July 4th is just around the corner which means I will be soaking up the sun on a lake and drinking about 832 La Croix this weekend. I finally feel back to myself after Vegas so I’m going to try not to drink too much alcohol while we spend the weekend with a ton of my husband’s close friends. Since we won’t be in our own kitchen, I plan on bringing LOTS of snacks with me (I’ll share them on snapchat, if you’re interested!). But if I were in my own kitchen on the 4th of July, here are some of the recipes I would be making for me and my guests! For me, all backyard parties should include something creamy like a dip or potato salad, finger food, delicious and refreshing cocktails or mocktails, something that can be grilled to make clean up easy AND some sort of bomb dessert to make my own life happier. The dessert is just really a selfish thing because I better get an effing dessert at a party. People who don’t serve desserts at parties are just assh*les.
Here are 60 of my favorite PaleOMG recipes that would be perfect for this weekend! You really can’t go wrong with any of them! Enjoy and be sure to share your creations on instagram using the #paleomg hashtag so I can see what you guys are loving!! It helps me create even better recipes in the future, knowing exactly what you love!! Happy Independence Day!
Snacks/Sides/Appetizers:
Watermelon and Cucumber Mint Salad
Honey Sweet Potato Poblano Salad
Bacon Wrapped Smoked Salmon Stuff Sweet Peppers
Chunky Pineapple Guacamole with Grilled Sweet Potato Chips
Smoked Salmon & Dill Deviled Eggs
Carrot Fries with Garlic Aioli
Grilled Chili Lime Sweet Potato Wedges
Cinnamon Bacon Backyard Sweet Potatoes
Entrees:
Grilled Pineapple Burgers with Spicy Avocado Cream
Artichoke Lemon Pesto Chicken Pasta
“Peanut” Pineapple Chicken Kabobs
BBQ Chicken Burgers with Sweet Potato Fries
Southwest Turkey Sliders with Spicy Avocado Slaw
Honey Lime Chicken Wings with Creamy Avocado Cilantro Dip
Beef Fajita Kabobs with Poblano Cilantro Pesto
Cocktails/Drinks:
Grilled Pineapple Jalapeño Margaritas
Frozen Strawberry Pineapple Margaritas
Strawberry Vanilla Bean Sparkling Lemonade
Desserts:
Mixed Berry Vanilla Bean Cream Tarts
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles
Caramel Coconut Cream Pineapple Popsicles
Salted Caramel Cookie Ice Cream Cups
Giant Vanilla Bean Chocolate Chip Cookies
Vanilla Berry Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Pastry Buttercream
100% agree on the dessert sentiment. Give me dessert or don’t bother inviting me.
How the hell are you so amazing to your readers??!?! I was just thinking “man why didn’t I start a Pinterest board for parties so I can figure out which foods to make this weekend” Instead you came to my rescue. Thank you, you beautiful, wonderful soul. I plan on making the lemon curd berry tarts, coconut lime margaritas, and the tequila cilantro lime chicken.
Thank you for this amazing roundup!! It’s tough to pick between all of these BUT I’m dying to try those vanilla bean cupcakes so I think that’s what I’ll make this weekend. Yum! Can’t wait!
Yum, these look delicious! I want to try out the honey lime chicken wings and pineapple margaritas ASAP! Thank you for posting these recipes 🙂
Sarah – https://goodmorningglow.com/
You seriously rock for giving us all of these amazing recipes!! I cannot wait to make some of the sides and cocktails!!
Everything here looks wonderful! I have to try the orange chicken kabobs, peanut kabobs, sweet potato salad, carrot fries and samoa brownies!
I love to click on these older posts to see what you were up to when you wrote them, and I was so happy the watermelon one was the one with Jackson’s poop stain on your shirt! “Is this what being a new mom is about because I AM NO INTO IT!” It cracked me up last time, and it totally cracked me up again 🙂 Also, thanks for all the awesome stuff you do.
bahahaha i wish i could say that this situation hasn’t happened again, but it totally has lol