Summer BBQ Sides

Gather your grilling tools, invite your friends and family, and let‘s embark on this delicious adventure together. Get ready to create a harmony of flavors that will make your summer BBQs the envy of the neighborhood!

Creamy Carrot Salad

Creamy Carrot Salad is a fun, super easy, and quick way to serve a delicious carrot side dish. This salad combines the natural sweetness of carrots, the tropical tang of pineapple, the chewy texture of raisins, and a rich, creamy mayonnaise-based dressing, creating a harmony of flavors and textures.

Fresh Peach Salsa

Fresh Peach Salsa is a bright and refreshing summer salsa with a bold peach flavor that makes an excellent topping for fish and poultry dishes or can stand alone as a dip for tortilla chips. The juicy sweetness of the peaches is offset by the bite of the red onion. Add a bit of jalapeño for a little heat and this salsa will make the perfect addition to your summer BBQ, luau, or even to dress up your weeknight taco dinner!

Brussels Sprouts Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

This Brussels Sprouts Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing is bright with citrus for those spring days while the hearty brussels sprouts, bacon, dried cranberries, seeds, and nuts leave you warm and full. Not only is it delicious, it is ridiculously easy to make and can be done in less than 30 minutes!

Black Bean Corn Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

Black Bean Corn Salad with Honey Lime Dressing combines corn, black beans, avocado, red bell pepper, and red onion with a tangy citrus dressing. This dish is great as a side and can even be used as a dip for tortilla chips!

Zucchini Tomato Bake

When I think of summer food, this dish is front and center! Zucchini Tomato Bake features zucchini, tomatoes, and onions baked in a garlic, parmesan olive oil sauce and topped with breadcrumbs. It is fresh, unbelievably amazing, and throws a little party for your taste buds.

Broccoli Salad

Broccoli Salad pairs well with just about any main entree and is super easy to make. For this salad, we combine broccoli, bacon, red onion, roasted almonds, sunflower seeds, sharp cheddar cheese, and dried cranberries with a creamy mayo-based dressing.

Macaroni Salad

This Macaroni Salad combines elbow macaroni, hard boiled eggs, celery, and sweet pickles with a creamy, bright mayonnaise sauce. This recipe is extremely easy and flexible. You may add, subtract, and adjust ingredients to your liking.

Tortellini Artichoke Salad

Tortellini Artichoke Salad contains a wonderfully rich medley of Mediterranean flavors that is excellent as a side dish, lunch option, or filling snack. It combines tortellini, artichokes, black olives, roasted red peppers, garbanzo beans, tomatoes, red onion, and parmesan cheese with a delicious homemade dressing.

Kiwi Pineapple Salsa

Kiwi Pineapple Salsa is a bright and refreshing summer salsa with both sweet and sour flavors that makes an excellent topping for fish and poultry dishes or can stand alone as a dip for tortilla chips. Pineapple adds sweetness, kiwi and lime juice add sourness, while red onion serves to contrast and enhance both flavors.

Corn, Tomato, and Goat Cheese Salad

Corn, Tomato, and Goat Cheese Salad contains sweet corn, tomatoes, red onion, goat cheese, and avocado with a tangy vinaigrette dressing. The flavors in this salad are fresh and pair so well together. The sweetness of the corn and acidity of the tomatoes are balanced by the creamy avocado and slightly tart goat cheese. Combined with the red onion and tangy vinaigrette dressing, it is perfect for family functions, BBQs, or weeknight meals. This dish is super easy and can be prepared in under 30 minutes.

The Best Potato Salad

This Potato Salad really does live up to its name…it is The BEST Potato Salad! This recipe has been handed down in my family for a few generations and it is truly unique and delicious. To make this, we combine red potatoes, onion, and celery, infuse it with a homemade French dressing, and then mix with mayonnaise. The mayonnaise provides creaminess, the celery and onions add crunch, while the dressing gives it the perfect touch of tang!

Coleslaw

This traditional coleslaw combines cabbage and carrots with a creamy, tangy mayonnaise-based dijon dressing. Prepared in under 30 minutes, it makes an ideal side for your Easter feast!

Lemon Dijon Carrot Salad

This Lemon Dijon Carrot Salad is a fun and elegant way to serve a delicious and nutritious carrot side dish. For this side, we combine julienned carrots, chives, pineapple, walnuts, and raisins with a subtle but flavorful lemon dijon dressing.

Quick Honey Cornbread Pudding

Quick Honey Cornbread Pudding is a super moist, creamy, and buttery cornbread filled with delicious bits of sweet corn that takes 5 minutes to make! It is a perfect marriage between a sweet corn cake and rich corn pudding.

Cider Vinegar Slaw

Cider Vinegar Slaw combines cabbage, carrots, green onions, pineapple, and sliced almonds with a tangy cider vinegar dijon dressing. This no-mayo healthy coleslaw is zesty with the perfect combination of bite from the vinegar, earthiness from the almonds, and a slight sweetness from the honey and pineapple. Prepared in under 30 minutes, it makes an ideal side for BBQs, picnics, and weeknight meals!

White Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese

White Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese features elbow macaroni smothered in an extra sharp white cheddar sauce and topped with Italian breadcrumbs. This recipe is so easy and quick!

As you put away your grill and clean up the kitchen, remember the laughter, the conversations, and the pure bliss of enjoying a summer BBQ surrounded by the people you cherish. And until the next grilling season arrives, may your taste buds continue to dance with the flavors of these unforgettable summer sides.

Happy grilling, and happy memories!

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