BBQ Beef & Beans/ For Scrumptious Sunday

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"BBQ"

This is hosted by Mercedes Rocks

Ingredients:
2 lbs. lean ground beef
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 sweet green or red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1 can (15 ounces) lima beans
1 can (16 ounces) red kidney beans
1 large can baked beans (28 ounces)
2 cans (15 to 16 ounces each) Great Northern beans
1 can (approx. 16 ounces) pinto beans
1/2 cup Watkins Barbecue sauce

1/2 tsp Watkins Dry Mustard
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Preparation:

In a skillet, cook ground beef with onion and garlic until beef is no longer pink; drain well. Combine browned beef mixture with remaining ingredients in slow cooker. Stir to blend thoroughly. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours.

Serves 12 to 16.

** top with shredded cheese if you like

This will be good for those weekend BBQ's..

Watkins Root Beer BBQ Sauce

Make your BBQ extra special with
Root Beer BBQ Sauce

Ingredients:

2/3 cup Watkins Original Barbecue Sauce Concentrate

1-1/3 cups ketchup

2 tsp Watkins Root Beer Extract

1/2 tsp Watkins Ginger

1/4 tsp Watkins Allspice

Directions:

Combine all ingredients; set aside half an hour to let flavors develop.

Serve with barbecued ribs or grilled chicken or pork, brushing on during the last 10 minutes and saving the rest for use as a dipping sauce. Makes just over 2 cups

Mexican Wedding Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp Original Double-Strength Vanilla
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 cup finely-chopped walnuts, almonds or pecans
2 tbsp half-and-half
Additional powdered sugar
Purest Ground Cinnamon 6 oz.

Directions
Beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, walnuts and half-and-half; beat until smooth. Shape into 1-inch/25-mm balls and place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350°F/180°C for 15 to 20 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool slightly, roll in powdered sugar and set on wire rack to cool. To some additional powdered sugar, add cinnamon to taste. Roll balls again in cinnamon/sugar mixture. Store in well-sealed containers.

Makes 36 cookies, 1 per serving.

Waldorf Salad

Ingredients
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp Watkins Minced Green Onion
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Dash salt
1 cup unpeeled, chopped yellow Delicious apples
1 cup unpeeled, chopped red Delicious apples
1 cup sliced celery
1/2 cup raisins
Lettuce leaves
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions Combine first five ingredients in medium bowl; mix well. Add apples, celery, and raisins; toss to coat. Cover and chill until serving time. Just prior to serving, spoon onto lettuce-lined plates and sprinkle with walnuts.

Makes 6 servings.

Mexican Casserole

Ingredients:
1 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes, with juice

1 14 1/2-oz. can salsa

1 6-oz. can tomato paste

2 15-oz. cans black beans, rinsed and drained

1 15 1/4-oz. can sweet corn, drained

2 chili peppers, sliced

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp Watkins garlic powder

5 tortillas

Directions:
Combine the tomatoes, salsa, tomato paste, beans, corn, chili peppers, cumin and garlic powder in a large bowl. Mix well. Place approx. 1 cup of this mixture in the bottom of the slow cooker and spread evenly. Top this with one tortilla and cut it to fit if necessary. Spread with 1/3 of the remaining mixture. Repeat these layers, ending when there is no liquid mixture left.

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Cook on Low for 5 hours.

Buffalo Wings w/ Blue Cheese Dip

2 lbs. chicken wings

1 Cup vegetable oil

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. Watkins pepper

1/2 C butter

1 tsp. cider vinegar

1/2 - 2 tsp. Watkins Inferno Hot Pepper Sauce

(how much hot sauce depends on your tolerance for heat)


Serves 4 as Appetizers
First Prepare the WingsPrepare chicken wings by cutting off wing tips and separating the wing at the elbow joint (discard tips)

ThenPreheat oven to 375°F.
In a large skillet or deep fryer, heat oil to 375° degrees F. Fry wings for approximately 8 minutes (turn once during cooking if using skillet). Transfer wings to a paper towel, and let drain. Season with salt and pepper.
In a small saucepan, melt butter then stir in hot sauce and vinegar.
Place the drained wings in a large mixing bowl. Pour butter mixture over chicken wings and toss to coat. Place wings in a baking dish and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes or until wings are completely cooked.
While the chicken wings are baking, make the blue cheese dip and cut up some celery sticks.

Blue Cheese Dip

3/4 Cup sour cream

1/2 tsp. Watkins dry mustard

1/2 tsp. Watkins Black pepper

1/2 tsp. salt

1/3 tsp. Watkins garlic powder

1 tsp. Worchestershire sauce

1 1/3 C mayonnaise

1 T green onion , finely minced (optional)

6 oz. crumbled Blue Cheese

Makes about 2 1/2 Cups
Combine first 6 ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend with an electric mixer for 2 minutes at low speed. Add mayonnaise and blend for about 2 more minutes at medium speed. Slowly add blue cheese and blend at low until completely combined, but with some small chunks of cheese remaining.

Refrigerate for 24 hours before serving.

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Coney Island Hot Dog Sauce

this is for Slow-Cooker Thursday!

3 lbs. ground chuck

1/2 tsp. garlic, minced

3 tsp. Watkins chili powder

3 tsp. Watkins cumin powder

1 tsp. Watkins oregano

4 c. water 8 beef bouillon cubes or equivalent

Brown beef and garlic together, drain and transfer to crockpot. Add the rest of the ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Tops about 18 hot dogs.

Top with mustard, and Chopped Onions

Directions for Traditional Coney Island Hot Dog
Grill hot dogs, warm buns.
Place hot dog in bun. Place stripe of mustard along side hot dog.
Place spoonful of onions along side of hot dog on same side as mustard.
Place spoonful of chili sauce along opposite side of hot dog. Use finger to push onions and chili down along side of hot dog and into the side of the bun until you can close-up the bun. Add hot sauce if desired. It is ready to eat.

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