A Menu for You Celebrating July 4th and Summer, Too

Enjoy Classic Guacamole to Veggie Burgers to Red, White & Blue Potato Salad and More

Here are some early summer favorite recipes in a menu for you celebrating July 4^th and summer, too. Whether you celebrate by yourself this year or with a family member or two or with friends, make something wonderful.

Definitely make a pitcher of cool and refreshing Honey-Ginger Lemonade. The honey provides the just right flavor and sweetness to balance spicy, fresh ginger tea and tart lemon juice.

A larger group

A more celebratory meal for a larger group might be a Veggie Burger with all the fixings, or a perfectly cooked half of Slow Roasted Salmon. Either way, do include a side of Red, White and Blue Potato Salad and/or Tri-Colored Vegetable Slaw.

Leave Room for Dessert

On a hot summer day, homemade frozen yogurt made with fresh berries provides the perfect ending. Though, as it’s early summer, should you have access to fresh rhubarb, you might prefer to complete your meal with this Strawberry Blackberry Rhubarb Fruit Salad (photo at the top of the page) with Whipped Coconut Cream. 

A Menu for You Celebrating July 4^th and Summer, Too

Classic Guacamole

Celebrate all summer with this fresh and chunky guacamole. Serve with crisp jicama chips, cucumber rounds, sliced carrots or your own homemade, crispy Tostaditas (baked corn tortilla chips).

Vegan Burgers with Quinoa, Black Beans and Lots of Veggies

What a treat. Tasty, moist, gluten and dairy-free veggie patties that hold together well. Fabulous on a slice of garden tomato topped with pesto. Great as a burger on a bun with mustard or ketchup and all the fixings.

Tricolor Slaw – Kale, Chard, Cabbage & Carrots

Enjoy crunchy texture and layers of flavor in this easy and colorful recipe for Tricolor Slaw. Kale, chard, purple cabbage and carrots tossed in a zingy vinaigrette with fresh basil, parsley and oregano.

Red, White and Blue Potato Salad

Colorful red, white & blue fingerling potatoes tossed with garden herbs and a boldly flavored Mustard Vinaigrette. A standout and color-appropriate potato salad for picnics and barbecues this 4^th of July and all through the year.

Raspberry Frozen Yogurt with Chunky Raspberry Sauce

Simply 4 ingredients and 3 steps. That’s all it takes to make this creamy, deeply flavored Raspberry Frozen Yogurt. Such a treat on its own. And even more delicious when topped with a glistening Chunky Raspberry Sauce.