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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.
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Buttery Shrimp with Worcestershire Sauce

White rectangle plate of smoked salmon cucumber rounds with capers, onions, and chopped dill and parsley. Top view.

Smoked Salmon Cucumber Bites Appetizer

Top down view of white bean dip with lemon zest on top in a wood bowl.

Creamy Lemon Cannellini Bean Dip

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

Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese Pie

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Easy Cranberry Walnut Cake

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The Best Homemade Apple Pie

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Easy Marinated Lemon Dijon Flank Steak

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

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

Three pieces of ribs with bone on a white and brown plate with remaining ribs in background on cutting board. Close up,

Easy Oven Baked Asian Style Sticky Ribs

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Easy Quick Pickled Shishito Peppers

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Easy Baked Lemon Butter Salmon

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Easy Corn and Edamame Succotash

One taco filled with chicken, cole slaw, cilantro, sliced jalapenos, and 3 sliced radishes. Ingredients in background.

Chicken Tacos with Enchilada Sauce

Top down view of a white plate with chopped greens with quartered figs and pine nuts and goat cheese. Fork on the side of plant and pine nuts on the side.

Fig and Goat Cheese Salad with Kale and Pine Nuts

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

Deviled Eggs with Pickled Chow Chow

Raw Okra on a Silver skewer over a bowl of cherry tomatoes and halved peaches.

Easy Whole Grilled "unslimy" Okra

Top View Corn & Lima Bean Succotash with diced Zucchini In A brown Bowl with a Wood Spoon

Butter Bean (Lima Bean) and Corn Succotash

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

Easy Lemon Dill Green Beans

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

1 white plate with corn on the cob with butter and dusted with chile powder. 3 pieces of plain corn on the cob in the background.

Corn with Honey Lime Compound Butter

Grilled Chicken Thighs (with grill marks) on a bed of green salad w/ pineapple chunks on a white plate

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Side view of 3 jars of deep red cherry fig jam with spoons sticking out. Close up.

Easy Fig Jam - No Pectin, No Canning

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

Easy Cole Slaw Dip (Mexican Cabbage Dip)

3 Corn Grilled in Darkened Husks and peeled back to exposed charred kernals.

Grilled Corn On The Cob in Husk

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Dry Rubbed Oven Baked Chicken Leg Quarters (Drumsticks and Thighs)

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Baked Thai Chicken Drumsticks

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Easy Tomato Tart with Puff Pastry

Crostini (little toasts) topped with spreaded mascarpone, a peach slice, and a mint leaf. Several crostini's ona wood cutting board.

Peach and Mascarpone Crostini

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

Easy Oven Roasted Whole Okra

Green Shishito Peppers blistered with dark sear marks in a cast iron pan.

Cast Iron Blistered Shishito Peppers

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Fresh Cold Gazpacho Soup Recipe

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Easy Frozen Corn and Tomato Salad

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Simple Pan Fried Zucchini Rounds

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Baked Tomato and Goat Cheese Pasta

Close up of wood bowl of cucumber soup with chunky cucumber and red onion garnish. White bowl of cucumber garnish on side.

Cold Cucumber Dill Soup

Pink Watermelon Popsicles in plastic molds with coloful tops. Around 14 popsicles.

Easy Homemade Watermelon Popsicles

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

Bone In Skin On Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs

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

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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.