Our daughter wanted to have a family barbecue picnic, so HH and I said, "Why not?" She and our younger grandson are coming up to stay the weekend at four or five today. Our older grandson, his wife, and baby are coming after work, so won't get here until later. We're keeping tonight simple. Once everyone's here, we're ordering whatever pizzas they want and having them delivered.
Tomorrow is the barbecue. I made three slabs of ribs until they're fall off the bone. All we have to do is heat them and sauce them up on Saturday. I made a big bowl of potato salad, too, and cooked shell pasta to put in a baggie to add to a cheese sauce for stove-top mac 'n cheese. My kids are all great cooks, so they're going to help me with the rest.
My menu is: ribs, corn on the cob, potato salad, mac 'n cheese, panzanella salad, a blueberry Jello-salad, and cheddar-garlic biscuits from a box mix. For people who don't like ribs, I'm making mole' chicken tacos with all the toppings. We kept dessert simple--a white cake from Costco and ice creams with toppings.
We bought a stack of Chinet paper plates and bowls, and I'm cooking as much as I can in foil pans, so clean-up will be easy. I'm trying to keep everything simple and lazy. When they leave on Sunday, I know I'll be exhausted, but we'll sure have a wonderful weekend.
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