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Summer evening meals using the fresh garden ingredients are the best.  The ease of the classic bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich is great because everyone loves them.  After reading the June Bon Appetit magazine from cover to cover on a recent flight, this interesting twist on a BLT naturally stood out. The usual suspects.  Bacon.  (We used a applewood smoked nitrate-free version) and a crusty Italian bread toasted. Crunchy romaine lettuce.   Tomatoes ripe off the neighbor’s vine! (thank you)   As you assemble this wonderful sandwich, pay attention to the order of ingredients.  On one side spread a generous amount of fig spread and then place your smoked bacon on top.  On the other side a generous slather of...

 This is an easy way to make pulled barbeque style chicken that people will swear is pork. Ingredients: 1 Whole Chicken, cooked (This is a perfect way to repurpose a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.  It doesn’t matter if it has seasoning or flavoring, as you will be pulling the skin off.) 1-2 Beers 1/2 jar Just Jan’s Balsamic Onion Savory Spread 1/2 jar Just Jan’s Apricot spread 1 tablespoon Onion Powder 1 tablespoon Mustard Powder 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder 1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper Salt Black pepper 2 tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar 1 tablespoon Mustard (dry dijon or a spicy mustard) 1 tablespoon Honey Rolls or Soft Bread   Remove and discard the skin from the chicken. Remove...