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4th of July Recipes

4 pieces (3 ribs each) of Cooked Baby Back Ribs With BBQ Sauce Broiled On with a knife and small black bowl of bbq sauce on a wood cutting board (3 eaten bones in the back). Side view. Horizontal picture.

Most people associate the 4th of July with hamburgers, ribs, cold salads like macaroni or potato and grilling out with family or friends.  Any why not?

But there are plenty of other delicious recipe options for Independence Day - have a look around to get inspired by these 4th of July recipes.

Try some of my favorite 4th of July recipes like:

  • Low Country Pickled Shrimp - One of my favorite dishes ever.  period. period.
  • BBQ Baby Back Pork Ribs - Everyone loves this easy dish even though it cooks for a while in the oven.
  • Easy Cucumber And Dill Cold Salad - cool off and make this quick side dish
  • Potato Salad with Egg and Mayonnaise - easy summer cold salad recipes.
Cranberry and Walnut Cake Baked Recipes, Cooked Golden Brown On A Round Pan.

Easy Cranberry Walnut Cake

Close up of elbow Macaroni & Yellow Cheddar Cheese Pie topped with golden buttery breadcrumbs.

Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese Pie

Top view of five pieces of cooked seared filet mignon in a cast iron pan on a white table

Easy Seared and Baked Filet Mignon

Yellow Golden Beets roasted and sliced and tossed with red onions and a dressing. On a wood plate with a wood spoon.

Roasted Golden Yellow Beets & White Wine Dressing

Close up of Deviled Eggs Topped with Chow Chow (Pickled Tomatoes) on a white plate

Deviled Eggs with Pickled Chow Chow

Chili Lime Compound Butter Roll on a wooden cutting board with a bowl of fresh lime juice with a teaspoon in it, fresh sliced bread, a lime, and ground chili powder with a butter knife.

Chili Butter with Lime and Honey

French green beans in a white oval platter with a tan trim tossed with dill.

Easy Lemon Dill Green Beans

Top down view of chunked kale on a white oval plate with chunks of orange mangos, cranberries, and pistachios on top.

Kale Salad with Cranberries, Pistachios, Goat Cheese

Chunked Romaine Lettuce on a white platter dusted with Parmesan cheese. Tongs on side. 2 glasses of empty wine glasses on side.

Vegetarian Caesar Salad

White bowl of ½ blended and ½ chunky cucumber and tomato gazpacho soup with basil leaf garnish

Fresh Cold Gazpacho Soup Recipe

Top view of wood bowl filled with white mayonnaise sauce with pickles.

Easy Homemade Tarter Sauce

Egg Salad mixed with mayonnaise and topped with chopped parsley in a white bowl with a wood spoon with a white napkin underneath the bowl. Very Close up.

Simple Chunky Egg Salad with Mayonnaise

Blue bowl of blended tan pinto bean hummus on a wood cutting board with a lemon half and spoon in the background.

Easy Creamy Pinto Bean Hummus

Top view of crispy browned bone in, skin on chicken thighs on a white plate on a white table.

Crispy Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs (Bone In)

2 bowls of orzo pasta in a green herb sauce with diced cucumbers, red onions, and green onions. One bowl has shredded parmesan and a spoon. Side view.

Lemon Dill Orzo Salad with Feta

Top view of a small white bowl of ceviche (diced white fish, red onions, yellow and red peppers, lime juice, and cilantro) with 3 crackers sticking out of bowl.

Amberjack Ceviche

Mason quart jar filled with whole okra and sliced red peppers.

Quick Pickled Refrigerator Okra

Verticle Bowl of Corn Chowder w/ Sweet Potatoes, Bacon, Cilantro, and Avocado Garnish. Close up.

Sweet Potato Corn Chowder

Small wood bowl filled with shredded cole slaw with crispy tortilla chips in it.

Easy Cole Slaw Dip (Mexican Cabbage Dip)

Raw whole okra laid on spaciously on a stainless steel baking sheet.

Easy Oven Roasted Whole Okra

Top view of white oval bowl of black beans with a cilantro leaf garnish.

Easy Spiced Up Black Beans

Spicy Red/Brown Chicken Drumsticks On A White Plate surrounded by celery and with with a white blue cheese dipping sauce in a bowl

Oven Baked Buffalo Chicken Drumsticks

4 pieces (3 ribs each) of Cooked Baby Back Ribs With BBQ Sauce Broiled On with a knife and small black bowl of bbq sauce on a wood cutting board (3 eaten bones in the back). Side view. Horizontal picture.

Easy Oven Baked BBQ Baby Back Ribs

Wood bowl of pimento cheese with 3 crackers and a small spoon hanging out. Crackers on plate in background and one with pimento cheese on it.

Easy Homemade Pimento Cheese

Guacamole in a wood bow with toasted pepita garnish with a spoon in bowl. Blue tortilla chips and bowl of salsa in background.

Pepita ( Pumpkin Seed) Guacamole

Apple, Celery, Raisin & Walnut Salad In A Brown Dish With a Spoon

Simple Apple, Celery, and Walnut Salad

St. Louis Ribs Baked In BBQ sauce on a wood plate with an orange napkin.

Oven Baked BBQ St Louis Ribs

Close up ofcooked jalapeno poppers filled with a brown orange crust and a chopped cilantro garnish. Top view, close up.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeño Poppers

Braised & Seared Beef Bone In Short Ribs with BBQ Sauce In A Yellow Shallow Round Baking Dish

Easy Oven Baked BBQ Beef Short Ribs

Small Potatoes, Shrimp, Sliced Andouille Sausage, Corn cooked and laid out on craft brown paper. Close up.

Easy Low Country Boil

Side view of 5 collard green wraps with one cut open to expose the quinoa and vegetables inside.

Quinoa, Hummus, and Vegetable Collard Green Wraps

5 seared cooked boneless skinless chicken thighs in a black pan on a white table. Top down view.

Easy Pan Fried Boneless Chicken Thighs

Side view. Slice of brown cake on white plate with fork with out of focus cake in background.

Easy German Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

Dry Rub Baby Back Ribs Cut With The bones still on and stacked on a wood plate..

Oven Baked Dry Rub Baby Back Ribs

White bowl of sliced thin and pickled red onions (pink hue). with a silver spoon out of the bowl on a dark wood table.

No Cook Quick Pickled Red Onions

Close up of wood bowl of green salad with raisins, crushed almonds, and red pepper flakes. Fork on the side.

Kale and Almond Salad with Lemon Dressing

Top view of artichoke salad with kalamata olives, sliced orange peppers, capers and a bowl of pickled red onions on the side.

Baby Artichoke Salad with Pickled Onions

White Bowl of farro, and edamame with a small bowl of toasted pine nuts and another small wood ball with a portion size of the dish topped with feta. side view.

Farro Salad with Edamame, Pine Nuts, Feta Cheese

Seared and thinly sliced pork tenderloin. Top view on a white plate with a sprig of rosemary in the background.

Balsamic Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Green Sweet Pea, Toasted Sliced Almonds & Thin Sliced Radishes in a brown bowl with a spoon hanging out.

Sweet Pea, Almond, and Radish Salad

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4 pieces (3 ribs each) of Cooked Baby Back Ribs With BBQ Sauce Broiled On with a knife and small black bowl of bbq sauce on a wood cutting board (3 eaten bones in the back). Side view. Horizontal picture.