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July Fourth with George Foreman
4th of July Party Planning with George Foreman
Planning how to cook for a big party can be difficult, particularly for an event like the 4th of July where a lot of the food is getting cooked using the same appliances. Since most of your July 4th party food will probably be cooked on a grill, it can be extremely tricky to get all the food you want to serve cooked and plated at the same time.
Last week we did a post on how to use your George Foreman Grill as a substitute or supplement to your outdoor grill as you cook for the 4th. This week, we’re giving you a few additional tips on how to minimize your stress and your time spent at the grill in cooking for your party.
Tip #1: Cook what you know.
It’s tempting to try and wow your guests with phenomenal dishes they’ve never seen anywhere else. However, cooking something you’ve never made on the day of a party is just asking for extra stress and potential disaster if it doesn’t come out right. This makes it a really good rule of thumb to simply cook what you know, because you can be sure it’s going to turn out right. If you want to do something special, try cooking it sometime during the days leading up to the 4th, so you’re at least familiar with the recipe and any issues you may have as you cook for the party.
Tip #2: Remember to buy all your ingredients ahead of the 4th.
It always happens – you try to plan what you need only to find yourself short an ingredient or two the day of the party. Then you have to run off to the store, cutting the already limited prep and cook time you have before the party. Menu plans and ingredient lists can help, then double check everything once you get your groceries home to make sure nothing was forgotten or left out.
Tip #3: Prep as much as possible before the party
True, you want everything to be as fresh and hot as possible for your party guests, but you also don’t want to make them wait around for the food to finally be done. It helps to prep as much as possible before the party, so your working during can be minimized. This can be anything from shaping and seasoning your burger patties to cutting the veggie toppings ahead of time, or maybe even making all of the sides and desserts. Whatever you can do in advance and still have it taste good, go ahead and do it. Waiting for the party just means that much more time spent cooking rather your time with your family and friends.
Tip #4: Get your cooking & serving areas organized in advance.
You don’t want to get all your food organized, only to spend half an hour looking for your favorite BBQ tongs or serving platter. Try to have your cooking and serving areas as organized as possible. Set your cooking utensils by the grill and make sure you have enough room to cook everything you’re making. For the serving are, getting serving dishes or platters, plus the utensils organized as well, along with any table settings or decorations you want to use.
George Foreman Lean Mean Fryer
Hidden Gems: The Lean Mean Fryer from George Foreman
This may very well be one of the best kept secret products ever produced under the George Foreman name. You might not have heard about it when it came onto the market a few years ago and they can be a little hard to find now, but if you can’t get enough of fried food, this may be the product for you.
The Lean Mean Fryer (GSF026B if you’re searching online) is a deep fryer that lets you enjoy your favorite fried foods with less fat. Now, of course, this doesn’t make frying healthy, but it does make it healthier. So, if you just can’t give up fried food completely from your diet, this gives you a healthier way of preparing and eating them at home.
Grilled Fruits for Summer Desserts
Healthy Cooking for Hot Days:
Grilling Fruits for Refreshing Summer Desserts
Depending on where you live right now, the weather is anywhere from hot to sweltering. The last thing you want on a hot summer day is a heavy, calorie-filled dessert that’s just going to weigh you down. So how do you satisfy your sweet tooth without all of the heavy tastes and flavors of standard desserts?
Why not try a refreshingly light, summer dessert using your George Foreman grill! With just a few slices of some of your favorite fruits and a few minutes with your George Foreman grill, you can make a dessert that pleases the palate without weighing you down. It’s simple to do, light on the tummy and a tasty way to satisfy a sweet craving without being horrendously unhealthy.
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Dry Rubs on Indoor Electric Grills
Dry rub pork topped with a colorful fruit salsa
Dry rub pork topped with a colorful fruit salsa
Tips & Tricks: Using Dry Rubs on Your George Foreman Grill
Yes, you can use dry rubs to season food on your George Foreman grill! Although we’ve mentioned it in a few posts, we’ve had a few questions recently on whether dry rubs actually work on an indoor electric grill. While you might think that you can’t use them, because the dry ingredients would burn that close to the heat source, in truth, dry rubs come out looking great and tasting phenomenal from your George Forman grill.
July Fourth Party Planning
Using your George Foreman Grill to make Fourth of July Party Food Fast & Easy
The fourth of July is less than two weeks away and it’s time to start planning for your independence day party! Although many people like to cook outdoors for the 4th, your George Foreman grill is a great way to get your party food ready in a snap – faster than you could on a traditional outdoor grill. This means you can use it for all your party grilling or as a supplement to your outdoor grill to get more done at the same time.
The problem with a traditional grill is that you can only fit so much food on the cooking surface at once. While this works fine for family dinners, a party with more people can cause a bottleneck in your cooking progress. Since you have to turn the meat, you’re generally talking about 10-20 minutes of total cooking time per full grill of food. Assuming you’re cooking several things, this can mean you spend the majority of your party cooking, instead of enjoying your guests.
Using your George Foreman grill, you cut the cooking time in half automatically, because you’re cooking the food from both sides at once. You also cut out the time spent tending to your heat source, because your indoor electric grill will maintain the cooking temperature no matter how long you’re cooking. With this in mind, you’re shaving a significant amount of time off your party cooking.
