4 Tasty Sides For Your Memorial Day Picnic

4 Tasty Sides For Your Memorial Day Picnic

This year, forget the plain old baked beans, coleslaw, and chips and dip. THESE are the crowd-pleasers you’ll want for your Memorial Day barbeque, picnic or gathering. (Hint: They might turn into the ones you’ll use all summer long.) All 4 recipes...

Author

Lehman's

Ingredients

• 1–16 oz. pkg. frozen baby peas, thawed
• 1/2 c. diced celery
• 1/2 c. diced red onion
• 2 oz. Hormel bacon pieces
• 1–8 oz. sour cream
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 can kidney beans, drained
• 1 can green beans, drained
• 1 can yellow wax beans, drained
• 1 can lima beans, drained
• 1 can baked beans or pork and beans
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1 c. chopped onion
• 1 c. brown sugar, packed
• 1 lb. Italian sausage
• 1/2 to 1 lb. sliced bacon
• 1–15 oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 mango, peeled and chopped
• 1 small green bell pepper, chopped
• 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1/4 c. Italian vinaigrette dressing
• 1 T. fresh lime juice
• 2 tsp. chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/2 tsp. garlic salt
• 1/2 tsp. seasoned pepper
• 1/2 tsp. hot sauce

Directions

1. Place all ingredients in a large serving bowl and stir gently to combine. Chill for about 1 hour before serving.
2. Brown sausage, drain well and cut into small round slices. Mix everything, except bacon, in a large casserole dish or Dutch Oven. Cover top of mixture with sliced bacon. Bake at 250 degrees for 5-6 hours.
3. Mix all ingredients together. Chill at least one hour. Serve with tortilla chips.