Eating can be fun!

In anticipation of the rain we will get today, I cooked chicken out on the grill last night. I've found it easier to purchase a whole chicken (generally in the 4 to 5 pound range) that generally sells for 99 cents a pound at WalMart (Purdue) and then cut it up. I grilled half of the chicken on the grill adding BBQ sauce at the end. The wing tips and back bone get frozen separately as does the other half cut up into 5 pieces. Along with the chicken, I used a grill pan to grill veggies - potatoes, carrots and beets. B doesn't like the carrots and beets so I get them all! We shared the potatoes and I also made a salad. A very good meal! Below the grilling pictures are some pictures of Honey enjoying her meal!

The chicken goes on skin down for about 5 minutes. Then I turn it for another few minutes and then cook with indirect heat by turning the middle burner off and closing the lid.

The veggies then went on and the outside burners were turned to medium. The lid closed and I checked it every so often. About 8 minutes before the chicken was done, I brushed the chicken with BBQ sauce. Since I'm out of the sauce I make, I used one we purchased.

The meal was very good, if I do say so myself!!

And then there is Honey - who scarfs her food down like it's her last meal.

So, to slow her down a bit, we've been putting most of her kibble in these orange balls that she rolls around and as it rolls, kibble pops out. She can pick the ball up and move it around, something she does to be sure she gets every last bit! When one ball is done, she comes back into the kitchen and I give her the other ball which she drops, spilling out kibble. And around the house she goes, nosing the ball and then picking up the kibble.

 Here she is in the foyer - she likes it there as she can push up to the walls and move it along. The pictures are a bit blurry as she was moving rather fast!

And below, she is in the breakfast area and you can see the kiddie fence we use to block her from the lower level steps. She could push it aside but she doesn't. She goes all over the house with the balls and then will re-run her route to make sure she didn't miss any food. It does slow her down and we enjoy watching her.