BBQ sides...help!

Sweet potato fries. Bake w/ Peanut Oil, yummy. I like when they get crispy...

fruit platter would be good.. pasta salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, black olives and a little italian dressing is good. (just can't eat bowl fulls)
grilled veggies. (montreal steak seasoning is really good on grilled veggies!!)

Theres a low calorie healthy version of "potato salad" using cauliflower on Hungry-girl.com.. I cant say much for the taste because I haven't tried it but it looks pretty good lol.

boiled new potatoes about a cup per person

sauce

Grated lemon and the juice
1 Table spoon of dijion mustard
4 table spoon of good olive oil
4 spring onions thin sliced.

Cook the potatoes and let cool.
Mix the lemon and mustard together and add the oil a little at a time. add the onion. add to the potatoes and let cool for an hour

about 144 cal per cup

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The Zucchini Parmesan recipe from this link is good...also the Cauliflower mock mash potato's
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/cookbooks.asp?cookbook=163730

Good luck!

Grilled veggies- peppers, zucchini, mushrooms, onions.. Yummy!

Air-popped popcorn...plain or with a little bit of salt/parmesan/the spice of your choice/grated super-dark chocolate

I make a yummy light side with chopped cucumber and green pepper with a little olive oil dressing and seasoning. Serve with pita chips or tortilla chips. Easy and low cal.

I also make another one with diced tomato,chopped olives, green onion, with a little Italian dressing.

Grilled veggies are always good...egg plant, peppers, mushrooms, onions. :-)

- Potato salad, swapped out with nonfat plain yogurt with mustard instead of mayo. Load with veggies, too
- homemeade, baked sweet potato fries. Slice up a sweet potato, spritz with canola oil, bake about 40 mins at 350, turning once
- Fruit is a great choice. For BBQ, we love watermelon or frozen grapes
- Light cole slaw - cabbage, shredded carrots, and either use 1/2 the coleslaw dressing or dress with a bit of olive oil and vinegar. Or make it Asian with a bit of soy sauce, dash of peanut oil, and rice wine vinegar
- Baked veggie chips instead of potato chips. Take your facorite root veggies (potato, carrots, beets), use a mandolin to shave thin. Pop into a plastic bag, drizzle a bit of olive oil, pepper, garlic salt - bake in a 400 degree oven for about 20 minutes. Turn at least once, but watch them like crazy, they can go from crisp to burned in an instant
- And my favorite: CORN ON THE COB!

jalapeno coleslaw. Go easy on the mayo and heavy on the peppers.

Black Bean and Corn Salsa



*This is for a big party bowl you can cut it in half if you need to*



Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can yellow corn, drained*
1 (15 ounce) can white corn, drained*
2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes, drained**
1 bunch finely chopped cilantro
5 green onions, finely sliced
1 small red onion, finely chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 cup lime juice
1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and diced
2 tablespoons olive oil, or to taste
cumin powder to taste



*I used 2 cans of Del Monte mixed yellow and white corn.

**I used 2 fresh medium tomatoes, seeded and pitted. And then added two cans of Rotel because I like a little more tomato flavor to mine.



Directions

Stir the yellow and white corn, black beans, tomatoes, cilantro, green onion, red onion, bell pepper, and garlic in a large bowl. Gently mix in the lime juice and avocado. Drizzle with olive oil to serve.