This is a delicious potato salad for a summer meal or cookout, Ingredients: 4 to 5 cups cubed waxy potatoes, cooked, drained, cooled* 1/2 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup chopped red onion 3 hard-cooked eggs, chopped 2 tablespoons chopped sweet pickle 2 teaspoons sweet pickle juice 1/2 to 2/3 cup mayonnaise 1/2 to 1 teaspoon prepared mustard 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir gently to combine. Refrigerate until serving time. Serves 4 to 6. *For best texture, use new potatoes, red skinned potatoes, or other boiling potatoes.
Baked Beans
Ingredients: 3 cans baked beans (Campbell's) 1 can kidney beans, drained 1 can butter beans, drained 1 tsp. mustard 1/4 c. ketchup 1/4 c. brown sugar 6 slices bacon 1 sm. onion, chopped with some bacon fat
Directions: Fry bacon until crisp then stir onion into bacon drippings until soft. Crumble bacon. In crockpot add all of the above, stir well. Cook on high for about 2 hours. Last 1/2 hour take lid off and cook until it gets like a slight crust on top. When thick serve.
Enjoy -- its easy to make and take anywhere. Everyone loves them, you can make as little or as much as you need.
This article was published on Friday 12 June, 2009.