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I’m currently in denial that summer is over and fall weather is only going to get colder. Here in Seattle, we’re not ready to give up on enjoying the great outdoors, and we’re enjoying every day before the rain starts in on us. This means hours spent on walks around the neighborhood, cookouts with family and friends, and evenings spent in the backyard watching the kids play and grilling up dinner.
As part of our autumn cooking, we’re enjoying grilling up a regional favorite with a Texas twist. By using local Foster Farms Fresh & Natural chicken and pairing it with Stubb’s Bar-B-Q and grilling sauces, we’re bringing grilling season back in a big way. 
For our recent football cookout, we started by visiting our local Albertsons and stocking up on Foster Farms Fresh & Natural chicken drumsticks that would be perfect on the grill. Knowing where my food comes from and how it’s prepared is really important to me, and I love that Foster Farms is locally raised in the Pacific Northwest so it’s always fresh, 100% natural, and American Humane Certified, with no added hormones or steroids. 
Next stop on our shopping trip was the sauces, and this is where I like to have some fun thinking of how we can make our meal amazing. After checking out the selection and reading labels, we chose two Stubb’s Bar-B-Q sauces {original for the kids, spicy for us adults} and a Stubb’s chicken marinade. 
Want to know what sold me on Stubb’s? Stubb’s Bar-B-Q sauces, marinades and rubs are made with quality, gluten free ingredients without high-fructose corn syrup, artificial preservatives, colors, sweeteners, or flavorings. In fact, it only has two secret ingredients according to Stubb: “Love and Happiness”. I don’t know about you, but those are the only secret ingredients I want in my food.
And here you have all the makings of an amazing meal.
Since our weekends are typically really busy with school activities, events, and visiting family and friends, I don’t want to spend all day prepping, cooking, and cleaning. A quick and delicious meal that has almost no prep time, cooks quickly, and has very little cleanup so I can watch the football game with the rest of the family all make me really happy. 
For this meal, getting dinner ready was as easy as covering the drum sticks with Stubb’s chicken marinade and letting them soak in the flavor for a few hours. After the chicken was marinated, we then added some BBQ sauce and we were ready to light up the grill.
Once the grill was heated up, we started the chicken cooking, adding the two different BBQ sauces as needed. I firmly believe you can never have too much BBQ sauce, so I was liberally applying as they cooked.
Next we threw some corn on the grill and cooked that up as a side dish. 
Instead of cooking it low and slow, we were excited to get food ready and start the game, so we turned up the heat to medium and cooked the chicken until it reached 165 degrees. 
I added an easy spinach salad to balance out the meal and it was time to eat. 
Then it was game time and we got ready to cheer on our team while enjoying our tailgating feast. Not only was dinner absolutely delicious, I truly felt good about serving it to my family knowing that I used the best quality ingredients.
Ready to start shopping for your #LegendaryTailgate? There are instant savings coupons that can be found in-store for the chicken and BBQ sauce so you can save while shopping for Foster Farms chicken and Stubb’s sauces at your local grocer. The coupons expire on 12/31/15, so stock up now!
Be sure to check out more grilling tip and tricks using Foster Farms and Stubb’s sauces and let me know what you think. I’d love to hear about your favorite tailgating recipe!
