Recipes for a Cookout

On Saturday night we had Kevin's parents, brother, sister-in-law and niece over for an easy cookout!

I made the brie dip for an easy appetizer.  This recipe is courtesy of my SIL Emily.  I take the rind off the brie (8 oz) and wrap it in reduced fat crescent roll triangles.  Pam the dish and set the brie in there.  Brush with a bit of butter and cook on 350 for 16 minutes or until crescent rolls are light brown.  When it comes out, put raspberry jelly on it and walnuts.  I served with wheat thins.  

I made The Pioneer Woman Layered Salad.  I made it earlier in the day and put the dressing on last minute.  It was much higher in the bowl when I made it then it kind sunk as it sat in the fridge - next time I'll chop everything ahead of time but not place it in the bowl until last minute.  And I did cut some corners - bought pre-shredded lettuce, didn't do the bacon, used grape tomatoes cut in half and used pre-shredded cheese.  Why not?!  

Two huge bunches of asparagus on the grill with salt, pepper, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Fruit salad.  I might have cheated and just bought this pre-made from Teeter.  Sometimes I think it is even cheaper to do this by the time you buy many different fruits.  Plus, we wanted it to be an easy dinner, not spend all day cutting fruit!

And my cousin's Cab Burgers.  The best!  If you've never made these, you're missing out on life.  Please make them, you'll be glad you did!  I don't serve with tomato and lettuce and we use onion buns per my Cousin Chef Laura's suggestion.  

Easy cookout.  Now the Farmer's Markets need to open so we can have good corn and also tomato slices!