July 6 & 7 | FREE or Low Cost Events for Families

Click the links below for more information at the respective web sites.

Bank of America Museums on Us

• Saturday & Sunday, June 1 & 2 | Each Bank of America or Merrill Lynch cardholder gets FREE general admission to 150 museums nationwide. Just present your credit or debit card along with photo ID. List of participating museums.

The Home Depot Kids Workshop

• Saturday, July 6, 9 Am - Noon | Despicable Me 2 craft

Michael's

• Saturday, July 6, 10 AM - Noon, Sessions start on the half hour. | Summer Games - Let your kids explore their creativity while you shop! Only $2 per child reserves 30 minutes for your creative kid.

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Go Bowling | Summer Fun Guide

When the weather hits 90+ and the pool feels more like bath water or a summer storm seems to last for days, I'm looking for indoor activities that are inexpensive, yet entertaining for my kids.

Go Bowling! It's indoors, air-conditioned, entertaining, competitive, and often inexpensive. Bowling offers just about everything I'm looking for in an indoor activity.

I've found coupons in our community's Bonus book and Clipper magazine for Buy 2 Games, Get 2 FREE.

Or check out KidsBowlFree.com and register your kids at a local, participating bowling center to receive certificates to bowl 2 FREE games a day all summer! Shoe rental is not included.

It's indoor fun for those less than desirable days to be outside.

Do you go bowling with your family? Let us know in the comments.

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How to Grill BBQ Chicken Without Burning It

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No more burnt grilled BBQ chicken!

In the past, I've always burned BBQ chicken. I just couldn't find that balance of cooking the chicken all the way through and not burning it.

It turns out that I was grilling it wrong. In the past, I put the BBQ sauce on the chicken before I placed the chicken on the grill. And by the time the chicken was done cooking on the inside, I had burned it on the outside. I don't know about you, but I'm not a big fan of burnt chicken.

The problem: If left too long, sugar burns on a grill and BBQ sauce usually has sugar in it, whether it's an ingredient or it's from the ketchup.

My solution...

How to Grill BBQ Chicken without Burning It!

1. Drizzle chicken thighs and legs with olive oil and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper or your favorite spice.

2. Place the chicken on a hot grill, about 450 degrees. Close the lid. Cook for 10 minutes. Flip and then cook for another 9 minutes. (If you are grilling boneless chicken, you will reduce the grilling time. Follow these grilling instructions.)

3. Brush some BBQ sauce on the chicken. Close the lid and grill for the last minute.

4. Flip the chicken, brush the top side with sauce and close the lid again and grill for 1 minute.

5. Use extra sauce for dipping.

Voila!

Grilled BBQ chicken that isn't BURNT!

For as often as I grill, I don't know why I didn't think to do this earlier. Oh well! Lesson learned.

Now if you excuse me, I'm off to eat that delicious platter of Peach BBQ chicken!

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Peach BBQ Sauce

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I like to add in-season fruit to my summer meals, so I added some fresh, ripened peaches to this BBQ sauce and it turned out delicious. This sauce is very versatile--I slathered it on grilled pork chops and chicken and I'm going to make it again for pulled chicken sandwiches.

Peach BBQ Sauce

Ingredients

• ¼ cup molasses
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 cup ketchup
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• ¼ cup mustard
• 2 tablespoons Worcester sauce
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 ripe peaches, peeled & pitted

Instructions

1. Using a food processor, blend all of the ingredients until smooth.

2. Pour into a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.

Yields about 2 ½ cups.


No HFCS Ketchup! We're big fans of Heinz ketchup...and no, this in not a paid endorsement...we just like it. It's a non-negotiable at our house. Either it's Heinz or the family isn't eating it.

Anyway, did you know Heinz makes a variety that is free of high fructose corn syrup? Look for Simply Heinz in the ketchup aisle.

It still has sugar though, but I can't tell a difference in taste.

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