Summer
Chicken Walnut Grape Salad
Cowboy Beans
Homemade smoked bacon is a staple at our house, but we find that there’s a lot of awkward end pieces left over. We decided to chop these pieces for baked beans, which works perfect. If you don’t have large bacon pieces, just use thick sliced bacon and chop. We also use our homemade basic barbeque sauce…
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Baked Beans
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.
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Pineapple 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…
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Paella
A paella pan is needed for this recipe. We purchased an outdoor propane system with pan from the Spanish Table in Seattle.
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Aidan’s Barbeque Sauce
Aidan directed the creation of this sauce for a basic, not too spicy barbeque sauce.
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Chinese 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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