Rotisserie chicken and salad is one of the easiest and most satisfying meals you can make, or not make, since you can buy the chickens at almost any grocery store these days.  This meal will still satisfy and take advantage of all the fresh bounty summer has to offer.

Consider the recipe from Real Simple for chicken with grape and blue cheese salad.  Just looking at the picture is all the inspiration you’ll need to jump off you tail and whip that one up.  Or try roast chicken with The Rosenthal salad.  This gets the “tried and true” stamp from our household.  You could serve the chicken with fresh corn on the cob and sliced heirloom tomatoes.  It dosn’t get easier than that nor is there a better time of year to get the delicious produce!

If you have this extra feature on your gas grill, use it! It’s so easy to make a delicious dinner for a family. Serve it with a salad, baguette and wine or cole slaw and French fries. Either way, it’s gourmet and good times!

The simple way to make a perfect rotisserie chicken. You will need:

• a 3 pound bird
• 1/4 cup butter
• paprika
• salt
• pepper

Put the chicken on the rotisserie, turn the grill to high and cook for ten minutes. Mix the other igredients. Turn the heat to medium and baste with the butter mixture. Close the lid and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, basting between sips of wine and good times. When the leg jiggles and could easily be pulled off, you’re ready to roll!