Grilling Chicken with Homemade Barbecue Sauce

It’s Wednesday again and I’m grilling chicken. Since the hubs is on a Mediterranean diet (as per doctor’s orders) I’m trying to make delicious meals for him with lots of low fat proteins and fresh vegetables. Grilled chicken is extra tasty.

 

 

I love making my own barbecue sauce because it’s fun and easy. I used equal parts apricot preserves and ketchup (sometimes I just eyeball it) – and add salt and pepper. That’s all there is to it and the chicken had GREAT taste. Then grilling gives the chicken an additional smoky taste, too.

 

I added cucumbers also because the Mediterranean diet has lots of fresh vegetables and fruits in it.

 

 

Dill Potatoes and Tomatoes

 

3 pounds small red potatoes, cut in half

3 or 4 nice sized tomatoes, cut into wedges

1/2 to 1 teaspoon dried dill

Salt and Pepper to taste

 

Boil potatoes in saucepan until tender.

Drain.

Add tomatoes, dill, salt, and pepper

Gently mix together and cover for 10 minutes until the tomatoes are a little soft.

 

This is really, really tasty.

 

 

And CHERRIES for dessert!!

 

 

Isn’t this nice?

 

 

 

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How to Clean the Suede Insole of a Pair of Sandals

When I dragged out my sandals from last summer, they were so disgusting I wanted to throw them in the trash!  The outside of the sandals were fine but the insides were black with dirt. When the insoles of a pair of sandals are a suede (brushed leather) soft light gray color, they can get dirty really fast and they are almost impossible to keep clean.

These look horrible. I was ready to throw them away.



And the insides... YUCK!



Then I remembered something my Mom said years ago. You can clean suede
shoes with sandpaper. It was so outlandish, it stuck in my head.

But, guess what? It works!!!

Here I am working on the insoles of the sandals with sandpaper. The sandpaper takes off the dirty layer of suede. I had to rub them for a few minutes to get out the dirt/mud/etc. It all just flaked away as I was scrubbing with the sandpaper. Amazing!



Here they are – all clean! YAY!







Is that incredible? I was so surprised and pleased with the results, I thought other people must have the same problem, too AND maybe someone else could benefit from this information, also.
Anyway, I decided it was important enough to do a blog post on it.

I hope this turns out to be a helpful hint for someone.
Thanks for viewing,

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Hi there and WELCOME!  So happy that you came by to visit. I'm Linda.
My sister, Carol, and I have a super creative family (my nephew even makes cabin furniture) and I try to log it all
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