The quintessential Summer meal, for me, is grilled chicken and potato salad. Oh, wait, not just potato salad — The. Best. Potato. Salad. Ever. There are a few secrets, which I will divulge below. I also made the Barefoot Contessa’s Barbecue Sauce which is fun and kind of secret-like to make, in that you buy all kinds of little jars of things (that you never would have thought to add together before) and dump them all into a pot and simmer them, to come up with a completely new sauce.

Corn on the cob would round this meal out very nicely. Add some super cold beer and watch the barbecue fun never end.

First up, Ina Garten’s Barbecue Sauce
1 large onion, diced
3-4 cloves minced garlic
1/2 cup vegetable oil
10 oz tomato paste
1 cup cider vinegar
1 cup honey
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
3/4 cup Dijon mustard (it was 1 cup . . . → Read More: BBQ Chicken & the Secret to the Best Potato Salad