Recipes: Grillin' Out

Hello and Happy Labor Day! I hope you are having a really relaxing and enjoyable long weekend. 

I find holidays and cookouts to be particularly hard to cook for and eat at. No one wants to spend a lot of time in the kitchen on a gorgeous day and the food should be finger-foods and quick bites. But how do you pull people away from nitrate-filled hot dogs and ketchup filled with sugar? Well, it's not hard, you just have to fix healthy, delicious alternatives so people won't miss the not-so-good-for-you-stuff.

I've compiled a list of some good cookout recipes that will not tie you to the kitchen and allow you to soak up some sunshine and good conversations.

• Homemade Potato Salad

• Potato Salad with Warm Onion Dressing

• Homemade BBQ Sauce

• Chipotle-Lime Chicken Skewers

• Mushroom and Caramelized Onion Burger (Skip the bread)

• Watermelonade

• Grilled Peaches

• Mini-Turkey Burgers

Enjoy your day!