early fourth of july bbq

Growing up in the middle of nowhere, my town used to put on a fireworks show a week or so before July 4th (due to fearing the residents would go to a larger fireworks show in neighboring towns instead of ours). In honor of this ritual, we celebrated with a BBQ.

The evening began with some Pimms and cheeses. We continued with hot dogs, cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, potato salad, cole slaw, and garlic basil corn... the usual June 23nd pseudo-July-4th-BBQ spread. We wrapped up the evening with strawberry shortcake and called it a night after relaxing under the lanterns. Looking forward to the real July 4th filled with sparklers and a quiet night in.

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grillin' weather

This weekend was prime grilling weather and we took full advantage of it! Saturday was cedar plank grilled salmon with grilled corn and asparagus. Sunday wrapped the weekend up with chicken and pepper kabobs with rice pilaf and my favorite summer side of all time, garlic basil corn.

 Saturday's dinner ended with the first ice cream of the season, while Sunday's dinner ended with these little bad boys:

 I used this recipe, but next time I plan to make the cakes in a mini muffin tin to make these even smaller and more portable!

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