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Friday Favorites: Favorite Things To Bring To A BBQ

Today kicks off Memorial Day weekend & the official start of summer. This also means the start of many weekend BBQs. When invited to a BBQ, I always like to bring something along. Whenever the host says “bring anything!”,  I draw a blank & can’t think of what to bring. This year, I made a list of 5 easy “go to” items. So when I’m heading to a BBQ, or hosting my own, I’m prepared!



1. Fruit Kabobs

Ingredients:

Wooden skewers

Fruit of your choice cut up (as if making fruit salad)

Directions: Slide the fruit on the skewers & your ready to go. This makes it really easy for the BBQ host to serve, because you don’t need a serving spoon or utensils to eat them. 

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2. Dirt Pudding in a Bucket

Ingredients

4 – 6 packages of instant chocolate pudding, made according to package

Package of Oreo cookies

Gummy worms

New beach bucket

New shovel

Directions: Wash the new bucket & shovel. Make pudding according to package. Put the pudding into the bucket. Crumble up the Oreos & sprinkle on top of the pudding. Put gummy worms into the “dirt”. Serve with the shovel. This is a fun thing to bring to a BBQ where there will be lots of kids! 

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3. Pasta Salad

My favorite pasta salad is my Aunt P’s recipe. I wrote out the whole recipe in a post last summer. It’s easy because if you have pasta & balsamic vinaigrette on hand, you can then just add in any other salad favorites & it’s done! It’s quick, easy & delicious. 

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4. S’More Dip

We just featured the S’More dip this week. This is one of the fastest things to “whip up” before heading out to a BBQ. When I bring this to a party, I usually just bring the Fluff & Nutella & mix it right before it’s served (I think it tastes best that way). 



5. Summer Spinach Salad

Ingredients: 

Bag of fresh spinach

Strawberries

Goat cheese

Sliced mushrooms

Poppyseed dressing

Directions: Slice strawberries. Slice & crumble goat cheese. Mix spinach, strawberries, goat cheese & mushrooms. Toss with the dressing when served or leave it on the side. 

Please share some of your favorite things to bring to a BBQ!

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Comments

  1. I made dirt for a DAR meeting that I hosted. I'm younger than most of my fellow chapter members' children, and they have never tried it. Nor did they really understand why it was called dirt.

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  8. Found you through The Wondering Brain blog hop :->

    I've never thought of S'mores Dip. I think this would be a hit at a Bar-B-Que!
    This post is a nice match (on the flip side) for what I have asked readers of my blog – What food have you brought to a potluck/bar-b-que that no one ate?

    Happy to have found you. Your blog design is adorable!

    ~Ann Harrison
    http://www.annagainandagain.com/

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