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Posts tagged “outdoors”

20 Tantalizing Tailgating Recipes

Tailgating is a huge tradition when it comes to collegate and professional sports alike. Even when your team does poorly, there's still amazing food and fellowship. Win the hearts of your friends w...

Flickr Find: Smoked Lemons & Lemonade

While searching through Flickr for some backyard beverage inspiration, we came across these beautiful glasses of lemonade. After searching further, we discovered that the delicious beverage inside w...

Weekend Cooking: Stay Motivated!

One of the only problems, if you can call it that, with the weather turning so beautiful is that we'd rather just spend our free time outside, so our motivation to spend it cooking indoors literally f...

Do This! Anchor Your Skewers

The phrase "anchor your skewers" sounds like some dirty code sailors might use, but it's one of the greatest tips we've picked up in our years of grilling (other than using a charcoal chimney). It s...

Stretching A Hot Dog Into A Gourmet Buffet

Hot dogs. You say their name and your mind is instantly flooded with thoughts of baseball games and cookouts. Although cooking a more expensive or beautiful pieces of meat on the grill can be fun, ...

My Great Outdoors: Art and Chel's Modern Balcony Kitchen

Name: Art and Chel Location: Chicago Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My balcony is an extension of my kitchen and home. I have experimented with all kin...

What's This Herb? Use Flickr for Garden Reference

Last week I found a tall, fragrant plant growing in a weedy corner of my little yard. It looked like lemon balm, an herb that has a sweet lemon aroma and makes a really wonderful herbal tea. But was i...

How to Build a Backyard Fire Pit for $28
This Young House

This is one of those things that we read, then think, "We're moving to the suburbs." Just so we can build this fire pit. If you live somewhere that has more than an outdoor windowsill, maybe you can f...

Weekend Project: Spruce Up the Dining Patio

We've been so eager to enjoy the nice weather outside that we just pulled a few chairs onto our porch and called it good. The other day we were looking around and realized that our backyard space coul...

Good Question: Best Meals to Cook On Camping Trips?

The weather is making it much easier to go outdoors, and Jackie is taking advantage of this with a camping trip this weekend. What should she eat, out there in the wilderness?Going camping this weeken...

More Pizza Grilling Inspiration

I know, Grilling Month was last month but this weekend I took a break from churning ice cream (that's August's theme) and instead enjoyed what many of us enjoy all summer, making food over a fire (see...

Best Campfire Foods: What Do You Eat While Camping?

No doubt about it, summer is in full swing. Time to shake out the tent, unearth the camping gear, and lace up our hiking shoes! Some of our best childhood memories are of eating around the campfire. ...