I’ve got some of my summer favorites here! These Fourth of July Recipes are perfect to help you celebrate the holiday. From side dishes to fun berry desserts and festive treats, I’m excited to share all of them with you. Let me know which ones you will try!

Fourth of July Recipes

Patriotic Dirt Pudding
Y’all this one is just too good!! If you love a traditional dirt cake, then you will love this one! Watch me make it on Instagram here! It’s perfect for Fourth of July!

Cucumber, Onion, and Tomato Salad
This is the salad I make on repeat all summer long!

Corn and Zucchini Casserole
Another one of my favs! It’s a delicious side dish for sure! Watch me make it here.

Easy Salted Caramel Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
This little treat is WONDERFUL and WONDERFULLY EASY! Watch me make it here!

Fiesta Corn Dip
This dip has a little something special in there!

Red, White, and Blue Cookie Mix Bars
These are fun to make and very festive! Here’s the video!

Strawberry Wet Cake
This is one of the best cakes! It’s got a funny name, yes, but a such a great cake!

Mini Cherry Cheesecake Trifles
This one can be made in a 13 x 9 pan too! Or make them in disposable clear cups for easy clean up and great for outdoors.

Smoked Chili Con Queso Dip
This is great on the smoker! It can be made in the oven too.

Best Rice Dressing
This a classic side dish in Louisiana!

Cilantro Dip
And y’all know I would not have a list like this and not include this recipe!

Layered Salad
Another one of my favorite side dishes!

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Everyone in my family loves a good dirt pudding recipe!! It’s by far their most favorite dessert of anything I make. So it was not a surprise that this Patriotic Dirt Pudding became a big hit! I mean just give me a darn spoon because I absolutely loved this one too!!

And really is any dessert more beautiful than one with strawberries and blueberries? They always make great show-stoppers! So let’s see what you need to make this beautiful dessert this summer!

What do you need to make this Patriotic Dirt Pudding?

• cream cheese
• instant vanilla pudding
• Cool Whip
• butter
• powdered sugar
• milk
• Golden Oreos
• strawberries
• blueberries

Can you make this dessert with regular Oreos?

Yes, this would be fine to make with regular chocolate Oreos.

How to get those perfectly hulled strawberries?

I found this little tool and I LOVED it!

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Patriotic Dirt Pudding

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Ingredients

• 14 oz package of Golden Oreos
• 2 small boxes instant vanilla pudding
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 12 oz cool whip
• 8 oz block cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 16 oz. strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 6 oz. blueberries

Instructions

1. Crush Oreos in a food processor. (This can also be done by putting them in a plastic storage bag and crushing them with a rolling pin).

1. In a large bowl, whisk pudding mixes and milk for about 30 seconds. Set aside to thicken while you make the cream cheese mixture.
2. In another large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add and beat in powdered sugar.
3. By this point, pudding should be thickened. Whisk it a little more to combine thoroughly. Whisk in cool whip into pudding.
4. Pour pudding mixture into cream cheese mixture and mix until combined.
5. Begin layering in large trifle. Start with layering a third of the crushed oreos, a layer of a third of the pudding, layer sliced strawberries along the side, another third of oreos, and another third of pudding, layer blueberries along the side. and the final third of pudding, and the final third of oreos. Top with strawberries and blueberries.

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Other Summer Desserts You Might Like:

• Mini Cherry Cheesecake Trifles
• Triple Lemon Poke Cake
• Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
• Mocha Brownie Ice Cream Cake
• Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream Pie
• Salted Caramel Brownie Ice Cream Cake

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I don’t know about you guys, but summer is my FAVORITE time of year! I’m a teacher and a mom of four kids, so we live our best life all summer! Today was officially the last day of school, and tomorrow is our first official day off. I have a summer to-do list ten miles long, but I will not skip out on laying and snacking by the pool and doing all the fun summer things. I teamed up with some friends to bring you 15 Fun Summer Snacks and Must-Haves to help you guys kick your summer off to a great start as well!! You will find so many fun summer items including my FAVORITE CILANTRO DIP and MY NEW FAVORITE SUMMER T-SHIRT!

My Favorite Summer Recipe!

Nothing says summer more to me than this recipe for Cilantro Dip! It is our favorite dip to have on repeat all summer long! Watch me make it on Instagram here!

Favorite Summer Must-Haves

Now it’s time to dish out our favorite things! We’re sharing our top summer finds paired with our ultimate summer snack faves. Check out what we’re loving for the season.

Electric S’mores Maker

Flameless Candles

Slushie Maker Cup

 

Fun Matching Card Game

Summer T-shirt

Stanley Tumbler

 

Inflatable Play Pool

One Shoulder Romper

3-Tier Dessert Stand

 

Solar Mason Jar Lights

PAW Patrol Popsicle Mold

Inflatable Cooler Trays

 

Portable Mini Fan

Retro Fast Food Baskets

Multipurpose Beach Bag

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We have rediscovered our ice cream machine lately.  It was a wedding present, so ours is 18 years old.  I love that all these years later I am still getting to enjoy it with my kids.  We started off making this Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream, and now we have other favorites too!

This ice cream is so yummy and perfect!  We’ve topped our brownies, made cookie sandwiches, and even enjoyed it all on its own.  Heavy cream has been on just about every grocery list.  Since I always have the other stuff to make it, we get to enjoy it all the time.  No one is sad about that!

Tips and Tricks for Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream:

• Keep your ice cream bowl in the freezer.  It will always be ready for your next batch.
• Mix in crushed oreos before placing in the ice cream maker.  This makes a really chocolatey cookies and cream version.   
• You can even use this vanilla paste to amp up your vanilla flavor.
• I found these patriotic cups on Etsy.

Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream - This easy ice cream recipe is only 5 ingredients and egg-free.  We are making it on repeat around our house all summer!

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Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup 2% milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tbsp vanilla

Instructions

1. Mix heavy cream, milk, sugar, salt, and vanilla with a whisk.
2. Pour into an ice cream machine and churn ice cream fro 30 to 45 minutes or until it is a soft serve consistency. Serve immediately and store the rest in a sealed container in the freezer.

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What other treats go well with Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream?

• Turtle Brownies
• Dr. Pepper Vanilla Float Cake Brownies
• Gooey Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Bars
• Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies

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