Grandma’s old fashioned baked beans

(For any of you who have suffered through a BBQ at my house, this is the recipe for the beans we serve)
1 large (family size) can bush’s original baked beans
1/3 cup chopped onion or 4 Tbsp dried onion.
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
¼ cup catsup and mustard mixed.
Mix first three ingredients in a glass or oven safe dish. Add catsup and mustard on the top. Mix together, and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. When hot and bubbly, remove and serve.
You can take the time to make the beans from scratch like my grandma always did, but any can of premade baked beans works just as well and saves you some time. You can also just microwave this dish, but it won’t thicken up like it does in the oven. another way is to do this in a crockpot or slow cooker. It will thicken up nicely as it cooks.

Classic Potato Salad

10-12 potatoes, cooked, peeled, and diced
3 hard boiled eggs, diced
3-6 green onions, diced
3 dill pickles, diced small
3 stalks celery, diced small
1/3 c pickle juice
1/4 c yellow mustard
1 c mayo
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp diced dill (optional-I only add this if I have it in my garden)

Mix together and chill for at least 3-4 hours before serving

BYU-I Spinach Salad

Spinach Salad:

1/2 bunch of fresh spinach

1/2 head of romaine lettuce

1/2 red onion

1/2 cup of sliced mushrooms

1/2 can of mandarin oranges, drained

1/4 pound of bacon, cooked and crumbled

1/4 cup sugared almonds

1/4 cup shredded Swiss cheese

Mix lettuce, spinach, and mushrooms together. Sprinkle bacon oranges, and almonds on top. Top with red onion rings. Serve with poppy seed dressing. Don't add the dressing, bacon, or almonds until ready to serve. Serve chilled.

Sugared Almonds for Spinach Salad:

1/4 cup slice almonds

1 1/2 T sugar

1 T melted butter

Preheat oven at 350. Blend sugar and butter well. Coat almonds and spread them on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes. Stir after 7 min. When lightly browned remove from oven. Loosen nuts with metal spatula and let them cool completely.

Poppy Seed Dressing for Spinach Salad:

1/2 cup white vinegar

1/2 cup sugar

2 t. poppy seeds

1/2 t. salt

1 T. pureed onion

1 T. prepared mustard

1 cup vegetable oil

Mix all ingredients (except oil) until sugar is dissolved. While beating on high speed drop 2-3 drops of oil into mixture. Gradually add remaining oil in a thin stream to complete emulsification.

Italian Garden Salad Recipe

Italian Garden Salad Recipe
(Found on group recipies.com)
Ingredients
Basil leaves ( 1 handful)
small pint of grape tomatoes (or your fresh patio variety)
1 bag of organic Italian greens
Olives (pitted)
1 small ball of fresh mozzarella, grated and or diced
2 avocados (diced and cubed)
5-6 pieces of natural smoked turkey deli meat, rolled and sliced into cubes.
Directions
Place salad mix and basil in a bowl
cut tomatoes in half or leave whole
cut olives in half or leave whole
grate and thinly slice your fresh mozzarella cheese
add your avocado, generally the rule here is half an avocado per salad bowl.
place your chopped deli meat on top after gently mixing above ingredients all together.
Directions for Salad dressings.
I like to just use about 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil and instead of a wine I just use about 1/4 cup of the juice left over from the olives, salt and pepper. Then just shake and pour.

Broccoli Salad

My husband does not like raw broccoli and I don't like raisins but we love this salad!

1 bunch broccoli chopped
2 c red seedless grapes, cut in half
1 c white raisins
1 c diced celery
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 pk slivered almonds
¼ c bacon bits

Dressing:
1 c mayonnaise
½ c sugar
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar

Mix dressing really well until there is not grit from sugar. Pour over salad and toss well.

The best Baked Beans you'll ever eat

1 lb ground beef
6 strips of Bacon, cooked and broken up
1 Large + 1 small can pork n' beans
1 can drained butter beans
1 drained can kidney beans
1 c. Catsup
1/2 c. Brown sugar
1/2 c. White sugar
1 TBSP liquid smoke (find it by the tobasco sauce)

Put it all in a crockpot for 4-6 hrs on low