Fast Easy Cheap...Foods For Cookout?

Sounds like the meal will be delicious. I'd make the appetizers lite guess won't get too full before hand.

Here are some BEFORE snack food ideas:

Cheese and crackers

Hummus and pita

Salsa and tortilla chips

Popcorn

Fresh veggie tray with ranch dip

Nuts

Bacon wrapped shrimp

Stuffed Mushrooms

Stuffed Jalapenos

Antipasto platter

Fruit tray

For the meal, I would add a few things:

Grilled veggies - Any variety of mushrooms, bell peppers, zucchini, squash, corn on the cob, etc.

Salad - Easiest would be just a lettuce and tomato salad with a variety of dressings to choose from

Dessert - Folks really look forward to it. It is easier to buy unless you like baking.

Pillsbury Savorings Pastry Bites

http://www.pillsbury.com/products/appetizers/froze...

The 8 Best Frozen Appetizers to Serve at a Party

http://www.lhj.com/recipes/easy/appetizers/best-fr...

sausage, fried onions, humus on crackers, sweet and sour ribs, sweetcorn, guacomale and nachos tacos.. wrap tortilla with onions cheese cucumber lettuce hot sauce mayo sausage pepper tomatoe etc.. shrimp and avocado dip, crab and mint dip, oreos, doritos, french baguette stuffed with lots of meat and sauce, bagels with cream cheese, croissants i duno cant think of anymore

an inexpensive before meal snack for a barbeque is shrimp. you can have plain shrimp with cocktail dipping sauce or grill shrimp on a shishcabob. sorry for the spelling. hoped this helped.

fruit balls, cheese ball and crackers, avacado dip, pepperoni, little smokies links, nuts, make pinto beans from scratch and add bbq sauces for great bar b q beans. carrott raisen salad. grate carrotts, toss in raisens, mix mayo with powder sugar for a salad dressing, can add pinapple too excellent.