quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

It's Sunday and I don't know what you are going to do for dinner tonight, but this is what Gammy and I are doing.

I'm going to go by the mercado (market) and get a fresh chicken and have the lady cut it into 8 pieces. Then by the produce stands and get some ears of corn, sweet potatoes,plum tomatoes, onions, and a little cilantro. Then over to the dairy/cheese stands and get some queso (cheese). They have a Mexican variety of feta that we like better actually.

In a big zip loc I'm putting :

a half cup olive oil
a half cup of red wine
a couple of squirts of balsamic vinegar
juice from a lime
about a Tbsp. of garlic powder
about a Tbsp. of black pepper

Zip the bag and mix it all up by doing a few somersaults to it. Put in the chicken, squeeze out all the air that you can and zip it shut. Put it in the fridge laying flat so all the pieces are getting the marinade treatment for about an hour or 2.

Make a salad with the tomatoes, onions, a little cilantro chopped up fine and the cheese. Toss it up and serve it with your favorite dressing.

When it's chicken time have the grill heated up and put the pieces on. Spill a little of the marinade on the pieces. Zip up the bag and throw it away. Put the cleaned ears of corn on the grill. watch them they will want to cook kinda fast. When they start to get some brown spots put them on the side of the grill' til the chicken is done.

While the chicken is cooking zap the sweet potatoes in the micro wave until they are soft. Serve them with a slit lengthwise and some butter in them.

We're going to have the rest of that red wine and some of pop pop's homemade bread!!!