It’s too hot to turn the oven on! Warm days and nights bring backyard barbeques and people together for fun and healthy food.
Here are some food suggestions for a healthy grilling season:
- Use marinades to add flavor and tenderize meats and neutralize chemicals that can cause carcinogenetic compounds.
- Rather than the same old hotdogs or hamburgers, give fish, turkey or veggie burgers a try.
- Kebabs with chicken breast, beef or pork cook up quick and go great with a cold rice and veggie salad.
- Cook some baked beans in advance for extra flavor and experiment with a variety of types like black, pinto or kidney beans mixed together.
- Avoid mayonnaise salads in the heat. Stick with vinegar, herbs, citrus juice and a little oil.
- Plain, fresh fruits in a variety of colors ,cut-up or whole, can’t be easier.
- Skewer large chunks of veggies like red and yellow peppers, mushrooms and summer squash, rubbed with olive oil and herbs.
"Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved." Bobby Flay