Pink Saturday Patriotic Ideas

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Some Memorial Day  ideas:
When it is too hot to dine outside, set the picnic  inside using  patriotic wares  I'm going a bit colonial here with Johnson Brother's American Heritage dishware, the Boston Harbor pattern.

 To keep it cool,  think fresh and  cold...

Strawberry Spinach Salad

And how about this!

Chicken salad with grapes  and  use rotisserie  chicken..  couldn't be easier or more refreshing

Cook them today and serve   room temp tomorrow and they can be simmered on the stove  instead of heating up the kitchen

World’s Best Baked Beans

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pound bacon
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 (15 ounce) cans pork and beans
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 Tbs Worcestershire Sauce
• Fry up the bacon and crumble in pieces. Cut up the green pepper and onion and cook in the bacon grease until soft. Combine all ingredients together. Let simmer in pan on low for at least an hour.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fry up the bacon and crumble in pieces. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and discard some grease. Add the green pepper and onion and fry until tender.
2. Combine bacon, green pepper, and onion, pork and beans, ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce in a 9x13 inch pan. Bake covered for 1 hour. You can also simmer in a large pot on the stove for 1 hour.

Finish off with a  patriotic  trifle!

          2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped
• 2 quarts strawberries, halved, divided
• 2 quarts blueberries,

Directions

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and extracts until fluffy. Fold in whipped cream. Place a third of the mixture in a 4-qt. bowl. Reserve 20 strawberry halves and 1/2 cup blueberries for garnish.
• Layer half of the remaining strawberries and blueberries over cream mixture. Top with another third of the cream mixture and the remaining berries. Spread the remaining cream mixture on top. Use the reserved strawberries and blueberries to make a "flag" on top.