40 Easy & Delicious Recipes for a Summer BBQ

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.

 

Appetizers

 

1. Basil Whipped Goat Cheese

 

2. Grilled Peaches with Burrata, Honey, and Pistachios

 

3. Deviled Eggs

 

4. Greek Salad Hummus Board

 

5. Mexican-Style Street Corn Dip

 

Sides

 

6. Peach Tomato Caprese

 

7. Grilled Corn Salad with Tomato and Avocado

 

8. Dill Cucumber Salad

Source: Foodie Crush

 

9. BBQ Sweet Potatoes

 

10. 5-Ingredient Marinated Tomatoes

Source: Pinch of Yum

 

11. Instant Pot Pinto Beans

Source: Isabel Eats

 

12. French Potato Salad

 

13. Grilled Vegetables

Source: Foodie Crush

 

14. Creamy Kale Caesar Salad

 

15. Strawberry Panzanella Salad with Balsamic Glaze

 

16. Vegan Pasta Salad with Lemon Herb Dressing

 

17. 20-Minute Vegan Pesto Pasta Salad

 

Main Dishes

 

18. Sweet Potato Cheddar BBQ Chicken Burgers

 

19. BBQ Baby Back Ribs

 

20. Grilled Chicken with Chipotle-Whiskey BBQ Sauce

 

21. Extra Crispy Carrot Spinach Quinoa Burgers

 

22. Sticky, Sweet, and Spicy Grilled Ginger Chicken

 

23. BBQ Tofu Vegetable Kebabs

Source: Emilie Eats

 

24. Cheesy Pickle Pretzel Sliders

 

25. Taco-Style Veggie Dogs

Source: Emilie Eats

 

26. Pineapple Pork Burgers

Source: Budget Bytes

 

Sweets

 

27. Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips

 

28. Baked Peach Hand Pies

 

29. Mixed Berry Slab Pie

 

30. Waffle Cone Fruit and Yogurt Cups

 

31. Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches

 

32. Grilled Angel Food Cake with Pineapple, Coconut, and Caramel

 

33. Olive Oil Blondies with Chocolate Frosting

 

Drinks

 

34. Lillet Spritz

 

35. Watermelon Margarita

Source: Isabel Eats

 

36. Citrus Honey Lime Mint Mocktail

 

37. Cucumber Melon Gin Spritzers

 

38. Sparkling Cherry Lemonade

 

39. Ranch Water

 

40. Frozen Aperol Spritz