Labor Day Grilling with Jess Wine

We're out here on the Fox 5 weather deck getting some smart Labor Day meal ideas from none other than Jess wine Yes, that is her real name. What a great one. Thank you for being here with us. Thank you for having me Of course, so you've got the most beautiful spread Gosh, I hate how Labor Day is really the end of summer because this is giving summer classic vibes, right? I know all game day cookout Labor Day cookout. Yeah Yeah, I know you've got a big one for us. Let's start off with the ribs. Yes, let's do that So I have oven baked ribs that are braised with coffee and cola They're on the grill right now. So we'll finish those off. Okay a little bit of barbecue sauce Coffee and cola. Yes, I would have never thought to do I know we're in Atlanta. We got to have our coca-cola, right? you know, so Yes, so They obviously the The soda helps break down the ribs a little bit brings in some sweetness. Okay. So yeah, so all we do is Face these up. We'll cover them while we're making the rest of it And I love this meal because it's super easy You can kind of make all of this stuff ahead of time and really at the end of the day when your guests come that's like kind of the only thing that you have to do is throw the Ribs on the grill and all of this can kind of be made ahead. So I want to make that easy for everybody Okay, so I see you've got the crock pots going. What do you start off with first? So all of this can be made the night ahead or the morning of there's a crock pot Barbecued chicken pulled pork that can be made overnight, which is awesome while you sleep and you can pull it in the morning obviously, we have our coleslaw that can go on either one and then I have a Old Bay Macaroni salad that I'd love to show you guys how to make you had me at Old Bay Yes, so I've already cooked the pasta and to make this amazing I put the Old Bay in with the water while it's boiling and So it's Old Bay all day with everything. We have some Old Bay shrimp That's gonna go in a little bit of sour cream some mayo And then I like to do a little bit of Celery pepper and onion and then Obviously, we have to have more Old Bay because sure yes and lemon juice and milk I'll add the beautiful Bay in just a second And if you decide that you want to be the star of your Labor Day cookout Bring this side dish With you. I promise that people will be asking you for this recipe. It's so so good So I make this every time that I do a cookout. Honestly, it's addicting. Okay, so wait help me I'm gonna ask what some people might think is obvious. Okay, so the shrimp is already done Yeah, you're mixing this in do you then put this in the oven or do you serve it like a pasta salad? This one's like a pasta salad. So I would put it in the fridge Again you can make this the night before you can make it the morning of let all of the dressing kind of marinate and Yeah, and then you're you're ready. Once your guests arrive, which is super nice That might be the thing. I want to try because I'm just so curious. Let's do it. I've got my fork ready Yes, I think you need to try it. Obviously, it would be Marinated up a little bit if you're at the cookout and it would be chill. What you think? It's a shrimp there. Yeah Yeah, it's good. It's a combination that you'd never think to put together. I know it's pretty good chill that that'd be refreshing Yes. Okay. What else did you have for us? Because I see you've got some green things and I think those are beans Yep, they're beans. So I thought maybe we build the perfect plate. I'm trying to make this super easy for everybody Yeah, it's kind of a game plan that anyone can kind of follow at home so that all this can be done ahead of time but I love just doing the Crock-pot barbecue chicken super easy throw everything in shred it up and ready put a little sauce. You got to have a little slaw And we have vinegar barbecue sauce Some homemade regular barbecue sauce I went to school in Carolina, so I like the you're a Carolina barbecue girl Carolina barbecue little baked beans Some collard greens. I know I know people are very particular about their collard greens in the South They are I like to think that mine are really good have some cooked them with ham hocks and some apple cider vinegar Which is great and then One of my most popular recipes is the crock-pot mac and cheese and everybody fights over these crispy little edges uh-huh, but again, super easy, you just throw everything in and I think you're good to go. So we build the perfect little Labor Day Okay, so I want to know about like good to go because I know people are looking at you like Jess That pasta salad was so good the greens I love them. I want to take some home Yes, so, how do you get everybody like out of the door nicely with there to go back? You got to have the Tupperware ready to go and honestly all of this can be done and kind of throw away tins as well To make it even easier clean up. So yeah, I always have it on hand. Yeah. Okay. So of these what is your favorite? Honestly, I'm gonna have to go the old bag. Yeah, and the pulled pork again. I use my Vinegar barbecue sauce make this homemade. I add that in we use some of the juices from the pork to flavor it But also adding in that Old Bay or sorry adding in that vinegar face Meal is that it is balanced. Yeah for the person who's like Oh Southern food. It's just so fattening Yeah, well, you've got your healthy protein. You've got your green leafy's You've got some beans. Yeah, so it's a it's a full meal here Yeah, absolutely, and I would say it's super affordable You can do this whole meal with everything that's out here that you see for about 15 to 20 people for a hundred and fifty dollars So I know it's big in this. I know food is crazy expensive right now, but this is such a great deal She was fine. If you head over to Jessica's website, you can find her Labor Day cookout game plan You can select your mains and sides and the tool generates a complete plan for you We'll share a link on our website Fox 5 Atlanta comm You know, all you have to do is go to the good day section and click on today's viewer information link