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From potato salad to pasta salad, to dips, there is a recipe here that your family and guests will adore! Add all of them to the “must make again” list and be the hero of your cookout.
Loaded Baked Potato Salad (Instant Pot or Stovetop)
This loaded Instant Pot Potato Salad is the dish that everyone will love. This recipe has mayo-free options for a healthier potato salad and is the perfect make-ahead side dish for your next BBQ. No pressure cooker? You’ll also find stovetop instructions included in the post.
Tortellini Pasta Salad
This Tortellini Pasta Salad is a simple and easy meal that you can throw together in 15 minutes or less. Perfect as a fast side, main dish, or quick lunch, this cold tortellini salad will become a family favorite.
Mango Pico de Gallo
Homemade Mango Pico de Gallo is a delightful and quick salsa you can use to top lots of recipes or enjoy it with crispy tortilla chips. You’ll love the bright flavors of this fresh fruit salsa.
Grilled Tomatoes With Cheese
Full of flavor, these Grilled Tomatoes With Cheese will be your new favorite appetizer or side dish. Juicy tomatoes and feta cheese are grilled on the BBQ, roasted in the oven, or baked in the air fryer.
Greek Yogurt Coleslaw
This simple Greek Yogurt Coleslaw recipe not only tastes delicious but it is easy to make too! This zesty coleslaw without mayo has creamy Greek yogurt and a touch of horseradish.
Cucumber and Onion Salad
This make-ahead Cucumber and Onion Salad is a summertime superstar. Simple and delicious, the fresh ingredients let the garden-fresh produce shine in this easy cucumber salad.
Instant Pot Cowboy Beans
You’ll be the hit of your next BBQ or picnic with these Instant Pot Cowboy Beans. Slightly sweet, amazingly smoky, and ready in a flash. You’ll find both Instant Pot and slow cooker instructions in the recipe card.
Shopska Salad With Feta
You’re just 15 minutes away from the best summer salad! This Bulgarian Shopska salad is loaded with colorful veggies, dressed in a simple vinaigrette and topped with shredded Feta cheese. A great appetizer, side salad, or a meal on its own next to a slice of bread.
Twice Baked Potatoes
These Air Fryer Twice-Baked Potatoes are a perfect weeknight dinner, snack, or appetizers. They’re baked, not fried, and are packed with so much flavor with just a few ingredients.
Artichoke Salad
This delicious Artichoke Salad is a healthy and simple recipe that is the perfect make-ahead side dish. Canned artichokes, feta, tomatoes, and fresh herbs pair beautifully with a flavorful marinade.
Beetroot and Feta Salad
With just 15 minutes of active cooking and a few simple steps you can make this flavor packed beetroot and feta salad. Served a bit warm and loaded with beets, feta cheese, fennel and roasted pine nuts it’s a salad that works in all seasons – and for any salad skeptic.
Instant Pot Mac and Cheese
This is the creamiest Instant Pot Mac and Cheese you’ll ever make! Even better, it can be made in one pot – no muss, no fuss. Pressure cooker macaroni and cheese is so easy (no roux!), and is ready in under 20 minutes.
Creamy Pesto Pasta
With only three ingredients and 10 minutes cook time, this creamy pesto pasta will soon become a weeknight staple in your house. Vibrant, garlicky pesto sauce mixed in with Greek yogurt makes this easy dinner recipe both simple and comforting.
Garlic Hummus
Learn how to make the best homemade Garlic Hummus Recipe ever! This recipe produces a creamy, smooth, and light homemade hummus!
Greek Yogurt Deviled Eggs
These Greek Yogurt Deviled Eggs are a delicious and lighter take on a classic recipe. And thanks to the high protein in yogurt, these make the perfect no mayo deviled eggs.
Ranch Coleslaw
Make this simple ranch coleslaw in just 15 minutes, and be the star of your next barbecue. With store-bought mayonnaise & ranch dressing this dish couldn’t be easier to make – or more loaded with flavor!
Vegan Quinoa Salad
This Vegan Quinoa Salad is packed with flavor and cooks in a flash! A delicious make-ahead quinoa side dish that is full of crunchy veggies and a homemade zesty sauce.
Green Pea Salad
This tasty green Pea Salad couldn’t be any easier! It’s a simple make-ahead vegetable dish that‘s packed with flavor and uses frozen peas and Greek yogurt.
Cold Soba Noodle Salad
This 10-Minute Cold Soba Noodle Salad is the fast main or side dish you have been waiting for! Packed with flavor, it comes together in a flash using pantry staples. It’s even better the next day, so consider this a meal prep dream dish.
Cheesy Garlic Bread
Transform a simple baguette into Cheesy Garlic Bread with the best homemade garlic butter spread. This easy garlic cream cheese bread recipe lets you make a delicious and affordable side from scratch.
Blue Cheese Coleslaw
Make Blue Cheese Coleslaw in under 15 minutes for the perfect side for any steak, barbecue, or buffalo-flavored dish. With lots of blue cheese flavor and well-balanced seasoning, this will quickly become your new favorite coleslaw version.
Avocado Mango Salad
This 10-minute avocado mango salad is a delicious, healthy side for any type of protein – and especially delicious next to a piece of grilled fish or chicken. Super easy to make with mango, avocado, lime and fresh cilantro – and salted roasted peanuts are what sends this salad over the top!
