4th of July BBQ

Grandma's steak, she had to have another plate for the salads!

Charlie's creation

"I'm pretty old and have never had a homemade cone before"

Grandma and Gordon had T-bone steaks, Charlie and I had hamburgers and Marielle had chicken. Side dishes were bean salad and potato salad. Marielle made homemade cones so we finished it off with homemade ice cream in cones.

Marinated Bean Salad

1 can green beans
1 can garbanzo beans
1 can red kidney beans
Assorted red or orange sweet peppers and red onion to taste

Marinade:
1/4 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of oil
2/3 cup of vinegar (for this recipe I used 1/3 cup red wine vinegar and 1/3 cup white vinegar that had
tarragon added to it)
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon celery seed

Mix together drained beans, onion and peppers. Pour over mixed marinade. Let stand 1/2 day or overnight, stirring occasionally.

Vanilla Ice Cream

4 cups of 1/2 and 1/2

2 cups of whipping cream

2 Tablespoon vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup sugar
Makes 1/2 gallon