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Chicken Breasts with Sage, Rosemary and Lemon
Sweet Corn
Cucumber Salad
Sliced Tomatoes
Cooking time: 60 minutes for menu
Cooking schedule: see below for "menu"  instructions

Chicken Breasts with Sage, Rosemary and Lemon        Time: 30 minutes

2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
3 tbs lemon juice
2 tbs olive oil
1 tbs ketchup
1 tbs fresh sage, chopped
1 tbs fresh rosemary, chopped

Chop herbs.  In small bowl mix lemon juice, oil, ketchup and herbs.  Place chicken breasts in a dish with sides and pour marinade over.  Let marinate 15 - 30 minutes or up to 4 hours in the refrigerator.  Remove from marinade and cook on barbecue grill for 7 - 10 minutes per side, or until done,  basting with marinade.  Could also be sautéed in a nonstick skillet for same amount of time. Serve.

Sweet Corn                                                                  Time: 15 minutes

6 ears sweet corn, go down to the garden and pick - or to your local farm stand..this is the last of ours :(
Butter
salt
pepper

Shuck corn, place on steamer rack in large kettle over an inch of water and steam for 8 - 10 minutes or until done.  Take 1 ear, slather with butter, salt and pepper.  Eat.  Repeat twice.  Happy summer!

Cucumber Salad my mother's recipe                                  Time: 10 minutes plus 1 hour

3 - 4 cucumbers
1 tbs salt
2 tbs sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 tbs fresh chives, snipped
1/2 tsp pepper

Peel cucumber and thinly slice on box slicer.  Layer with the salt in a large bowl.  Cover with a plate, add a weight of some sort and let sit for an hour.  Drain, rinse lightly and squeeze dry.  Add remaining ingredients, mix well.  Serve.  This gets better the next day. My mother would add sour cream to this and eat on top of boiled, buttered potatoes!

Sliced Tomatoes                                                            Time: 2 minutes

2 tomatoes
salt and pepper - optional

Slice and serve.                   
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Cooking Schedule: 60 minutes
Assemble all ingredients, utensils and stuff
Peel and slice cucumbers
Layer with salt and set aside
Find something else to do for 30 minutes
Light/turn on barbecue grill
Chop herbs
Mix herbs with lemon, oil and ketchup
Pour over chicken
Shuck the sweet corn

Slice the tomato
Snip chives for cucumbers
Start to cook chicken
Start to steam sweet corn
Drain and rinse cucumbers
Turn chicken
Finish cucumber salad
Remove chicken, slice and serve
Remove sweet corn
Serve all

 

 

 

 

 

 

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