We could have grills going
for hamburgers and hotdogs
and then have a variety of
salads to go along with the
meat. This sounded like a
great idea to all of us. We
would ask each of the neighbors
to make their favorite salad
recipes and to bring hamburgers
or hot dogs for their family.
Everyone would bring what
they wanted to drink.
The neighbor that lives in
the middle of the block has
a large yard and a nice beach
area for swimming. She said
that the barbeque could be
in their yard. We live fairly
close so we would carry over
extra picnic tables and chairs.
We set out a goodwill basket
to cover the cost of plates,
napkins and silverware and
any money that is left over
is donated to a local charity.
We printed up flyers asking
the neighbors to make their
favorite salad recipes and
placed them in everyone’s
mailboxes.
The day of the neighborhood
barbeque was perfect weather.
We placed ice in shallow children’s
swimming pools to serve the
salads in. We had a wide variety
of delicious dishes. We laughed
that we should print a cookbook
of salad recipes because we
were exchanging recipes with
each other most of the afternoon.
It was a great event and we
had over a hundred dollars
to donate to the local food
shelf from the goodwill basket.
We have decided that we will
have the salad bar barbeque
be an annual event. |
