Grilling Tips and Summer Side Dish Recipes Highlight Outdoor Cooking

Cooking guides suggest using gas or charcoal grills for a wide range of dishes beyond traditional burgers and hot dogs. Ideas include charring vegetables for salsas and soups, grilling unexpected produce such as romaine and avocado, smoking wood chips to flavor mocktails, baking pizza on a stone, and preparing desserts like grilled fruit, cookies and brownies using indirect heat. Additional advice covers using a single grilling session for meal‑prep of proteins and vegetables, and safety measures such as keeping grills away from structures, never using them indoors and supervising children and pets.

A separate recipe offers a fresh twist on a classic barbecue side: potato salad made with new potatoes, sliced zucchini, black olives and an almond‑pesto dressing prepared from basil, blanched almonds, Parmesan, garlic and olive oil.