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How about some Blueberry Barbecue Sauce!
I admit this was interesting. It was not bad, good with chicken, a tad sweet for me, but I don’t like regular barbecue sauce. I would use it more as a dipping sauce next time until I got use to it!

2 quarts fresh blueberries

1 1/2 Cups chopped celery

1 1/2 Cups chopped onion

1 1/2 Cups chopped green pepper

1 garlic clove, minced

1 carrot, minced

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons pepper

1/2 to 1 cup honey

2 tablespoons molasses

1 cup vinegar

1 tablespoon paprika

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon celery seed

1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon ginger

Cayenne pepper to taste

Puree berries. Combine celery, onions, green pepper, garlic and carrots in large saucepan; add honey, molasses, vinegar, salt, pepper and spices. Add pureed berries; mix well. Simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened.

My husband loves barbecue sauce and I do not care for it, so I always forget to buy it. However, we always seem to have an abundance of ketchup which I am not a big fan of either. I decided to try to make some barbecue sauce for my husband. I found some recipes online, but they all seemed too sweet or to tangy. I combined a little of this and that and this what I came up with.

Barbecue Sauce

1/2 onion diced

2 cloves of garlic (more or less as much as you like)

3 T Worcestershire Sauce

1 T white vinegar

2 T Molasses or Brown Sugar

1 tsp prepared mustard

1 Cup Ketchup

1/2 Cup water

1 tsp corn starch

Few dashes of liquid smoke

Few dashes of hot sauce

Sauce onions and garlic until tender. Mix in Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, molasses (brown sugar), and mustard. Cook for five minutes, then add ketchup, liquid smoke, hot sauce, water and corn starch until thick. Reduce heat to low and cook until thick.

I was going to a party with some shrimp this past weekend and realized I did not have any cocktail sauce. I made my own, and now I will never buy it from the store again! It was good.

Cocktail Sauce

6 Tablespoons of Ketchup

Tablespoons of Horseradish (you can adjust to this to your liking)

2 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice (need to adjust this too)

A dash of hot sauce

A sprinkle of celery salt