22 Red, White, and Blue Recipes for Your Summer Food Festivities

Not only do the summer months offer up warmer weather, longer days, and time off from school, it also presents the perfect opportunity for cookouts! As soon as Memorial Day weekend hits, there will be potlucks, 4th of July celebrations, and back yard shindigs for weeks to come. And if you struggle to find the perfect side dish or a yummy alternative to the surplus of cupcakes and pies, we’ve got you covered with these good-for-you red, white, and blue recipes!

We know finding a healthy, delicious spread for next week’s BBQ can be a challenge, since there’s definitely no shortage of unhealthy festive recipes out there. That’s why we put together this collection of summer recipes that will make your party table pop without making your belt buckle bust.

 

22 Healthy Red, White, and Blue Recipes

For this collection, we are keeping things patriotic. It features an array of red, white, and blue recipes with bright, delicious salads, berries galore, and plenty of tasty desserts! These 22 recipes are perfect for the 4th of July, or any other time you want to highlight the colors of the USA.

 

Salads

Fruit and Nut Spinach Salad

Get the recipe: Spend with Pennies

 

Red, White, and Blue Salad With Beets, Blueberries, and Goat Cheese

Get the recipe: The Nohery

 

Red, White, and Blue Salad With Strawberries, Blueberries, and Feta

Get the recipe: Art From My Table

 

Hors d’oeuvres

Watermelon Fruit Pizza

Get the recipe: Openfit

Watermelon and Blueberry Sparklers

Get the recipe: Openfit

 

Red, White, and Blue Deviled Eggs

Get the recipe: Created By Diana

 

Star Spangled Skewers

Get the recipe: Stacey Homemaker

 

Fruit Salad

Strawberry Blueberry Jicama Salad

Get the recipe: The Whole Serving

Red, White, and Blue Fruit Salad

Get the recipe: Life Made Simple Bakes
Note: Using less honey helps keep the amount of sugar in this recipe to a minimum.

 

Patriotic Fruit Salad

Get the recipe: Eating Richly

 

Desserts

Red, White, and Blue Parfait

Get the recipe: Openfit

 

Yogurt Berry Parfait

Get the recipe: Openfit

 

Mascarpone Cheese Mousse Berries

Get the recipe: Low Carb Yum

 

Berry Patriotic Chia Seed Pudding

Get the recipe: Tasting Page

 

4th of July Patriotic Popsicles

Get the recipe: The Things We’ll Make

 

Red, White, and Blueberry Popsicles

Get the recipe: The View from Great Island

 

Double Berry Coconut Pops

Get the recipe: An Edible Mosaic

 

4th of July Coconut Water Fresh Berry Popsicles

Get the recipe: Back to the Book Nutrition

 

Firecracker Popsicles

Get the recipe: Fried Dandelions

 

Drinks

Tripple Berry Sangria

Get the recipe: Openfit

 

Red Wine Ginger Berry Cocktail

Get the recipe: Openfit

 

Sparking Red, White, and Blue Sangria

Get the recipe: Gimme Some Oven