Three Potato Medley

I know I have already shared a few potato side dishes that are cooked on the grill. That's because I make a lot of them, especially in the summer. I love to have as much of the meal coming off the grill as possible. It is just easier, it's tastier and it saves me time.

This one is a little bit faster because we start cooking the potatoes in the microwave before we put them on the grill.

You will need some kind of grill basket to cook the potatoes this time but I use my grill baskets for so many different things. If you don't already have one and you grill very often you really need to check them out.

The three potatoes in this recipe are small red potatoes, Yukon golds and a sweet potato. The flavors of these go so well together and when you add your favorite barbecue sauce and the smokey flavor from cooking on the grill it would be hard to find a better side dish.

As for the barbecue sauce use whatever you already have/ love. I have made these with several different sauces and it is always good.

If you don't have the frozen pearl onions called for, just substitute a handful of cut up green onions. They are wonderful here too.

Three Potato Medley

½ lb small red potatoes, cut into bite size pieces

½ lb small Yukon gold potatoes, cut into bite size pieces

1 medium dark-orange sweet potato, cut into bite size pieces

1 Tablespoons barbecue sauce

1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 Tablespoon oil

1 teaspoon fresh sage (if you have it, totally optional)

1 small green pepper, cut into bite size pieces

16 frozen pearl onions, thawed (or a handful of green onions cut-up)

Heat grill and grill basket

Place all the potato pieces in a shallow microwave safe dish and cover. Cook on High for 8 to 10 minutes (stirring once) or until tender. Be sure to check the sweet potato, it takes the longest to cook. Cool slightly

Meanwhile in a bowl combine the barbecue sauce, lemon juice, oil and fresh sage. Add potatoes, green pepper and onions and stir to coat.

Carefully put the potato mixture in the hot grill basket.

Cook over medium coals 10 to 15 minutes until potatoes are cooked through and nicely browned. Stir 2 or 3 times while cooking