Planning a Barbecue

Series Summary

Barbecue's are a backyard tradition for many people come summertime. Referring to both the method of cooking, and the event itself, having a BBQ usually gathers friends and family on sunny afternoons or holidays like the 4th of July, to eat grilled meat, side salads and drink cold beer. Almost anything can be grilled on a barbecue grill, including chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs and steak, and many of these meats are covered in some manner of marinated barbecue sauces. Sides dishes for a BBQ range from classic pasta salad, to baked beans, to fruit salad depending on the cook. No matter what you are grilling or eating, a BBQ is a great way to get together with loved ones and have a good time.

In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to throw a barbecue. You will learn about a variety of BBQ recipes, including barbecue chicken, bean salad, and orzo pasta salad. Our expert will give you easy to follow instructions for making homemade BBQ sauce, homemade Caesar salad dressing, and even ice cream sandwiches. Let our expert show you how to make your next outdoor BBQ a hit with these easy and delicious barbecue recipes.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Marieve Herington with Expert Village and today I'm doing a casual backyard barbecue. So normally for a barbecue you might think burgers, hot dogs that sort of thing. We are going to stay within the traditional foods but make it a little bit nicer and have some barbecue chicken. But we are not going to have barbecue sauce right out of the jar we are going to homemake actually, homemaking barbecue sauce its really great to give as gift particularly I find for my mail friends. Like ya homemade barbecue sauce so we are going to make some of that then of course you need a nice selection of salads for your barbecue. So a bean salad is really great especially cause a lot of people are going vegetarian so that is protein for that. Then instead of a goopy kind of macaroni salad we are going to do a pasta salad but a lite orozo tomato feta salad. Then we are going to do a homemade ceasar salad homemade crutons even the dressing will be homemade and then we will wrap up and talk about some drink ideas and dessert ideas. So let us get started."