A couple of summer time side dishes

[bearfan454]

Pasta salad:

I'm from Chicago and this is a Midwest specialty.

Dice up small 2 green peppers, an onion, and 6(or more-I use 10)hard boiled egg whites. Don't use the yolks. Boil, drain, rinse, and cool off some pasta. Use however much you want. I use small shells, ziti, or salad pasta. Combine everything together with a drained and rinsed small can of sliced olives. Add mayonnaise. Use a lot of Hellmann's mayonnaise. I use almost a whole quart. Add salt and pepper to taste. I add some garlic powder too but it is optional. Spread the mixture out on a serving platter and cover the top of it with Kraft parmesan cheese. Use a lot. Cover the entire thing with Saran wrap and put it in the icebox overnight. It tastes better the next day. Serve cold.

Yankee baked beans:

Dice up a green pepper, an onion, and some crispy bacon you have fried up and drained(about 10 pieces). Open up 3 or 4 cans of pork and beans. Drain the juice. Spray Pam in a pyrex baking dish. Add the beans, bacon, green pepper, and onions. Squirt about 3 or 4 tablespoons of mustard and put in about a half a cup of brown sugar. Mix everything up real good. Press the mixture down in the pyrex baking dish. Bake it on the middle shelf of the oven at 325 for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the juice bubbles out of the dish. Let it cool off and cover it with Saran wrap and put it in the icebox overnight. Serve cold.

[NMDemDist2]

1. i love Pasta Salad but DH doesn't

:cry:

[Kadie]

2. I made your Yankee baked beans last summer.

You had posted the recipe in the lounge. They were delicious. Thank you for the recipes. I will have to try the pasta salad now.

[bearfan454]

3. Thanks.

I make them in the summer for 4th of July usually.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Black bean and corn salad

You can make your own black beans or used can ones and you can use canned corn or roast it on the grill for a more southwestern flavor:

2 cans black beans rinsed
2 cans of corn or 5 ears of roasted corn cut off the cob
3 tbs chopped cilantro
1 chopped red bell pepper
juice of 4 limes
2 tbs olive oil
salt pepper and garlic powder to taste

combine all ingredients...the longer it chills the better

[NMDemDist2]

5. sounds yum!! I have a fav BBQ tater recipe I make lots every summer

slice red potatoes bite size and put on a big piece of doubled foil

slice some red onion and maybe red bells (bells are optional)

add butter (lots) pepper (also lots) and Mrs. Dash

seal it up in a foil "envelope" and throw it on the grill. turn it a couple times until you hear it "sizzle" (min. 20-30 minutes depending on how many taters and how small you chopped 'em)

the taters steam and grill at the same time :)

hubby's favorite served with corn on the cob and steak, easy fast and it looks great turned out into a bowl with a parsley garnish.

[eleny]

6. It's so nice to dream about summer dishes

Hellmann's is my favorite mayo!