Easy Spanish Marinade (for Chicken or Pork)
3 Tbs olive oil,
3 Tbs lemon juice,
1 clove garlic (minced),
2 tsp dried thyme,
1tsp salt,
1 tsp black pepper,
3 Tbs  Spanish smoked paprika.
Combine all ingredients and force marinade the pork chops/chicken in the marinade in a zip top style bag by removing all the air. Let set in the fridge for 2 hours and then grill.

Easy Baked Beans (in the crock pot)

My son and his buddies ate these like they were going out of style after a long day of water skiing, tubing and wake boarding on their first day of summer vacation. I thought I would share this recipe in the hope that your family will like it too. These beans can cook all day while you play.
They pair well with a menu of grilled burgers or brats simmered in beer, some raw veggies and a cold lager or a chilled sangria.

Serves 12-14 as a side dish.

Ingredients
1/2 lb of bacon
1 clove fresh garlic - minced very fine
1 large white or red onion - chopped
1/2 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup yellow mustard
1 dash hot sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
1 4oz. can tomato paste
2 15. 5 oz cans of pork and beans
1 15.5 oz can of black beans
1 15.5 oz can of butter beans
1 15.5 oz can of cannellini beans
1 15.5 oz can of white beans
1 15.5 oz can of red kidney beans

Sautee the bacon

Add onion

Cook until soft, all most translucent

Add garlic 

Cook for a bout a minute

Combine with the beans, brown sugar, tomatoes paste, ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, salt and pepper in the crock pot and cook on low 6 hour or high for 3 hours.