Although here in California we can pretty much grill stuff all year long there is something about sitting outside while it’s warm and still light out watching John flip burgers that screams summer. John is an expert at medium rare burgers which we serve on seeded buns with mayo smeared on the bottom bun and, on top, ketchup and red onion.

The salad was a Taylor Farms Buffalo chopped salad. Happily the salad dressing was not sweet which so many of the Taylor Farms salad offerings are. I always check the list of ingredients for the salad dressing to make sure that sugar (or some sugar-like substance) is not one of the first few ingredients.