BBQ Party Food Ideas with TRIBALÍ
One wonderful thing about living in Florida is that every season is BBQ season. I love to entertain, especially outdoors, and am always looking for new, healthy options when it comes to appetizers, main dishes, and desserts. Here is a compilation of 5 BBQ party food ideas that I’ve been loving.
APPETIZERS
It’s hot out basically 365 days of the year, so if you are planning an outdoor event, I recommend serving refreshing appetizers (and beverages, but I’ll get to that).
One of my favorite refreshing apps is fruit kebobs. Cut up your favorite fruit – strawberries, cantaloupe, watermelon – you name it! Spear them through wooden or metal skewers and you have a colorful and healthy appetizer to start off the day!
My husband also makes an amazing chilled broccoli salad that we’ve been asked multiple times for the recipe!
MAIN DISH
When I think of BBQs, hamburgers are the first thing that comes to mind. As with my daily dietary habits, I am always looking for organic and healthy options which are sometimes hard to come by. I was introduced to the TRIBALÍ brand and super excited to try out their patties.
I was able to find them in the freezer section at my local Super Target, which just so happens to be one of my go-to food shopping locales.
Each package has 4 patties – you cook them straight from frozen, making prep super easy. I appreciate that TRIBALÍ Foods use single-sourced ingredients. The patties feature 100% organic grass fed and finished, pasture-raised beef and 100% organic free-range, air-chilled chicken. All meat is humanely raised on family farms without any added antibiotics or added hormones and is blended with locally sourced herbs and vegetables like shiitake mushrooms, poblanos, and fire-roasted garlic.
The brand was created by a Holistic Nutritionist, mom and former vegetarian, Angela Bicos Mavridis, who merged her passion for wholesome, nutrient-dense foods with globally-inspired flavors for a delicious, healthy meal option. My kind of lady!!
All TRIBALÍ Foods products are paleo certified, Whole30 approved, non-GMO and free of gluten, dairy, soy, preservatives, additives or fillers. Clean eating for you and your party guests!
It was hard to choose between the Mediterranean Style Beef and Chipotle Chicken patties, so I usually grab both. Once the grill is nice and hot, I pop them on and have the perfect main dish in minutes.
I usually serve them on a bun (I prefer bunless myself), along with fries or tater tots, and a tossed salad. Simple, healthy, and a crowd pleaser!
DESSERT TIME!
Two of my favorite desserts for BBQ parties are homemade popsicles and chocolate covered fruit. You need some form of chocolate when it comes to dessert time, right?
I make my homemade popsicles with fresh or frozen fruit and juices – either combining the ingredients into a simple ice cube tray OR popsicle mold.
My absolute favorite chocolate covered fruit are strawberries, with raspberries at a close second. All you’ll need is a bag of melting chocolate (milk, dark, or white – or all three!) and your fruit of choice.
- Melt the chocolate (my preference is on the stovetop).
- Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Either drizzle the melted chocolate over the fruit or dip the fruit into the chocolate.
- Place fruit on cookie sheet.
- Refrigerate for about 30 minutes or until the chocolate has hardened.
BBQ PARTY FOOD IDEAS!
When I entertain, I want to make sure that I am serving food that is healthy, as well as delicious. You can find the TRIBALÍ brand at 185 Target stores coast to coast – there’s even a handy-dandy store locator on their site to find the store closest to you! Check them out on social media – Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Can’t wait for summer to be able to barbecue, this looks great and I miss burgers. I t’s been a while since I had one.
I love the options, flavors and convenience of these. Delighted that the assortment also offers desserts! YUM!
Yum, all of these flavors sound awesome. I’d give them a try for sure. I love grilling during the summer.
Those are some great tips. I am always out of idea what to make. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my goodness. These look so amazing!!! I love chocolate covered strawberries!!!
They are delish!! Glad you like the ideas, Brittany!!
These all sound amazing! I know what I’m adding to my summer bbq
Glad you like the recommendations, Cassie!
Great idea for party food. My kids going to love this for the summer party after exams. thx!
Thank you Casey!
I love BBQ season and I can’t wait to try this recipes.
Grilling is something my husband loves to do so it lets me off the hook for cooking. Will give home some of your ideas.
That seems to be the consensus here!
I live in Florida too and my husband is the grillmaster here. I’m going to look for these the next time I’m at Target because they look just so good!
Definitely check them out – I’d love to hear what you think!
I don’t eat meat anymore but we used to love to grill burgers all the time!
Heather, veggie burgers are a great substitute as are the super large portobello mushrooms!
There is nothing like a good BBQ and these sound like some wonderful ideas of things to throw on the barbi this summer!
I see that you have my favorite mayo there at the top pic! I like the Primal Kitchen Avocado Mayo. We have been using it for a few years and prefer it over any store bought brand.
Melanie, it is the best!!
Great ideas because it is BBQ season up north now. I loved your cool appetizer ideas and I need the broccoli salad recipe. Those patties seem like a grat main dish for your barbecue.
Melissa, click on the link for the broccoli salad…it is a favorite in our house 🙂
Love all these ideas! Foods that can be presented into snackable bites are perfect to serve in bbq parties. These are great for both children and adults.
Agreed! People like to walk around and not have to carry a plate with them. The kids love handheld food all the time 😉
That broccoli salad sure looks great! I’d also love those strawberries! Great BBQ ideas!
Thank you Wendy!
Frozen burgers can be convenient and save a lot of time. Your strawberries look terrific, I’d definitely be up for trying one.
Convenience is key when you have a lot going on! What’s the best is that they are healthy as opposed to some other frozen alternatives!
These burgers look really good, I love the flavorings. I just bought some steak from Target and was surprised as how good they were. Thanks for the suggestions.
My pleasure! You can find them in the frozen section 🙂
Oh I love broccoli salad! Its one of my favorite summer salads ever! It just tastes so great with the grapes.
Omg Wow these beef patties look really great. Love the different flavors, especially the Mediterranean. Im going to need to find these for my summer bbqs.
Check out your local Target!
That broccoli salad looks so delicious. I would be trying making that the next time I have fresh broccoli.
I have been wondering about this brand – I am so going to try it out now!
Danielle, the patties are super healthy (and delicious)!
These all look like great appetizer ideas for parties, or just a random night at home! LOL!! I need to try some of these soon!!
That broccoli looks fabulous! Reminds me of the Joans brocc salad at Sweet Tomatoes which I sometimes go buy a to go container lol
I love Sweet Tomatoes, Nichole! I have to see if mine has that broccoli salad!!
These patties look delicious! I’d love to try them during at one of your BBQs.
It’s a deal, Heather!
We love BBQ, though I daresay that we vegetarians do not have a wide range of options. Fruit kebabs is what we love. I personally love pineapple with lots of spice added on to it.
Vyjay, what spices do you add to the pineapple? That sounds really cool!!!
These all look delicious. I will give them a try. Grilling season is here after all and I think several of these would be great for that.
I need to check my Target for the Tribali foods! I need to try these, they look fabulous!
I need to give this brand a try! I’ve never seen it in my Target before but they look so delicious.