Summer means cookouts. Whether you’re truly cooking outside on your grill or making due indoors, you can still partake in all of your summer favorites, from burgers and veggies, to salads, dips, and cocktails. To help you embrace all that summer has to offer (food-wise, at least), we rounded up 33 easy and delicious summer barbecue recipes you can make all season long.
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Appetizers
1. Basil Whipped Goat Cheese

Source: What’s Gaby Cooking
2. Grilled Peaches with Burrata, Honey, and Pistachios

Source: Two Peas and Their Pod
3. Deviled Eggs

Source: Grandbaby Cakes
4. Greek Salad Hummus Board

Source: Spices in My DNA
5. Mexican-Style Street Corn Dip

Source: The Defined Dish
Sides
6. Peach Tomato Caprese

Source: What’s Gaby Cooking
7. Grilled Corn Salad with Tomato and Avocado

Source: By Erin Clarke of Well Plated
8. Dill Cucumber Salad

Source: Foodie Crush
9. BBQ Sweet Potatoes

Source: The Rustic Foodie
10. 5-Ingredient Marinated Tomatoes

Source: Pinch of Yum
11. Instant Pot Pinto Beans

Source: Isabel Eats
12. French Potato Salad

Source: One Lovely Life
13. Grilled Vegetables

Source: Foodie Crush
14. Creamy Kale Caesar Salad

Source: The Movement Menu
15. Strawberry Panzanella Salad with Balsamic Glaze

Source: Jessica in the Kitchen
16. Vegan Pasta Salad with Lemon Herb Dressing

Source: The College Housewife
17. 20-Minute Vegan Pesto Pasta Salad

Source: Jessica in the Kitchen
Main Dishes
18. Sweet Potato Cheddar BBQ Chicken Burgers

Source: Ambitious Kitchen
19. BBQ Baby Back Ribs

Source: Grandbaby Cakes
20. Grilled Chicken with Chipotle-Whiskey BBQ Sauce

Source: The Defined Dish
21. Extra Crispy Carrot Spinach Quinoa Burgers

Source: Orchids + Sweet Tea
22. Sticky, Sweet, and Spicy Grilled Ginger Chicken

Source: Ambitious Kitchen
23. BBQ Tofu Vegetable Kebabs

Source: Emilie Eats
24. Cheesy Pickle Pretzel Sliders

Source: My Name is Yeh
25. Taco-Style Veggie Dogs

Source: Emilie Eats
26. Pineapple Pork Burgers

Source: Budget Bytes
Sweets
27. Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips

Source: Two Peas and Their Pod
28. Baked Peach Hand Pies

Source: Oh, Sweet Basil
29. Mixed Berry Slab Pie

Source: Sally’s Baking Addiction
30. Waffle Cone Fruit and Yogurt Cups

Source: Oh, Sweet Basil
31. Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Source: Sally’s Baking Addiction
32. Grilled Angel Food Cake with Pineapple, Coconut, and Caramel

Source: My Sequined Life
33. Olive Oil Blondies with Chocolate Frosting

Source: My Name is Yeh
Drinks
34. Lillet Spritz
35. Watermelon Margarita

Source: Isabel Eats
36. Citrus Honey Lime Mint Mocktail

Source: Orchids + Sweet Tea
37. Cucumber Melon Gin Spritzers

Source: Spices in My DNA
38. Sparkling Cherry Lemonade

Source: Chungah Rhee | Damn Delicious
39. Ranch Water
40. Frozen Aperol Spritz

Source: The College Housewife