Backyard Vacations, Staycations and Cheap Holidays


Eating and the Backyard Vacation
Food and the Backyard

Preparation | In the Kitchen | In the Backyard | Restaurants | Picnics

Chocolate Fondue
What could possibly be wrong with liquid chocolate?

Banana Split
Everybody gets to make his or her own split.

Make Ice Cream
It is some work but hopefully it will tire the little brats out

Caramel Apples
They are good. It is easy. All parties involved will be pleasantly pleased.

Fruit Adventure
Eat a fruit you have never tried before.

Make a Root Beer Float
Another, no need to be explained item.

Cook your Breakfast on an Outdoor Fire
Make sure it is legal to have a fire. Don’t burn anything. Not your breakfast, not the yard or anything else. This is a little more dangerous than a stove but way cooler.

Pancake Art
You can make happy faces, Mickey Mouse or whatever your imagination can come up with. Pancakes are like fluffy clouds on a blue sky except they are made of flour and you eat them.

Cooking with a Geographical Theme
Pick any country and serve up some food from there. Research on the web some recipes and ingredients that you will need. Find out some facts about that country and share them with the family while you are eating.

Food Fight
If you have never done this, inside, you know you want to. And if you have – you just want to do it again. So here’s my suggestion. Wait till dessert.

Make sure the zone is clear of things that could get damaged. Then bring out the pudding. And have plenty of extra puddings all portioned out like a bunch of guests are coming. Don’t tell anyone that you are having a food fight. Just have one. Relaod with the extra puddings. After it’s over pudding can be hosed down pretty easily.

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Dinner with the Dudes
Just the guys get together. Invite as many guy friends, as you like. Talk about high school and college. Have a good laugh. The women can go shopping or to a movie.

Lunch with the Ladies
This is the female version of Dinner with the Dudes. The Men can go play sports or go to a movie.

Eat with your Hands
I am not talking about hamburgers are hot dogs. I am thinking more along the lines of spaghetti.

Cook Popcorn with the lid off
Danger! Danger! It’s still funny though.

Vintage Wine
Have you been saving a bottle of wine for special occasion? Could there be a more special reason to drink it than to celebrate your Backyard Vacation?

Wine Tasting
Get everybody to bring over a bottle of wine and test them all!! Set up the Coke/Pepsi/cola blind taste test challenge for the kids

Smores
Graham Crackers/ Chocolate/ Marshmallows. Yum – enough sugar to rot a bridge!

Guest Chef
Do you know someone who likes to cook? Invite them over to cook for you. You do all the shopping, chopping and dishes. Its fun – try it. You could invite a different person over for every night of the week.

Jell-O Contest
Put out a plastic tablecloth and some piles of Jello that are equal in size. Then have an eating contest but you can’t use your hands. First one to eat the all the Jell-O wins._

Preparation | In the Kitchen | In the Backyard | Restaurants | Picnics