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Step 1
Meat. Obvious ideas are hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chicken, and ribs. However you could also try pulled pork sandwiches, bratwurst, mini sausages with bacon wrapped around them (Easy, just wrap half a peice of bacon around a mini sausage insert a toothpick and throw it in the oven, sprinkle some brown sugar on if you wish.) Chicken salad sandwiches (cut in triangles on a tray) or chicken salad on a cracker. You could try kabobs such as shrimp, steak, and potato, or chicken and pineapple, or even rib and green pepper. If you have any vegetarians coming have a tray with soy burgers and hot dogs for them to choose from.
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Step 2
Sides. For july 4th food ideas with sides look up recipes for new salads to try such as bean salads, potato salads, and macaroni salads. A good salad that is easy and quick is Betty Crocker's Suddenly Salad in Ranch. You can slice up some tomato and throw it in the mix and it will look like you worked for hours on it. Grilled potato skins with a variety of different toppings would make a beautiful idea. Put sour cream and chives on some, bacon and cheese on some, cream cheese and tomato on others for a colorful tasty apperance or think of some other ideas. Don't forget about some other veggies such as veggie kabobs, cream corn, sweet carrots, green bean casserole, candied yams, roasted corn on the cob (a favorite by many), stuffed peppers, corn bread muffins, and deviled eggs.
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Step 3
Desserts. Some popular july 4th food ideas for desserts are pies and cakes. Apple, cherry, and peach pie are some good ideas. Don't forget the whip cream. If your not in the mood to work on a pie sometimes a crumble or cobbler can be easier. Apple and Peach cobbler are great fourth of july food ideas for deserts. As for cakes, get creative! Try orange pineapple upside down cake, or even a basic vanilla cake with red white and blue designs on it. Cupcakes are even better because they are less messy. You could do blue ones, white ones, and red ones, with little flag toothpicks on them or something. Snickerdoodles, and chocolate chip cookies are good traditional cookie ideas. You could even try no bake cookies. Fruit kabobs are a grand idea! Watermelon, strawberries, grapes, apples, and pineapples are a nice refreshing treat on a kabob.
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Step 4
Drinks. Sweet Tea and Lemonade! No fourth of july meal should be without it. For easy clean up you could get Capri Suns for the kids, plus they will love them! Or even those little chubby kool aids in the small plastic containers would be a good idea. If you have soda make sure you have a variety including diets, make sure not to forget that. Have some bottled waters available too. For some extra spice you could make mixed drinks, or virgin ones, with the blender such as strawberry, mixed berry, or orange pineapple daquiries. Pina coladas are a tasty treat as well. Put a slice of fresh pinapple on the cup. Or if you serve tea or lemonade don't forget the lemon slice.
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Step 5
I will include a few links below for some website that offer recipes for july 4th food ideas.
