Having a Sizzling Summer BBQ Without Burning Through Your Budget

Date posted: July 29, 2016
by: easyfinancial
BBQ Without Burning Through Your Budget

This Summer, use these five easy-to-follow tips and tricks to throw an amazing BBQ that will thrill your family and friends, without taking a bite out of your budget.

Buy inexpensive cuts of meat

Although meat can be the most expensive item on any pre-BBQ shopping list, it is possible to save money when shopping for this fan favourite. When buying chicken, be sure to purchase inexpensive, dark cuts, such as thighs and drumsticks, rather than chicken breasts. Also, stick to smaller, bite-sized cuts of red meat, such as beef and lamb. These can be served as shish kebabs skewers, stacked along with some beautiful, colourful vegetables. Alternatively, if you want to serve steaks, skirt or flank cuts are much less expensive than bone-in thicker cuts such as a t-bone steak. For your seafood-loving guests, consider grilling some halibut and mackerel as affordable white fish options.

Another way to save on meat for your BBQ is to take advantage of sales and promotions at your local grocery store or butcher. Buy meat at a lower cost at that time, and freeze it until it’s time to prep it for the grill.

Here is a delicious example of a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to serve pork at your next Summer BBQ:

Greek BBQ Chicken and Potatoes

Prep Time: 12 min  

Cooking Time: 25 min

Ingredients

  • 2 whole chickens (3 lbs each) - $1.77/lb per chicken
  • 14 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 2 tbsp pepper
  • cucumber - $0.75
  • grape tomatoes - $0.99/lb
  • kalamata olives - optional
  • crumbled feta cheese - optional
  • red onion
  • bell peppers

Steps

  1. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a small bowl.
  2. Butterfly the chickens by cutting along both sides of the chicken back (crunching through the ribs) to remove it. Then flip the chicken over so the cavity is facing down and press down on the whole bird to flatten it. Coat all sides of the chickens with the marinade, including between the skin and the breast meat.
  3. Fire up the BBQ; place the chickens on the other side of the BBQ. The target done-ness is 145F for the breast meat and 165F for the thighs.
  4. BBQ Greek potatoes: Using the same marinade ingredients as the chicken, cut potatoes into wedges and split into 2-3 portions. Wrap each portion in a loose foil package and place on the BBQ grill with the chicken.
  5. Greek Salad. Mix large chunks of cucumber, red onion, bell peppers, and grape tomatoes, along with kalamata olives and crumbled feta cheese. Mix olive oil, lemon juice, with some minced garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper for dressing.

With 3.5lbs of meat and everything coming at approximately $26*, this meal should provide 10 adult portions, at a cost of $2.60 per meal.

Enjoy!

Source: coreyinthekitchen.wordpress.com

*Prices are average approximations. Refer to local vendors for accurate food prices.

Add a pinch of potluck

Potlucks are a great way to adds a variety of tastes to your BBQ spread and save money! Cut costs on appetizers, salads, snacks, drinks, and desserts by asking friends and family to bring something from any of those categories. Or, consider asking friends and family to to contribute drinks, bringing enough for themselves or to share, and help keep your costs down.

Incorporate fruits and veggies

Not only do fruits and vegetables add beautiful, vibrant colours to your spread, they are an inexpensive, healthy option for your guests. Local, fresh produce is readily available during the Summer season and is therefore less expensive than in the Fall or Winter. Incorporate seasonal fruits and veggies to your BBQ by creating beautiful salads, and don’t be afraid to throw some of them on the grill!  In June and July, seasonal produce includes strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, asparagus, rhubarb, peas, peaches, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini. In August and September, you can buy local squash, cabbage, eggplant, bell peppers, and apples at low, seasonal costs.

Shop local farmers’ markets for more affordable produce than grocery store prices.  These are an inexpensive option because there is no additional “middle man” costs like shipping, marketing, delivery, and so on. Great grilling options from the farmer’s market include: corn, asparagus, bell peppers, and even pineapple.

This corn on the cob recipe packs the perfect punch of flavour your BBQ guests will love:    

 

Zesty Grilled Corn on the Cob

Prep Time: 20 min  

Cooking Time: 20 min

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup butter - $3.97/block
  • 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper
  • 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
  • 6 ears fresh corn - $0.77 ea

Steps

  1. Preheat grill for medium heat.
  2. In a small saucepan, melt butter or margarine. Stir in mustard, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon pepper seasoning.
  3. Place each ear of corn on a 13x12 inch piece of HEAVY DUTY aluminum foil. Drizzle with butter mixture. Wrap loosely, leaving space for the expansion of steam, and seal.
  4. Grill over medium coals for 15 to 20 minutes, or until corn is tender. Small ears will take less time, and larger ears may take more. Carefully unwrap foil, and serve.

With 6 ears of corn, and additional ingredient portions coming in at approximately $5*, this meal should provide 6 adult portions, at a cost of $0.80 per portion.

Enjoy!

Source: allrecipes.com

*Prices are average approximations. Refer to local vendors for accurate food prices.


It’s all in the mix: Reinvent the basics

You can take the “usual” inexpensive BBQ options and make them fancier with special toppings. Add a kick to traditional burgers by adding barbeque sauce or cheddar cheese directly into the ground beef, or top it off with bacon for an extra kick. Or, add some pizzazz to store-bought, frozen burger patties with out-of-the-ordinary toppings that you might already have in the cupboard, like hot sauce, pico de gallo, peach salsa, guacamole, tzatziki sauce, pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese, chipotle mayo and more! You could even use these toppings to accessorize grilled hot dogs.

Having a tight budget shouldn’t stop you from making the most of a short, sweet Canadian Summer, so call up your friends, and fire up that grill. Happy BBQ-ing!

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The fine print

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easyfinancial offers a variety of financial services including personal loans, and mortgages. easyfinancial is a division of goeasy Ltd., the leading full service provider of goods and alternative financial services that improve the lives of everyday Canadians.  goeasy Ltd. is listed on the TSE under the symbol 'GSY'.

 
  1. On average loan applications receive credit approval within 10 minutes.
  2. Pre-approval is subject to change based on verification of your income and other documentation.
  3. easyfinancial offers short term personal loans and is not a credit repair service. easyfinancial may help improve your credit score by building a credit history provided your payments are made in full and on-time.
  4. Payment includes optional loan protection insurance fees, but excludes applicable provincial taxes and prepaid card fees.
  5. Effective April 2nd, 2014, easyfinancial and easyhome locations no longer reload funds onto a Prepaid MasterCard via cash or debit. Reloading funds to your Prepaid MasterCard can still be done through online banking. For further inquiries, please email epic@easyhome.ca
  6. If you only pay the monthly minimum amount ($10 or 3% of balance, whichever is larger) with an annual interest rate of 19%. Source: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca)
  7. If you take out a loan on a 5 year term with an annual interest rate of 8%. Source: TD Canada Trust Loan Payment Calculator (www.tdcanadatrust.com)
  8. The length of your term will depend on your loan size. Ask branch for details
  9. The amount of your loan will depend on our assessment of your credit profile. Ask branch for details
  10. Rates will depend on our assessment of your credit profile and range between 29.99%-46.96%. Ask branch for details.
  11. Refer an individual to easyfinancial and receive a $100 referral reward on every approved loan. Only one (1) referral reward payable per referee. Referrer must be a resident of Canada (excluding Quebec & Manitoba) and must be legal age of majority in his/her province/territory of residence. If referrer has (had) an easyfinancial loan, account must be in good standing. Some restrictions may apply. Ask in branch for details
  12. Free credit health checks run for a limited time only. Customers must sign a consent form to pull credit bureau.
    Some restrictions may apply. 

* Approval measured against all lenders providing unsecured credit and lease-to-own products, excluding payday lenders, and based on a random sample of applications before verification.

** Based on the maximum total cost of borrowing under applicable provincial payday loan legislation.

*** Loans amortization between 9-60 months

APR between 29.99% and 46.96%

Example: $1000 borrowed for 12 months at 29.99%: Monthly payment: $97.51; Total repayment with interest: $1170.06

CREDIT SCORE IMPACT

While having a loan and honouring its obligations can help build credit, too many loans may be seen by potential creditors as an increased risk, and failure to meet repayment obligations will result in a negative report to the credit bureaus, which would reduce your credit score. Please borrow responsibly.

RENEWALS

Loans from easyfinancial do not automatically renew. Customers have the option to request an increase to their loan after paying down a percentage of their current loan amount and maintaining good payment history. Such a request would be subject to the company's standard underwriting rules.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

easyfinancial offers personal loans from $500 to $10,000 with terms from 9 to 48 months. The APR is 46.96%, and there are no additional fees for the loan. easyfinancial does not charge a late fee, but payments returned NSF (non-sufficient funds) will be assessed a $50 fee in addition to fees charged by the customer's financial institution.

COLLECTIONS PRACTICES

easyfinancial contacts customers in arrears as soon as possible through various means including, but not limited to telephone, email, postal mail and SMS. easyfinancial may work with third parties to assist in collections activities.

1 Loan Protection Plan is underwritten by American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida (ABIC) and American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida (ABLAC) under Group Master Policy Number EF012017, EFL012017, EF082017 and EFL082017.

† Receive approval in as little as 48 hours with complete documentation. 

‡ Conditions apply. Ask branch for details. Optional service.

ABIC and ABLAC carry on business in Canada under the trade name of Assurant (R).

(R) Assurant is a registered trademark of Assurant, Inc.

The complete terms, eligibility, benefits, limitations an exclusions are contained in the Certificate of Insurance
Privacy policy

Privacy policy

goeasy Ltd., its affiliates, subsidiaries (including RTO Asset Management Inc. operating as easyhome and easyfinancial Services Inc. operating as easyfinancial) and franchisees (collectively, "goeasy", "we", "us" or "our"), have provided this Privacy Policy to describe our personal information handling practices, and to assure you of our continuing commitment to take steps to protect all personal information that we handle in the course of commercial activities. "Personal information", as used in this Privacy Policy, means information about an identifiable individual. Unless you are a resident of the Province of Quebec, this Privacy Policy does not apply to an individual's business contact information where collected, used or disclosed solely for the purpose of communicating with the individual in relation to their business, employment or profession.

Purposes for which goeasy Handles Personal Information

goeasy collects and uses personal information for purposes limited to those which are related to its businesses, which include providing household furnishings, appliances, and home electronic products to its customers under lease agreements, staging services, mortgage brokerage services and financial services. We collect personal information primarily from you, for instance through applications and supporting documentation you provide. We may also collect personal information about you through your ongoing interactions with us, from references, employers and other financial institutions you have identified in your application as well as credit bureaus and other third party sources. For example, we may collect personal information from credit bureaus for the purpose of locating you to collect outstanding debts. In connection with loan agreements, we may also collect personal information from credit bureaus in order to verify your current and ongoing creditworthiness and other information you may provide to us.

We may collect and use personal information for purposes such as, but not limited to, the following:

  • to manage and promote the business activities of goeasy;
  • to verify identity and other information provided by customers and to determine eligibility for products and services;
  • to open, administer and service accounts and loans and to provide and administer any requested products or services;
  • to evaluate current and ongoing creditworthiness and other requirements and to determine eligibility or suitability for products or services offered by goeasy;
  • to advertise, market and promote goeasy's products and services to customers who have consented to receiving such communication, which include communication by mail, email,  telephone, automatic dialers and announcing devices;
  • to establish relationships, provide quality service to and communicate with customers;
  • to collect outstanding debts;
  • to protect the business interests of goeasy and its customers, including to detect and prevent fraud and other unauthorized or illegal activities;
  • to maintain business records for reasonable periods to meet legal and regulatory record retention requirements; and
  • for other purposes identified by goeasy with your consent or as permitted or required by law.

Personal Information goeasy Collects

goeasy limits the amount and type of personal information collected to that which is necessary for our identified purposes, and we collect personal information by fair and lawful means.

Personal information that we collect includes:

  • customer name and contact information, including mailing address, telephone number, fax number and/or email address;
  • additional information for identity matching and credit check purposes, such as occupation, name of employer, names and contact information for references, assets, liabilities, income, previous address, number of dependents, Social Insurance Number (if provided), date of birth or driver's license number;
  • information about the account or loan, such as current and historical information, balance and indebtedness, account transaction history and similar information and records relating to the handling of any inquiries or complaints;
  • payment-related information such as banking information; and
  • such other information that is necessary for our identified purposes and that is collected with your consent or as permitted or required by law.

Transfers and Disclosures of Personal Information

goeasy may disclose personal information in a number of circumstances, including:

  • to credit bureaus, credit reporting agencies and to your current or future creditors for the purpose of maintaining your credit history and providing credit references;
  • to financial institutions for payment processing purposes;
  • to third parties as reasonably necessary to enforce your contracts with us and otherwise for the collection or payment of a debt owed to us;
  • for the purposes of detecting and preventing fraud;
  • in connection with audits;
  • for the purposes of meeting legal, regulatory, industry self-regulatory, risk management and security requirements;
  • with your consent  to goeasy's insurance partners or other lenders so that they may offer other products and services that may be of interest to you; and
  • for other purposes identified by goeasy with your consent or as permitted or required by law.

In addition to the above, personal information may be shared between our affiliates or subsidiaries (including those located in the United States) for internal audit, management, billing or administrative purposes including defending and bringing legal actions.

In the course of fulfilling the purposes described above, goeasy may transfer your personal information to service providers, including affiliates or other third party organizations or individuals retained by goeasy to perform functions on its behalf, such as marketing, data processing, customer service, office, security, collections, insurance, financial and taxation services. When personal information is transferred to service providers, we use contractual or other means to ensure that a comparable level of protection is provided. Some of our service providers may be located outside Canada and will be subject to applicable legal requirements in that country including lawful requirements to disclose personal information to government authorities in certain circumstances.

If you are a resident of the Province of Quebec, you understand that we may transfer your personal information to a third party based outside of the Province of Quebec, or store it outside of the Province of Quebec, the handling (including the disclosure to third parties) of that personal information will be subject to the laws and regulations applicable in that jurisdiction and you consent thereto.

goeasy may also use and disclose personal information in connection with the proposed or actual financing, securitization, insuring, sale, assignment or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets (including your loan or lease and any agreement to which it relates), for the purposes of evaluating and/or performing the proposed transaction. Assignees or successors of our business or assets may use and disclose your personal information for similar purposes as those described in this Policy.

goeasy may disclose your personal information as necessary to meet legal, regulatory, insurance, audit, and security requirements, and as otherwise with your consent or as permitted or required by law.

Safeguards

goeasy uses reasonable safeguards and other security standards to protect all personal information in its custody and control against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, regardless of the format in which the information is held. Safeguards will vary depending on the sensitivity, format, location, and storage of the personal information. Only authorized employees, agents, partners and third parties who require access to personal information to fulfill their job requirements will have access to personal information.

Access and Accuracy

goeasy may establish and maintain a file containing an individual's personal information for the purposes described above, which will be accessible at our offices. Individuals have the right to request access to or correction of their personal information that is held by goeasy. Requests must be made in writing, addressed to goeasy's Privacy Officer as per the contact information set out at the end of this Policy. We will respond to written requests within a reasonable time. Copies of records containing personal information may be subject to a fee.  If this is the case, goeasy will inform the individual of the amount of the fee in advance. We will use our best efforts to ensure that personal information is as accurate, complete and up-to-date as necessary for the identified purposes. If an individual successfully demonstrates the inaccuracy or incompleteness of personal information, we will amend the information as required. If we refuse access to personal information or disagree with an assertion that information held by us is incorrect, we will provide a written explanation for such refusal and a description of our complaints procedure should an individual decide to challenge such written explanation.  An individual's right to access or correct personal information is subject to applicable legal restrictions. To prevent fraudulent access to the personal information stored by goeasy, we may take reasonable steps to verify an individual's identity before granting access or making corrections.

goeasy's Websites and E-Mail Communication

goeasy does not guarantee the confidentiality of any communications made by you via e-mail or otherwise through our websites. If you wish to provide information of a confidential or sensitive nature to easyhome, please contact us directly by telephone at 1-866-823-3279 or easyfinancial at 1-888-502-3279 to arrange for delivery/transmission of such information by secure means.

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your experience on our website, to facilitate the online application process and for internal research and reporting purposes. A "cookie" is a bit of information that a website sends to your web browser that helps the site remember information about you and your preferences, such as your IP address and the pages of the website that you visit. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to refuse cookies altogether. If you refuse cookies, however, you may not be able to use certain features of our website, view ads based on past visits to our website, report or interact with ad impressions.

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. These other websites are not governed by our Privacy Policy and we are not responsible for any personal information which you provide while visiting other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

In compliance with Google's advertising policies, we use Google Adwords Search Engine Marketing (Pay Per Click) and Display Advertising (Remarketing and Google Display Network). We use Google AdWords Remarketing in compliance with the Google AdWords Interest-Based Advertising Policy, which means that you may see our advertisements on Google and other third party websites on the internet after visiting our website.

We use Google Analytics for Display Advertising, including Remarketing, Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting, Google Display Network Impression Reporting and the DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration. You have the option to opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads. For all the currently available opt-outs, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

We use the data collected through Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting to better understand our website visitors in terms of demographics and interests, to improve our website content in order to cater to our audience, and to customize advertisements based on our audience's interests and demographics.

Consent

Consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information may be given in various ways. Consent can be express or implied. In some circumstances, where notice has been provided to you about our intentions with respect to your personal information and you have not withdrawn consent, you will be considered to have consented for the purposes identified and described to you.  By submitting personal information to goeasy or its service providers and agents, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of such personal information as described in this Privacy Policy or otherwise at the time of collection. If you provide goeasy or our service providers and agents with personal information of another individual, it is your responsibility to obtain consent from such person to enable us to collect, use and disclose such information for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy. Subject to legal or contractual requirements and reasonable notice, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting goeasy's Privacy Officer at the contact information set out at the end of this Privacy Policy. If you withdraw your consent, we may be limited or unable to provide you with certain services or information.

In certain circumstances, as permitted or required by law, we may collect, use or disclose personal information without the knowledge or consent of the individual. These circumstances include but are not limited to: personal information that is publicly available as defined by regulation; where collection is clearly in the interests of the individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way; where disclosure is made for the purposes of collecting a debt owed to us; or to comply with a subpoena, warrant or court order.

Inquiries or Further Information

goeasy has appointed a Privacy Officer to oversee compliance with this Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws. Any questions related to the Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information by goeasy can be addressed directly to the Privacy Officer at:

Privacy Officer, goeasy Ltd.,

33 City Centre Drive, Suite 510

Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 2N5, Canada

If you are not satisfied with our response to a privacy-related matter, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at 1-800-282-1376 or at www.privcom.gc.ca. or in Alberta or British Columbia, your provincial privacy regulator, as applicable.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make a change to this Policy, we will post such changes on our website located at www.goeasy.com.
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