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Mac Salad

• 3 c. Elbow Macaroni – cooked and drained
• ¼ c shredded carrots
• ¼ C minced red pepper
• ¼ c finely diced onions
• 1 c Hellmann’s Mayo
• salt and pepper
• ¼ c Milk
• Optional – ham or hard boiled eggs

Easy Beans!

• 2-3 cans of baked beans
• ¼ c Jalapenos or chopped Hatch green chili
• ¼ c diced onions
• 6 slices of bacon – or more!
• Add honey BBQ sauce to taste

Add all to sauce pan and heat together until ready to serve – or put in oven to bake.

BBQ Ribs

• 2 pounds lean pork spareribs, well trimmed
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon thin soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon black soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon ground bean sauce
• 1 tablespoon Shao Hsing rice cooking wine
• 1 tablespoon oyster flavored sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 3 tablespoons honey
• Cilantro sprigs, optional

Cut the spareribs into 2 equal pieces. Remove any visible fat pockets. Lightly score the spareribs in the meat side and place them in a large, shallow bowl. Sprinkle sugar on both sides of ribs, using more on the meaty side. Set aside to marinate for 15 minutes. Pour off any excess liquid. In a small bowl combine the thin and black soy sauces, hoisin sauce, bean sauce, rice wine, oyster sauce, sesame oil and pepper and stir to combine. Pour over the spareribs, making sure that the spareribs are well-coated. Loosely cover the ribs with plastic wrap and marinate overnight in the refrigerator. Just before roasting, use your hands to spread honey on the spareribs, especially on the meaty side. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Place a rack in a roasting pan and add enough water so that the water reaches a depth of 1/2- inch in the pan. Place the marinated spareribs meat-side up on the rack, leaving about 1-inch of space between the 2 pieces. Carefully place the pan in the oven and roast 30 minutes. Monitor the water level in the broiler pan to make sure it never falls below 1/4-inch. Carefully remove the roasting pan of ribs from the oven. Preheat the broiler. Place the roasting pan of ribs 4 inches from the heat and broil 5 to 10 minutes or until the spareribs have a sugar crust similar to the crust on a baked ham. Carefully remove the spareribs from the oven and set on a platter to cool 15 minutes. Cut the spareribs into individual ribs and serve immediately or at room temperature. Garnish with cilantro if desired.

Sweet Potato Pie

• 1 can sweet potato or yams
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust

Break apart sweet potato in a bowl. Add butter, and mix well with mixer. Stir in sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth. Pour filling into an unbaked pie crust.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Pie will puff up like a souffle, and then will sink down as it cools.

Whiskey & Pineapple

• Phillips Union vanilla whiskey
• club soda
• splash of coconut pineapple juice