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Side Dishes For July 4th

Side Dishes For July 4th

BY: Michele
PUBLISHED: Jul 3, 2022
UPDATED: Jul 6, 2022
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If you are looking for amazing finger lickin good side dishes for July 4th, then I’ve got amazing side dish salad recipes that you will love. 

These tried and true Side Dish Recipes include make ahead recipes, such as vegetable salads, pasta salads, potato salads, and more, everything you need for a yummy outdoor barbecue cookout or picnic.

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  • Vegetable Salad Recipes
  • Pasta Salad Recipes
  • Potato Salad Recipes

Vegetable Salad Recipes

These salads made with summer salads are made with vegetables such as peas, broccoli, cucumbers, and more! Bursting with fresh flavor, you and your guests will love these delicious dishes.

Broccoli Salad

A perfect and popular cold salad for the summer, this broccoli salad is certain to satisfy all your family and friends. It’s so good that they will ask for it again at Thanksgiving!

Broccoli Salad
Broccoli Salad is a perfect cold summer salad when trying to beat the summer heat by chillin’ at a backyard barbecue, picnic, or potluck.
Check out this recipe
Photo of glass bowl with broccoli salad with cranberries, bacon and cheddar cheese on white marble countertop

Chopped Vegetable Salad

When you want a more traditional salad with crisp salad greens and fresh chopped vegetables, then this needs to be your go-to summer salad.

Vegetable Chopped Salad Recipe
This delicious Chopped Vegetable Salad is vegan, gluten-free, loaded with fresh vegetables, and makes a great side salad or base salad that fits in every type of meal plan.
Check out this recipe
Overhead view of a chopped vegetable salad on a white plate with a blue napkin and bread and green onions in the upper right and a fork in the upper left.

Cucumber Tomato Salad

This light and refreshing cool and crisp cucumber salad has a slight Mexican twist. It is one that has been a hit with my family and I’m sure will be make a perfect side dish for BBQ Brisket, chicken, or whatever you will be grilling or smoking this 4th of July!

Cucumber Tomato Salad (With a Mexican Twist)
This Cucumber Tomato Salad with sliced cucumbers, fresh tomatoes, sliced red onions, in a red wine vinaigrette, includes a Mexican twist with the addition of crumbled cotija cheese, Mexican oregano, and chopped cilantro. It makes a truly delicious and refreshing summer salad!
Check out this recipe
Cucumber Tomato Salad with a Mexican Twist

Marinated Green Bean Salad

Bursting with fresh flavors and bright colors, this crisp make ahead salad is easy to make ahead and transport to your July 4th summer cookout.

Marinated Green Bean Salad
This light and refreshing marinated cold green bean salad makes a perfect salad or side dish for your next picnic, potluck, or barbecue.
Check out this recipe
Overhead view of a large bowl of marinated green bean salad topped with cherry tomatoes and red onions, with a fork laying on top, surrounded by a blue napkin, a bowl of parmesan cheese, some tomatoes, and a red onion.

Pea Salad

Made with sweet green peas and love, this recipe was one that my Mother-in-Law brought to every family gathering with it was for a 4th of July Barbecue, Easter dinner, or Thanksgiving dinner! From our family to yours, I hope you enjoy this recipe!

Grandma Lois’ Sweet Green Pea Salad
This delicious creamy sweet pea salad was the recipe my Mother-in-Law brought to every holiday dinner. It makes a delicious side salad or side dish for any meal.
Check out this recipe
Grandma Lois' Spring Pea Salad-6

Pasta Salad Recipes

For every outdoor picnic, cookout, or summer barbecue, pasta salads are a requirements. Everyone expects them because they go so well with Barbecue Chicken, Brisket, Pulled Pork, and more!

Best Classic Macaroni Salad

Cool and creamy and loaded with chopped ham, this Classic Macaroni Salad is one pasta salad that is pretty much a must have dish for your 4th of July get together.

Best Classic Macaroni Salad Recipe
This cool, creamy Classic Macaroni Salad base recipe, can be easily customized with ham and colorful vegetables, for the Best Classic Macaroni Salad ever, and will be the most popular side dish at your summer BBQ or picnic!
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Best Classic Macaroni Salad Recipe

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad

With spicy Buffalo Chicken in a creamy ranch dressing, this cool summer salad gets a kick of hot sauce and blue cheese!

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe
This Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad is a tangy, creamy pasta salad with chicken, shell pasta, celery, carrots, and tomatoes, covered in a creamy sauce made with spicy Buffalo Wing Sauce, like Frank’s Hot Sauce, and ranch dressing with bleu cheese crumbles.
Check out this recipe
Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe

Caprese Pasta Salad

With fresh basil and summer tomatoes, this cool pasta salad pairs with with zesty barbecue main dishes.

Caprese Pasta Salad
This Caprese Pasta Salad, with its summer tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil leaves, coated in a red wine vinaigrette and drizzled with a Balsamic Glaze, makes a perfect pasta salad for a picnic, potluck, or summer party!
Check out this recipe
Caprese Pasta Salad Recipe with a Balsamic Glaze

Corn and Pea Pasta Salad

With fresh summer corn combined with peas and pasta, this side dish salad will be a hit at your summer party!

Creamy Corn, Peas and Pasta
Creamy Corn, Peas and Pasta is a delicious, versatile pasta dish that can be used as a side dish or a vegetarian main dish.
Check out this recipe

Orzo Pasta Salad

Pasta salad made with orzo pasta with corn, tomatoes, and more, and covered in a refreshing summer lemon flavored vinaigrette

Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe
Orzo Pasta Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette is a refreshingly light summer pasta salad with feta and summer vegetables like corn, tomatoes, and cucumbers.
Check out this recipe
Close up of Orzo Pasta Salad with orzo, corn, peppers, and more in blue serving bowl.

Potato Salad Recipes

Potato Salads are synonymous with outdoor barbecues. They go together perfectly whether you are smoking a brisket, or grilling chicken. Enjoy these cool, colorful potato salads.

Bacon Ranch Potato Salad

With popular flavors like bacon and ranch combined with spicy jalapeños for a Texas twist, everyone will be begging for more of this delicious potato salad.

Bacon Ranch Potato Salad
This Bacon Ranch Potato Salad adds bacon and ranch to this potato salad that is made with roasted potatoes and jalapenos for a Texas twist on your favorite picnic dish!
Check out this recipe

Classic Picnic Potato Salad

This recipe is what you typically think of when you think of potato salad. It has all the classic flavors that your family and friends will love!

Easy Picnic Potato Salad
This Easy Picnic Potato Salad recipe makes your classic American potato salad that is perfect to take to a picnic or potluck this summer.
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Greek Potato Salad

With your traditional Greek ingredients, such as black olives and feta cheese, this potato salad is covered in a Greek dressing. Certain to be popular among family and friends at your next barbecue.

Greek Potato Salad
Greek Potato Salad is an easy, healthier potato salad with a Greek vinaigrette dressing, feta cheese, black olives, and tomatoes, perfect for a picnic.
Check out this recipe

Loaded BBQ Baked Potato Salad

A truly Texas barbecue classic potato salad, with sour cream, cheddar, bacon and more! Just like your favorite baked potato with all the toppings, but just in a potato salad form.

Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad
Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad is a creamy potato salad dressed up like a Texas style loaded baked potato topped with barbecue sauce similar to what you would find in one of our local Texas barbecue restaurants.
Check out this recipe

With all the above side dish summer salads to choose from, you are certain to find a few favorites for your July 4th barbecue. Make them ahead of time and transport them as needed to our outdoor cookout. Enjoy these favorite eats and have a happy, healthy, and safe 4th of July!

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