When I’m barbecuing, it’s usually easy to decide what I’m going to fix as a main item…  First of all, it will be meat.  Second, I estimate the time I will have, what sounds good,

and decide on what it will be.  But where I struggle sometimes is on side items; I concentrate so much on the barbecue that it’s almost an afterthought when it comes to what to serve with it. 

Over time, I’ve found there are things I go back to over and over, even when I want to try something new.  For instance, I’ll fix cauliflower or broccoflower in the oven with garlic because I know how to do it, and it’s farily quick, when I really want to try some cinnamon bourbon baked beans.  I just don’t seem to plan the time to do the beans, and I refuse to start with Bush’s and just doctor them up.

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