UPDATED: May 28 2010
{{As we gear up for another Marvelous Memorial Day Weekend, I thought I would re-share ….. Enjoy your weekend of Rest, Yummy Food, Great Friends & Family… and of course Memorial Day Margaritas! :) }}
Summer is in full swing, ok well maybe not in full swing– but its getting there, and BBQ’s are filling up calendars all over.
I love BBQ’s, I love the easiness of them, the socializing, the kids playing, sipping on some ice cold drinks to drown out the kids fighting relax. I love everything about them- well except one thing… the question always lingering over head of “What Can I Bring?”… its nice when the hostess has some suggestion, but sometimes its just “O, you can bring an appetizery type thing ” or ” how ab some “desserty something?” “….. in my experience anytime someone adds a Y to the end of a food item— it means, “I have no freakin clue… GOOD LUCK!” … and if you are like me, decision making doesn’t come easy…. you know that and you lack that signature item- so many moms have.
So I have decided to help us all out and along with my Twitter friends compiled a list of EASY (cause that is the keyword right?) recipies for all those Y BBQ moments; feel free to put them on rotation, …. signature dishes are over rated and so yesterday… after all , you may BE a mom but you aren’t YOUR mom.
Plus less time stressing, and googling makes for more time drinking & tanning bonding with family & friends.. so print out this list or bookmark the page (OR EH-HEM … SUBSCRIBE to the site)… and thank me and my tweets later ;)
AppetizerY Types:
@complicatedmama usually resorts to these:
Easy- Peasy- Buffalo Chicken Dip
Ingredients
- Chicken (I use those small rotisserie chickens you find in the grocery store, but you can grill your own or used canned)
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup Ranch dressing
- 3/4 cup Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
Directions:
Heat hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Shred Chicken and add to heated mixture. Mix in half of the shredded cheese. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks or crackers.
–Artichoke dip . (click for linked recipe)
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it can be made into spinach artichoke dip, but I adding spinach is too complicated for this mama. lol
–Oriental Coleslaw. (click for linked recipe)
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(also recommended by @jennfowler … so this one is def. frugal friendly too!)
SO SO Yummy. Key here is to make sure you add the ramen noodles RIGHT before it is served so its nice and crunchy!
-Mexican Layer dip.
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I think everyone knows someone who makes this or a version of this dip,its a BBQ staple with our group– seriously, right up there with YAGO & hotdogs. My sister can eat it up with a spoon- and has… literally.
Layer 1- 1 stick of cream cheese spread out in casserole dish
Layer 2- Hormel Chili No beans
Layer 3- 1pkg of shreeded cheddar cheese
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Mix it up and serve with chips.
— or try these—
@momto3blessings ‘s Summer veggie dip & Triscuts
(1) 8 oz. cream cheese
(1) Tbsp. of mayo,
(1/2) pack of Good Seasoning Italian
(1 or 2) cucumbers seeded and chopped
@ItToni ‘s Dilled Speghetti Salad
I hear this recipe is in demand, and top secret- so shhh! you didn’t hear it from me.
Dessert-y’s:
@complicatedmama suggests:
Can be made as low fat or as indulgent as you’d like just swap out for fatfree sour crea
-CHOCOLATE HAY STACKS
via @hungrygirl
1 Cup Fiber One Cereal (corn flakes work for this too though)
Chocolate chips or 1 bar of chocolate
1 Tbsp. reduced fat peanut butter, smooth or chunky
melt chocolate and peanut butter, mix in cereal
scoop out 1 tablespon of mixture and refrigerate
–@amaprincess ‘s Frozen Yogurt Pie
(can be made with Blueberries or Raspberries as well… hmm, 4th of July anyone?)
–@katehartman7 ‘s suggestion of a Classic Fruit Salad (serve it up in a pineapple for fun!)
–@Pressdough ‘s ‘FUN in The Sun’ Cookies
Simple sugar cookie dough cut into fun shapes… maybe let the kids decorate them while the adults chat…
OK, so you want to do NO work at all?!?!
Take Gretchenandco ‘s tip and just bring these
Or bring what I’m bringing today….
(with frozen fruit of course!)
O! Come on!…. I just spent 2 hours compiling this list for us…. I cant be all preparing stuff now! ;)
Feel free to leave your favorite easy recipes and links in my comment section to keep this list growing!!
