Memorial Day Stuffs

Tomorrow is Memorial Day, and to celebrate, my parents are having a barbeque.

I love barbeque sauce, but I challenge you to find a good one that doesn't have artificial ingredients (like propylene glycol--a common ingredient in hand lotion), or corn syrup, or soy/tamari sauce, or Worchesterchire sauce in it.

Ha! Didn't think you could.

So I'm going for the next best thing: raspberry chipotle.

Bronco Bob's makes some expensive, but tasty sauces. I could probably do just as well by buying raspberry jelly, but that usually has more sugar in it than I really want. So I just buy the sauce.

And then add stuff to it to make it even better.

In my fridge, right now, is some pretty happy chicken. I used the Bob's Raspberry Chipotle Sauce as a marinade, but added some more ground chipotle (found at the local Whole Foods), and a little bit of garlic.

I use chicken thighs because I hate the taste and texture of breasts. Yeah, whatever. A little bit of extra fat in the dark meat isn't enough to make that big of a difference, I promise.

So the chicken thighs are going to marinate overnight, and tomorrow they'll be tossed on the grill for about 10 minutes.

Oooh yeah. Allergy-free protein bliss.

And if raspberry isn't your thing, check out the local sauce section of your higher-end grocery store. Make sure the read the ingredients, pick one that has natural ingredients and you're not allergic to, and use it to marinate your favorite meat (or tofu, if you're vegan or don't eat meat and aren't allergic to soy) overnight before grilling. Good stuff, I'm telling you.