There’s something wonderful about summer get togethers. Spending time outdoors with your friends and family is a great way to spend a summer weekend or holiday. You may even want to plan a get together at least once a week or every other weekend. The only problem may be coming up with summer recipes to cook or take to a friend’s house. Thankfully, there are so many different options to choose from. You will find below a list of over 70 summer recipes ideal for BBQ, Picnics, and potlucks!
Summer Recipes for BBQ, Picnics, and Potlucks
The classic summer barbecue is an inexpensive way for families to get together. It’s a time when cousins hangout and get to know one another and parents get to kick back and relax. If you really want to relax, turn your summer barbecue into a potluck and ask everyone to bring a dish. This way, no one is carrying the entire cost of hosting the event. This allows you to get together more often.
Whether you want a dessert or something savoury, you can find some awesome summer recipes listed below. In fact, there are over 70 to choose from. That’s more than enough to get you through the summer. Shop the sales throughout the summer to stock your pantry so that you have the ingredients for a few of these on hand.
Summer Recipes
Go through the list below and see what sounds good to you. There are so many to choose from that you’re bound to find a few that you want to try. Even if you’re not having a barbecue, try making some of these for your family. It’s nice to switch things up and have new summer recipes on hand. You can also check out these 75 Easy Summer Dessert Recipes!
- Watermelon Pizza Recipe with Cream Cheese Icing (SUGAR-FREE, LOW CARB, GLUTEN-FREE)
- Best SUGAR-FREE LOW CARB Ice Cream Recipe (NO CHURN) – 4 INGREDIENTS
- Four Color Caprese Salad Recipe
- Herbed Cheese and Veggie Macaroni Salad Recipe
- Cheesy Bacon Potato Salad Recipe
- Chewy White Chocolate Lemon Bars
- Strawberry Lemonade Bars
- Yin Yang Slice-and-Bake Cookies
- Colorful Fresh Green Bean Salad
- Lemon Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Cucumber, and Feta
- Crockpot Baked Potatoes
- How To Smoke Great Ribs
- Tortellini Caprese Salad
- Grilled Corn Avocado Salad You’ll Want to Eat All Summer Long
- Grilled Whole Fish with Italian Bread Salad
- Cherry Limeade
- Asparagus Tortellini Pasta Salad
- Tomato & Cucumber Salad
- Creamy Potato Salad
- Three Chili Spiced Rubbed Chicken
- Lemon Butter Potatoes Recipe
- Grilled Corn with Pear Chorizo Salad
- Marinated Herb Butter T-Bone Steaks
- Succulent Grilled Chili Lime Shrimp
- Dry Rub Sweet Barbecue Pork Tenderloin
- Balsamic Vinegar Barbecue Ribs
- Creamy Potato and Green Bean Salad
- Roasted Vegetable Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
- BLT Pasta Salad
- Caprese Pasta Salad
- Simple Cucumber Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
- Broccoli Salad with Bacon and Cheese
- Creamy Macaroni Salad
- Barbecue Chicken Cobb Salad
- Sweet Pea Salad
- Pistachio Pudding Cool Whip Salad
- Easy Homemade Potato Salad
- 5 Ingredient Thai Peanut Lo Mein Salad
- Garlic Butter Grilled Shrimp Skewers
- Foil Packet Potatoes
- Pink Fluff Dessert Easy and Perfect For Potlucks
- Loaded Potato Salad Recipe
- Oreo Fluff Quick Easy Dessert! Perfect For Potlucks Or BBQs
- Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Burgers Recipe
- Chili Dogs Recipe
- Rainbow Fruit Pizza Recipe
- Mini Fruit Pizzas Recipe
- Guacamole Recipe
- BLT Dip Recipe
- Classic Guacamole Recipe
- Black Bean and Corn Guacamole Recipe
- Bacon and Egg Potato Salad
- Simple Greek Pasta Salad
- Caprese Pasta Salad
- Simple Pressure Cooker BBQ Pork Spare Ribs {Baby Back Ribs}
- Pressure Cooker Chinese BBQ Char Siu Pulled Pork
- Meatloaf Burger: A Recipe for the Best Grilled Hamburger
- Chianti Braised Short Ribs
- Coconut Chicken Bites with Sweet Chili Sauce
- Chicken Corn Chowder Casserole
- Sour Cream, Onion and Herb Mini Cheese Ball Bites
- Artichoke Wontons
- Super Easy Raw Broccoli Salad With Options
- Fluffy Angel Food Cake Delight with Fresh Berries
- Chocolate Cream Layered Dessert – Layers of Yumminess
- Smores Ice Cream Cake
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
- Mozzarella Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Onions
- Panini-Style Ham and Cheese Sliders
- Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Sliders
- Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings
Hope you enjoy these summer recipes as much as I did! Also, check out all of our recipes!
What are your favourite summer recipes? Is there anything that people request you bring to the family barbecue? Share your favourites below so that others can try them out.
Thank you for all of these awesome recipes They will be great to make for BBQ’s this summer
Wow, so many recipes here, I will go through the salad ones first.
Ooh! So many great recipes – the Oreo Fluff and Cucumber Salad with lime vinaigrette caught my eye 🙂 Thank you for sharing
My pleasure!
What a fantastic assembly of BBQ recipes, much appreciated, thank you Lyne 🙂
My pleasure! Plenty to choose from!
wow artichoke wontons sound interesting. So do many other of the recipes.
Always a recipe for all types of people, definitely can find a favourite among such a cool summery BBQ selection
What a great selection of recipes that are perfect for backyard entertaining.
This is a great list of recipes for all year long
A great selection of recipes. They are perfect for entertaining.
The Four Color Caprese Salad Recipe is very tasty.
Awesome round-up of yumminess! Thank you for sharing and pinning for later! Thank you so much!
My pleasure and thank you for pinning!