Labor Day & Other BBQ Tips

I was surfing the web and came across this post by a blog by the name of The Cheapskate Blog.

Here are some of the tips they had posted on their blog:

• Seven money-saving tips for a barbecue, starting with the obvious: Tell everyone to bring their own meat. (I would also suggest a pot-luck style BBQ)
• Three Dallas chefs share recipes for delicious party food that's fancy but inexpensive, like watermelon and sorbet.
• Great Bargain Wines and Beers, all $10 or less, as recommended by Real Simple.
• Ten ways to feed ten people for less than $20, including homemade pizzas and stew with fresh bread, from TheKitchn.
• How to feed a group on location—say, at a beach house—without spending a fortune or making three dozen trips to the supermarket, from CheapHealthyGood.
• Make it a wine and chips party, featuring wines under $15. (Cheese may or may not be in your budget.)

Styrofoam Cups

Styrofoam cups are generally a bad idea since they aren't recyclable. But sometimes you just get one with out much of a choice. One thing that you can do with them is use them to make an insulated cup. Take a regular cup and put it inside the Styrofoam cups, and it adds a layer of insulation. While there isn't much you can do to recycle the Styrofoam, you can reuse it.

Though it's still generally better to avoid Styrofoam all together when ever possible.