Nothing beats enjoying the invigorating summer breeze while the scent of slowly cooking hickory-flavored juicy ribs, chicken, franks and burgers make everyone wild with anticipation of a hearty outdoor feast with family and friends. A fun summer cookout does not have to be costly. It takes good planning and preparation on the part of the host to make it a fun yet frugal feast for everyone.
Here are great articles that will help any garden cook organizer beat the odds of mounting an affordable outdoor feast and pull off one of the most memorable summer cookout of the year.
1. Frugal Outdoor Cooking Tips For The Thrifty Cook
The joys of a summer cookout is for everyone – regardless of garden or backyard size and the kind of outdoor grill equipment. Don’t get intimidated by sophisticated summer cookout menus, “party” decorations and ideas that cost a fortune. This article helps the frugal summer cookout lover to host a great backyard gastronomic adventure for everyone without the huge costs.
The article is a mine of frugal outdoor cooking tips, from building a no-cost barbecue stand to creating your own barbecue mixes and sauces and other ideas for affordable food selection and preparation.
2. Fun Summer Cookout Recipes
Soul Food and Southern Cooking
Southern cooking takes centerstage when one wants to pull off a traditional big summer barbeque cookout. The more the dishes, the more the flavor and the fun for everyone. Short and sweet, this article delivers what it promises – must-have summer cookout recipes in clean linked items.
The list comprised of backyard barbeque dishes that everyone will be expecting to grill and devour all day long. The dishes are pretty straightforward and simple, minus the costly sides and trimmings. This article encourages you and your guests to sweat it out by wrestling with traditional summer outdoor cookout dishes, from good old chicken grills, baby back ribs and seafood specials salmon and shrimps, plus sides like salads and lemonades.
3. Inspired Cocktail Ideas for Cookouts
Cocktails and summer go hand in hand, and while there may be non-alcoholic and the more expensive alcoholic drinks to choose from, a balance of the two is still the best summer outdoor barbeque refreshment.
The article features the summer cookout standard – lemonade which is cheap and easy to prepare, but given a twist of strawberry and bacardi. This is paired with the perfect summer grill desert of the same flavor, Margarita Bars again with hints of bacardi and what else- lemonade! There’s also a bonus – a cool electronic summer cookout invitation that the host can send directly to their anticipating guests right from the website.
4. Picnic, Barbecue and Cookout Food Safety Tips
In between lazy summer days and to mark important American red-letter days like Labor Day, Memorial Day and 4th of July, an outdoor cookout or backyard barbeque is always the way to go. While a cookout is a fun activity to look forward to, one can get lost in the thrill of the preparation that the more important preparation, like proper food handling may be overlooked. This article aims to remind backyard barbecue revellers to make food safety a priority – from buying, storing and preparing your food to actual grilling and serving.
What could be the biggest spoiler than a summer cookout that results to stomach ache, vomiting and allergies that does not only entail discomfort but costs as well? Cheri Sicard, editor of Fabulous Foods, shared extensive lists of food preparation tips and guides that are helpful not only during summer cookouts but also regular picnic days and during travelling, when food need to be prepared in advance and taken along with the ride. The guides also go beyond care for standard cookout food like ground meat and ribs but also include beverages and coolers, and even ice.
5. Grooming Your Backyard for a Summer Cookout
Finally, you may have the perfect menu, the final guest list and no one can question your organization skills when it comes to your much anticipated grill fest. But have you tended to the most important thing before setting aside your summer cookout checklist? That is, your backyard or garden, the all too important venue for your all-American summer backyard cookout.
This article serves as a good pat on the head in case you forget how important it is to prune your backyard or garden ahead of the cookout party, and this should be on top of your checklist. It offers a quick rundown on fixing and pruning your outdoor venue not only to make it cookout ready, but to ensure everyone is comfortable – no dirt, dead insects, mud, murky water and bad odor whatsoever. It doesn’t have to cost a thing, as everyone can do their share of the cleanup. From tips to cleaning the pool (if it’s going to be a traditional American summer pool and barbeque party) to adding tech flavors to your garden (speakers and electronics), this article is it!
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