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Memorial Day Picnic Pleasers
by Patty Liston
Clean off the grill, store up on charcoal or butane, wash the picnic tablecloth, and get ready for summer. Memorial Day is the official beginning of the barbeque season and we want you to be ready! This weekend marks the beginning of outside dining — whether in your backyard or in the park, the wistful aroma of something on the grill, seems to make summer official.
To help you get into barbeque practice after a long winter, try some of these recipes this Memorial Day weekend. They are easy to make and the hamburgers contain a surprise.
Tip: Have Memorial Day Trivia handy to share with guests or family while you wait for the hamburgers to cook
Memorial Day Menu
Monterey Jack Hamburgers
Your favorite Baked Beans
Green or Fruit Salad
Lemonade
Peach Yogurt Pops (Kids can make these!)
Monterey Jack Hamburgers
Prep: 10 min.
Grill: 10 - 12 min.
1 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese shredded
1 can (2-1/4 ounces) chopped black olives
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 3/4 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup onion finely chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
6 hamburger buns
Butter or margarine, melted
Prepare medium heat grill.
In large bowl, add cheese, olives and hot pepper sauce.
Mix and divide mixture evenly and shape into 6 balls.
Mix ground beef with onion, salt and pepper; shape into 12 thin patties.
Place 1 cheese ball in center of each of 6 patties and top each with a second patty.
Seal edges to enclose cheese balls.
Lightly oil grid. Grill patties on covered grill, for 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until done.
Split buns, brush with butter and place, cut-side down, on grill to heat through.
Serve Cheese Burgers on buns.
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Lemonade
 1 cup water
1 cup sugar
Juice from 4-6 lemons
4 cups cold water
Blend 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar well in small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves completely. Let cool and refrigerate. (This is the simple syrup.)
Mix the simple syrup well with the juice from 4-6 lemons (strained or not, as you like) and stir well.
Add 4 cups cold water and mix. Try using sparkling water for some fizz! You can make more lemonade and freeze it in ice cube trays, adding the cubes to the lemonade so it's never diluted as the 'ice' melts. This amount serves 6 people
You can increase the amounts of this recipe proportionately, depending on the amount of lemonade you want.
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Peach Yogurt Pops
Makes 8 pops (4 oz. each)
1 can (15-ounces) Lite Yellow Cling Sliced Peaches or Peach Halves
1 carton (8-ounces) lowfat fruit flavored yogurt
8 (4-ounces) plastic or paper drink cups
8 wooden sticks or plastic spoons
Pour undrained fruit into food processor or blender container.
Cover and purée.
Add yogurt; blend until smooth.
Pour into cups and freeze until partially frozen.
Place stick in center of each cup.
Return to freezer and freeze until firm, several hours or overnight
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