Summer
Crab Boil
We set our crab pots in Puget Sound for Dungeness crab during the summer crab season and sometimes winter. This is a fun dinner, which we like to cook on our outdoor grill. We serve with butter, cocktail sauce and hot sauce.
Read MoreEasy Baked Beans
These easy baked beans came together quickly. This can be made with almost any white bean. I commonly use navy, great northern or small white beans (used great northern). I made minor adjustments to Madeline’s original handwritten recipe.
Read MoreChicken Walnut Grape Salad
Roasted Corn Salsa
Peach Margaritas
For blending drinks, I use a Ninja blender, which I love. It has a six-blade assembly that crushes ice faster and blends ingredients smoother than any other blender I’ve tried. For squeezing juice, I prefer a hand-held citrus press.
Read MorePineapple Salsa
Basic Barbeque Sauce
This is our go to barbeque sauce, and we just about always have it on hand. But if need be, our kitchen is stocked with all ingredients, so that we can quickly put a batch together. We have not purchased a store brand barbeque sauce in years, since this sauce is the best we’ve tasted.Adapted…
Read MorePaella
A paella pan is needed for this recipe. We purchased an outdoor propane system with pan from the Spanish Table in Seattle.
Read MoreAidan’s Barbeque Sauce
Aidan directed the creation of this sauce for a basic, not too spicy barbeque sauce.
Read MoreChinese Chicken Salad
This salad serves 30, so it’s great for a crowd or will keep for a couple of days without dressing.
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