Mary's Green Beans, Bacon and Leeks

My husband and I meet up with my husband's sister Mary and her husband Ed every September for a camping trip to Pennsylvania. We have our breakfast and dinners pre-planned and we eat at our campsites, one day Mary cooks, and the next I cook. 

And usually, we throw in a night of eating out. 

Mary served us these amazing green beans with dinner one year, yum-yum! So of course I just had to have her recipe. 

Black Bean, Tomato and Corn Salsa

We love salsa and pica de Galla and eat both year-round.  

I have a favorite Honey Lime Chicken Kabob recipe that's grilled and needed a new side dish to complement that recipe.

 
Salsa of course came to mind, and although I make different kinds of salsa, like strawberry and peach, I decided to try a new version. 

This is way easy and super delicious!  We ended up eating nearly half of it with tortilla chips before dinner was even ready.

Broccoli Salad

Retro Recipe: Broccoli Salad

This is an oldie but still a favorite with my family and great to serve at parties, potlucks, holidays and barbecues.

I actually do not remember where I first tasted this salad but think it was either in the late 1970's or sometime in the 1980's.  Yea, that long ago!  
Years pasted and one summer after having a nice crop of home grown broccoli I decided to once again look up the recipe.
Broccoli Salad is simple to make, has ingredients you may already have on hand and is delicious. 
And a great way to get kids to eat broccoli!