3 Tips and Tricks for Your Urban BBQ!

Urban BBQ – 3 Tips and Tricks

Written by: Ray Ball

Shot by: Ray Ball

Most yuppies (Young, Urban, Professionals) all have something in common when it comes to our living situations… no space! For those of you who have a house with some real grass consider yourself lucky!! Having lived in an awesome studio loft in college, I loved the convenience of walking to all the clubs and bars, but hated the lack of space to kick it with my friends! I’m a proven and certified hungry girl, so not having a huge grill or prep space made it difficult to entertain, even at the park!

Here are few ways to make your Urban BBQ hit:

Sea Salt and Garlic Green Beans

                          

I love fresh green beans, they are soooooo much better than green beans in the can. Realistically it doesn't take that long to cut them up, in fact,  didn't cut mine only on the ends that looked a little brown. Here's how I made them:

Funfetti Pancakes

I've been craving pancakes for awhile now and this Sunday I actually had time to make them, the prep is super easy and fast. The product is the best pancakes you've ever tasted. I mean... for real... you'll never need to go to IHOP again.  This is def going in the new  'Cheat Day Meals' Tab! Don't worry I'm creating a protien baked donut recipe with plenty funfetti in it, that'll be up later this week!

Similar to the Pink Lemonade Margarita Waffles I made a few weeks ago you'll also use boxed cake mix. The pancakes are already pretty sweet so I didn't want to use a powdered sugar based frosting or syrup. Instead I made my on whip cream frosting from heavy whipping cream, a tablespoon of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of almond extract, I whipped it until peaks formed then put in the fridge until my pancakes were done!

These pancakes were perfect, I'm talking fluffy, sweet, colorful, and seriously made me do my 'this dish HITS' dance. Sorry guys, only my dog gets to see that!

Here's how I made them:

Nutella Cheesecake Mousse

I had a random sweet tooth...per the usual. But it was storming outside, so the grocery store wasn't an option (it was an option, but my lazy Saturday button was turned on 100). My other option was to make cupcakes, but I didn't have any powdered sugar, so I couldn't make buttercream. Serious first world problems over here! 

Since I refused to eat Nutella straight out the jar another day I decided to get a lil creative. I had 4 ingredients and boy lemme tell you I made some shake with them! 

I only used Nutella (actually mine was Kroger brand because I'm cheap... I mean thrifty!), graham crackers, fat free cream cheese, and butter. This personal size dessert only took me 15 minutes to make! Here's how I made it: 

Pink Lemonade Margarita Waffles

                                     

I know... It's a mouthful to say, but these waffles were so easy to make especially with the margarita kick in it!! With only THREE ingredients, even the worst cook can make these waffles hit ::finger snaps::

These are NON alcoholic waffles so the kiddies can enjoy it too! Although the waffle is quite colorful it is all the same flavor. You know I always do the most when it comes to food. I took half the batch and colored it with red coloring. 

To 'infuse' the batter I used 1 cup of LIGHT Jose Cuervo margarita mix. The light version is 0 calorie, fat, and sugar. Oh yea and guess what we didn't use any oil to make these either! 

Here's how I made them!