhile. In retrospect, it would've been a good idea to put them on at the same time. The potatoes weren't hard but they had quite a bit of bite to them.

The extremely simple "recipes" are:

Grilled Chicken
8 servings, 1/2 chicken breast each

2 to 2.5 lbs. of chicken breasts (cleaned and trimmed)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 1/2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

Directions
1. Fire up the grill.
2. Brush chicken lightly with olive oil then sprinkle with and salt and pepper.
3. Grill the breasts (turning occasionally) until cooked through (about 25 minutes).

Nutrition Information per Serving
Calories: 77; Carbohydrates: 0 g; Protein: 5 g; Fat: 6 g; Cals./g: 2
*Points: 3

Grilled Potatoes
2 servings

2 whole baking potatoes
2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
Pinch of minced fresh flat leaf parsley (optional)

Directions
1. Peel and quarter the potatoes.
2. Par boil until about a quarter of the way cooked (about 7 minutes), then drain and cool.
3. Place potatoes on sheet of aluminum foil and coat them in olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme.
4. Place all on grill. Turn occasionally until cooked through and lightly browned (about 25 minutes). Garnish with minced fresh parsley.

Nutrition Information per Serving
Calories: 325; Carbohydrates: 64 g; Protein: 7 g; Fat: 4 g; Cals./g: 0
*Points: 4

Grilled Asparagus
2 servings, about 6 spears

12 large spears of asparagus
1 teaspoon of butter
4 teaspoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice

Directions
1. Wash asparagus.
2. Cook on grill (about 5 minutes or longer).
3. Serve with butter and lemon juice.

Note: To prevent the asparagus from falling through the grill, make an asparagus "picket fence": Pierce through the thick bottoms of several spears with a wooden skewer then place on the grill. Other sources suggest making an asparagus "raft" using 2 skewers, but it's hard to do this with skinny spears. We found one skewer to be sufficient; just be careful when turning the asparagus over.

Nutrition Information per Serving
Calories: 43; Carbohydrates: 5 g; Protein: 2 g; Fat: 2 g; Cals./g: 0
*Points: 1/2

* The calculation of WeightWatchers points are based on our own inputs. The points we are including here are estimates and are not guaranteed to be accurate nor are they endorsed by WeightWatchers.