How I prepare a tastier and healthier BBQ in 10 minutes
It’s summer-time so it’s the most wonderful time of the year if you’re gastronome, BBQ season! There’s something raw and desirable about cooking your food over hot burning fire. Everything about it gives me joy. The stimulation of the senses, the grill marks, and unique flavours all add to the cooking experience.
Back in the day I didn’t know any better about all the toxicity associated with your typical barbeque. I can remember pouring a number of charcoal lumps, dousing them with toxic and dangerous lighting fluid and when they were hot enough, cooking some grub over the fire. But wait! The fire suddenly went out due to the elements! That’s ok, throw some MORE fluid on the fire. Ah the “good ole’ days.” Or if you were more inclined to use a gas barbeque, you would continually burn propane to keep the fire going until you cooked your food. The idea of lighting a gas barbeque used to terrify me after I scorched the hair off my arms one sunny afternoon at my grandparent’s house. I’d had enough. I needed a better, safer, and healthier option.
As I got older and graduated from Chiropractic school, preparing healthier food became more important to me. But how do I possibly do that when all I knew about making barbeques was what I experienced as a child and at the homes of family and friends? I did what most people do when they…
