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Fire up the grill and get ready to feast! This page is packed with delicious cookout recipes perfect for any backyard gathering. From smoky grilled mains to fresh and flavorful salad sides, you’ll find everything you need to create a memorable outdoor meal. Whether you’re a BBQ pro or just love a good summer spread, these recipes are sure to impress.

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Some of our favorite recipes

It’s always hard to pick just 4 favorites. But if I have to choose (and I do) these are 4 of my favorite summer foods right now. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Leg quarters on a plate resting after cooking on the grill.

Grilled Leg Quarters

You will love grilled quarter chicken, it is tender and full of flavor. And who doesn’t love a crispy skin? They are really easy to make too!

Grilled Quarter Chicken Recipe

Grilled Loaded Potato Foil Packets

These are the best potatoes in foil packets! The flavors of a loaded potato and cooks perfectly on grill!

Loaded Potatoes in Foil Packets

Coleslaw prepared in a bowl ready to serve.

Homemade Sweet Coleslaw

If you like to have a slightly sweeter coleslaw, this one is for you! It is a delicious side dish to pair with any cookout foods.

Sweet Coleslaw Recipe

Stuffed pizza burger on Texas toast on a small serving plate ready to eat.

Best Grilled Pizza Burgers

Pizza burgers are something we love here. We make ours on the grill here with some garlic toast as the bread – delicious!

Grilled Pizza Burgers Recipe

Breakfast Ideas

Apple cinnamon rolls with salted caramel drizzled over the top and one roll is on a serving plate ready to eat.

Salted Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Pancakes stacked on a small serving plate with maple syrup being poured over top.

Banana Oatmeal Pancakes

Stack of pumpkin pancakes on a plate with butter on top and maple syrup pouring over the top.

Pumpkin Pancakes with Yogurt

Pancakes on a plate topped with blueberries and strawberries while maple syrup is being poured over them

Blueberry and Strawberry Pancakes

Dessert Ideas

2 popsicles with berries and yogurt out of the mold and on a plate ready to eat.

Easy Berry and Greek Yogurt Popsicles

No bake strawberry blueberry cheesecake cut with a slice on a dessert plate ready to eat.

No Bake Strawberry Blueberry Cheesecake

Coconut eggs on pastel colored plates with different color Easter grass around them for decoration.

The Best Homemade Coconut Eggs

Chocolate cupcakes with one cut in half to show strawberry filling in the inside.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Filling

Dinner Ideas

tuna noodle casserole with potato chips in a casserole dish being spooned out to serve.

Easy Tuna Noodle Casserole with Potato Chips

Baked ravioli being spooned out of a baking dish after cooking.

Easy 5 Ingredient Baked Cheese Ravioli

Stuffed pizza burger on Texas toast on a small serving plate ready to eat.

The Ultimate Stuffed Pizza Burgers

Leg quarters on a plate resting after cooking on the grill.

The Best Grilled Chicken Leg Quarters

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Baked ravioli being spooned out of a baking dish after cooking.

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Homemade cranberry sauce in a serving bowl with a spoon scooping some out.

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