Plan a Sunset Picnic

Home for the Fourth
Plan your Independence Day reunion around these scrumptious family favorites.

This menu will complement your holiday activities with the season's favorite foods--burgers, shrimp, fresh tomatoes, green beans, and blackberries. Most of the recipes can be made the day before.

Fourth of July Recipes:
1. Shrimp Rolls
2. Berry Blue Fizz
3. Marinated Green Beans With Tomatoes, Olives, and Feta
4. Sweet-and-Savory Burgers
5. Fresh Blackberry Pie
6. Potato Salad
7. Chewy Red, White, and Blue Cookies
 

Independence Day Picnic
Enjoy this menu, complete with a printable shopping list, at your Fourth of July celebration.

4th of July Menu:
(serves 8)
1. Philly Firecrackers
2. Grilled Marinated Vegetable Salad
3. Creamy Dill Slaw
4. New Potato Salad
5. Homemade Lemonade
6. Granny Smith Apple Pie
7. Chocolate-Glazed Brownies

Box Lunches
Serve up party fun in brightly colored boxes, bags, and baskets.

Organize your odds and ends of ribbons, bags, and boxes, and you'll be surprised how many treasures you discover. These tips will get you started. After you make your creative containers, use them to serve any of these yummy recipes:

Picnic Menu:
1. Fresh Pesto Pasta Salad
2. Green Chile-Pimiento Cheese
3. Sherried Chicken-and-Grape Salad
4. Smoked Turkey Wraps
 

Simply Sweet Picnic
It's true: Food seems to taste better at a picnic.

Rollups, slaw and sweet treats round out a grand time, relaxing outdoors.

Picnic Menu:
1. Turkey and Ham Rollups
2. Sour Cream Coleslaw
3. Lemonade Cupcakes
4. Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade