Friday, May 26, 2017

5 Memorial Day Dishes to Kick Off the Summer!

The unofficial kick-off to the summer season is upon us — can you believe it? Family Food Live will share 5 Memorial Day Dishes to Kick Off the Summer! These dishes will get you through any bbq or picnic this weekend.

Family Food Live can be seen every Wednesday and Friday at 12 Noon EST/11 am CST on Facebook!  Today I’ll be live on the Quirky Momma Facebook page. But make sure you like both the Burnt Macaroni Facebook page and the Quirky Momma Facebook page now so you never miss an episode!

 

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Taking a look at today’s recipes:

Hot Dogs on a Stick

Shopping List:
• Hot Dogs (makes 16 or 2 packages)
• 1 can refrigerated breadstick dough
• Skewers
• Mustard or ketchup for dipping

Instructions:
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Stick skewer in each of the hot dogs, all the way through
• Wrap one piece of dough around each hot dog
• Put in oven for 20 minutes or until the dough is cooked and browned
• Serve with mustard or ketchup

Dee’s Potato Salad

Nothing goes better with hot dogs and hamburgers than Dee’s Potato Salad! It soooo good!

Watermelon Blueberry Salad

Shopping List:

  • 1 Mini Watermelon, cubed
  • 1 cup Fresh Blueberries
  • 1/2 cup Feta, crumbled
  • Mint Leaves, chopped
  • 2 Limes, juiced

Instructions:

  • In a serving bowl, combine watermelon, blueberries, mint and cheese
  • Pour the lime juice on top and mix
  • Serve

Patriotic Brownies

Shopping List

  • Box Family Size Pillsbury Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix (for the mix 2 eggs, 1/4 cup water, 2/3 cup oil)
  • 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1 1/2 cups Mini Marshmallows
  • Red, blue M&Ms
  • 1 cup White Chocolate Chips

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350
  • Follow instructions on box to make brownies
  • Stir in chocolate chips, marshmallows, and 1 cup red/blue M&Ms
  • Pour into greased 13×9 baking pan
  • Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick comes clean
  • Put white chocolate chips in a microwavable mixing cup and microwave for 1 minute, if not melted, heat for an additional 10 seconds.
  • Pour over brownies and top with remaining M&M’s
  • Serve

Thanks to Back for Seconds for this fun idea

Memorial Day Punch

Shopping List:

  • Cran-Cherry Juice
  • Lemonade
  • Blue Raspberry Kool-Aid
  • Ice
  • Twizzlers

Instructions:

  • Using a mason jar as a glass, fill the glass 1/4 the way up with the red (Cran-Cherry Juice) then fill the glass with ice
  • Next water down the lemonade so the color is closer to white than yellow, fill the glass another 1/4 the way with the lemonade
  • Finally, top with the blue color (Blue Raspberry Kool-Aid) the rest of the way to the top
  • Cup the tip of the Twizzlers candy to use as a straw
  • Serve

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