4th of July Recipes
4th of July Recipes the Whole Family Will Enjoy
These 4th of July Recipes include salads, burgers, chicken and more for a smashing picnic or cookout. Many of these recipes are perfect for travel if you need something for a potluck.
4th of July Desserts
These 4th of July desserts include patriotic recipes like apple pie and flag cake, plus festive red, white and blue dishes, like red velvet cupcakes and blueberry cream cheese tart. Everyone at your Fourth of July celebration will love these desserts.
Bacon Cheeseburgers
These bacon cheeseburgers have the bacon mixed right into the burgers!
Blueberry Pie
This no-bake blueberry pie tastes wonderful, and it's super easy to make.
Apple Pie
What could be more appropriate for 4th of July than apple pie? All you need is a scoop of vanilla ice cream to finish this apple pie.
Broccoli Salad Recipe
This broccoli salad recipe is made with broccoli, raisins, bacon, cheese, almonds, and red onions. To make the broccoli more tender, it is blanched briefly before tossing into the salad. Picnics and potlucks are the perfect time to serve this broccoli salad recipe.
Baked BBQ Chicken Recipe
This baked BBQ chicken recipe is a treat for the senses. Bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces are browned, then brushed with BBQ sauce and baked slowly. This gives the chicken a chance to absorb the smoky sweet flavors of the barbecue sauce while still having a nice crust and a juicy inside.
Camping Recipes
These camping recipes are tasty, easy and fun for the whole family. Some of these recipes can be made in advance. Others can be done around the campfire. Either way, everyone will love these easy camping recipes.
BBQ Chicken
This BBQ chicken recipe gets all the great barbecue sauce flavor cooked right along with the chicken, and it's guaranteed not to burn, because it's made in an electric skillet.
Chocolate Brownies
These chocolate brownies are a little fudgy and a little cakey. Everyone will love these brownies.
Crockpot Baked Beans
This Crockpot baked beans recipe is made with dried beans, ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, hot sauce and mustard. These slow cooker baked beans are simple to prepare, but the recipe does take time. These Crockpot baked beans make a perfect side dish for barbecues and picnics.
Broccoli Bacon Salad Recipe
This broccoli bacon salad recipe will have even broccoli-haters clamoring for more. This recipe is made with fresh broccoli and lots of bacon. Juicy red grapes add sweetness and peanuts add crunch to this broccoli salad.
Broccoli Raisin Salad
This broccoli raisin salad is made with fresh broccoli, raisins, sunflower seeds and nuts. What makes this broccoli salad recipe unique is the citrus-infused yogurt dressing. Bacon makes a great garnish for this broccoli raisin salad recipe.
Broccoli Slaw Recipe
This broccoli slaw recipe is easy to prepare, because it starts with packaged broccoli slaw. Just add grated carrots, raisins and crunchy tortilla chip strips, and you've got a family-pleasing recipe for broccoli slaw salad.
Broccoli Salad
A broccoli salad with bacon, dried cranberries and toasted walnuts.
Broccoli Slaw with Cashews
This broccoli slaw recipe has two kinds of nuts plus sweetened dried cranberries. Picnics and potlucks are the perfect times to serve this recipe for broccoli slaw.
Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
This ice cream sandwich cake is refreshing, festive and easy to prepare.
Cabbage Salad Recipe
This cabbage salad recipe is made with cabbage, carrots, yellow peppers, red peppers, green peppers, celery and onions. A sweet vinaigrette dressing gives this cabbage salad great flavor.
Grilled Vegetables
Grilled vegetables are an easy and tasty side dish for cookouts, picnics and anytime. In this grilled vegetables recipe, mushrooms and zucchini are briefly marinated then tossed on the grill. A little salt is all you need to bring out the best flavor in these grilled vegetables.
Flag Cake
This flag cake makes a great patriotic cake recipe for Memorial Day or 4th of July. This American flag cake starts with a cake mix and is decorated with blueberries and raspberries. This American flag cake has a wonderful whipped cream frosting that goes perfectly with the fruit for this patriotic flag cake.
Grilled Pork Burgers Recipe
These grilled pork burgers have a slightly tangy flavor, thanks to the addition of mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Cheddar cheese makes a nice topping for these burgers.
Chinese Chicken Salad
Mandarin oranges and chow mein noodles add sweetness and crunchy to this tasty Chinese chicken salad recipe.
Grilled Corn on the Cob
Grilled corn on the cob is one of summer's greatest pleasures. Sweet and just a little smoky, this recipe for grilled corn will be the hit of every cookout. And it has just three ingredients. What could be simpler?
Blueberry Cobbler Recipe
4th of July is the perfect time to make this blueberry cobbler recipe, because it is typically the height of blueberry season. Pick the blueberries in the morning, and make this cobbler in the afternoon!
Everything Broccoli Salad Recipe
This broccoli salad recipe has a little bit of everything, including fresh broccoli, broccoli slaw, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds and cashews. The mayonnaise-based dressing will soften this cold broccoli salad if you allow the flavors to meld in the fridge for a few hours. Picnics are a perfect time to make this recipe for broccoli salad.
Broccoli Cauliflower Salad Recipe
This broccoli cauliflower salad recipe makes a perfect addition to a 4th of July barbecue. It looks great on the table, and everyone will want the recipe.
Couscous Salad
This couscous salad can be made at the last minute or in advance. Either way, it's delish!
Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
These soft chocolate chip cookies make the perfect end to a Fourth of July cookout. These chocolate chip cookies are so tender, everyone will ask you for the recipe.
Fruit Salad with Vanilla Pudding Recipe
Need to bring a side dish or dessert to a fourth of july picnic? This fruit salad with vanilla pudding is the ideal recipe. It's sweet and refreshing and everyone loves it. Use whatever fruits you like, just make sure the fruit is firm and not too watery.
10 Crisp Summer Salads
Summer salads are what separates the typical burgers and dogs BBQ from the pack. These summer salads include pasta salads, vegetable salads, rice salads, salads with chicken and more great summer salads. With these easy summer salads, you'll never be stuck for the perfect bring-along picnic recipe again!
Kids Salad Recipes
Make your 4th of July picnic a success with everyone in the family by serving these kids salad recipes. Adults enjoy them as much as kids, and they're so easy to make.
Grilled Chicken Breasts
Lime juice gives these grilled chicken breasts a splash of bright flavor. This simple grilled chicken recipe is always a hit with the kids.
Greek Pasta Salad Recipe
This Greek pasta salad is made with short-cut pasta, black olives, cucumbers, yellow peppers, and feta cheese. Bottled salad dressing makes this an easy pasta salad recipe.
Ultimate Picnic Planner
The best picnics are full of food, fun and laughter. These picnic food ideas and easy picnic recipes will help get the party started.
Peach Recipes
These peach recipes taste like summer. From peach desserts, like cobblers, pies, crisps and cakes, to peach oatmeal, peach salad and even peach salsa, there's a peach recipe here for every hour of the day.
Blueberry Recipes
These blueberry recipes include lots of fun ways to make your 4th of July special. Start the day with blueberry cornmeal pancakes and blueberry smoothies and finish it off with my blueberry pie or tart. Perfect for a 4th of July BBQ or picnic.
Mexican Chicken Salad Recipe
Mexican chicken salad makes a perfect lunch or light dinner. This chicken salad recipe has rotisserie chicken, black beans, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers and tortilla chips. A peanutty cilantro-lime vinaigrette makes the perfect dressing for this Mexican chicken salad.
Italian Pasta Salad
This Italian pasta salad recipe is a real crowd-pleaser.
Lemon Bars
Sweet, tart and loaded with lemon flavor, these lemon bars make a refreshing dessert for 4th of July or anytime.
Oven Baked BBQ Chicken
This oven baked bbq chicken recipe really allows the chicken to absorb all the flavors of the barbecue sauce. Because this barbecue chicken is not done on the grill, you don't have to worry about it burning. Any time of year is a good time for this oven baked BBQ chicken.
Pea Salad with Bacon
Make this pea salad with bacon for your 4th of July picnic, and everyone will beg you for the recipe. Even people who don't like peas will love this pea salad. It's the combination of salty bacon, crunchy peanuts and crisp celery and peas in a creamy dressing.
Mustard Potato Salad
This mustard potato salad is both sweet and spicy. Like many potato salad recipes, this one has relish for sweetness. Dijon mustard gives this recipe for potato salad tang. And hot sauce adds spiciness to this mustard potato salad.
Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza Recipe
This fruit pizza recipe works well for a 4th of July picnic or BBQ. Use strawberries, raspberries and blueberries for the topping to fit the 4th of July theme.
Peach Crisp Recipe
This peach crisp recipe makes a terrific 4th of July dessert for a summer barbecue or picnic. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Patriotic Coolers with Independence Ice Cubes
These patriotic coolers make a fun 4th of July drink recipe to make with the kids. The red, white and blue ice cubes make a real statement.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
End your 4th of July picnic on a sweet note with this soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe. It has dark brown sugar instead of light brown sugar for extra moisture and tenderness.
19 Burger Toppings and Recipe Ideas
Burger toppings are a great way to take ordinary hamburgers and turn them into something special. These burger topping ideas will really jazz up your fourth of July barbecue.
Broccoli Salad Recipes
If the fireworks don't excite your 4th of July guests, these broccoli salad recipes will. Crunchy, fresh, sweet and creamy, these broccoli salad recipes hit on all flavor cylinders.
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Moist, with just a hint of chocolate flavor, these red velvet cupcakes look great on a 4th of July picnic table.
Buttermilk Fried Chicken Recipe
Fried chicken makes a terrific 4th of July picnic food, because you can make it in advance and serve it hot or cold. Everyone loves this buttermilk fried chicken.
Blueberry Popsicles
These blueberry popsicles make a fantastic 4th of July treat the kids can make all by themselves. With just three ingredients, it's a snap!
Pulled BBQ Chicken
This pulled BBQ chicken recipe makes a nice change from the standard burgers and dogs on fourth of July. Keep the chicken warm in the Crockpot during your party and let guests help themselves.
Red Potato Salad
This red potato salad recipe has a bit of tang, thanks to a few dashes of hot sauce. Cucumbers provide a refreshing contrast to the creaminess of the dressing and the spiciness of the hot sauce in this red skin potato salad recipe.
Seven Layer Salad
Seven layer salad recipes are popular for potlucks and parties, because you can make them in advance. This seven layer salad recipe is no different. You can vary the layers to suit your tastes, but be sure to use a glass bowl for this popular seven layer salad.
Cheesy Deviled Eggs Recipe
Blue cheese and horseradish lend a bit of tangy flavor to this cheesy deviled eggs recipe. These deviled eggs make a terrific starter for any picnic or barbecue.
S'mores
Smores are classic campfire food -- and for good reason: they're easy to make, and they taste great. You'll only need three ingredients to make this s'mores recipe. Just be sure to help the kids with the marshmallows.
Deviled Eggs Recipe
Deviled eggs make a terrific starter for a 4th of July barbecue. This recipe is a real crowd-pleaser.
Easy Deviled Eggs Recipe with Hot Mustard
What could be more classic at a 4th of July picnic than deviled eggs? This easy deviled eggs recipe is a cinch to prepare. It has just four ingredients.
Strawberry Spinach Salad
This strawberry spinach salad is made with fresh strawberries, baby spinach, candied pecans and red onions. A sweet and creamy dressing balances out the flavors in this divine spinach strawberry salad.
Cherry Berry Dump Cake Recipe
This dump cake recipe will make a festive splash at your 4th of July party. Red cherries and blueberries serve as the filling for this easy dump cake recipe, which is made with a cake mix. Serve warm, topped with vanilla ice cream.
Grilled Mexican Chicken Recipe
Want to go beyond burgers and hot dogs for your 4th of July barbecue this year? This grilled Mexican chicken recipe is tender and juicy, thanks to a brief soak in a Mexican-flavored buttermilk marinade.
Tips for Grilling Burgers
These tips for grilling burgers will have you enjoying moist and juicy burgers every time.
Tortellini Salad Recipe
Healthy and refreshing, this tortellini salad is made with whole wheat tortellini, zucchini, red pepper, onions and mushrooms.
Deviled Eggs Recipes
What better way to kick off a 4th of July cookout than with deviled eggs? These recipes include something for everyone.
Brownies They'll Go Crazy For
Finish your 4th of July picnic with one of these chocolate brownies recipes. With 10 great brownie recipes to choose from, you're sure to find one that suits your fancy.
Grilled Chicken Breasts
Lime juice gives these grilled chicken breasts a splash of bright flavor. This simple grilled chicken recipe is always a hit with the kids.
Blueberry Pie Recipe
Blueberry pie is a natural dessert for a 4th of July celebration, because blueberries are typically at their peak this time of year. But even if you don't have fresh-picked blueberries, you can make this wonderful blueberry pie with frozen. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.