Burgers and fried chicken. It doesn’t get more 4th of July in the south than that. Celebrate all week with easy recipes to make Crispy Southern Fried Chicken, potato salad, burgers with grilled pineapple, ice cream desserts and more! This is summer meal planning made easy.
This Week’s Secret To Success
- Can we just say delicious? Because this week’s dinner recipes come together to make some really outstanding meals!
- And before anyone says they can’t fry chicken or grill a pineapple, these recipes have simple, guaranteed, step-by-step instructions to ensure every cook is absolutely successful every time they turn on the stove and grill.
- These recipes also share important ingredients like fresh broccoli and garden vegetables that make grocery shopping easy, can be prepped all at the same time and ready to go for the whole week!
- If you’re attending a July 4th cookout or potluck this week, these recipes are also some great make and take options
- Still not sure about frying bone-in chicken? Try my Crispy Ranch Chicken Tenders instead.
- All of your meal planning is done for you, and holiday stress is now at a zero!
A successful meal isn’t just about tasty or convenient recipes. It’s also about what happens around the table. So finish strong, and set a table that makes your family & friends feel special.
This version of my Red, White & Blue table can can be delivered to your door just in time for July 4th! Add a potted flowering plant or fern from your local nursery as your centerpiece, and you’re good to go! It’s so much fun to celebrate!
- Blue and White Melamine Serving Tray with Bamboo Rim
- Red & White Stripe Cocktail Napkins
- Red & White Check Cloth Dinner Napkins
- 6 Blue Glass Goblets (sunflower pattern)
- Natural Seagrass Napkin Rings
- Stainless Steel Silverware with White Handles
- Red & White Check Cloth Tablecloth
- Navy Blue Plastic Party Plates (disposable)
- Red & White Polka Dot Paper Cup/Bowls (12 oz)
Menu 1- Hawaiian Burgers with Grilled Pineapple
These burgers are one way that you can take the ordinary and make it special with just a little change or two. And isn’t that what good cooking and hospitality are all about? With a little pork sausage and a slice of grilled hala-kahiki (pineapple), and you’re headed from “I guess we’ll grill burgers tonight” to a grilling island style! Serve ot Southern Deviled Egg Potato Salad and Crunchy Broccoli Salad with strawberries for a delicious cookout!
Menu 2- Crispy Southern Fried Chicken
Golden crispy outsides, juicy, tender insides and loads of mouthwatering flavor from all the right seasonings, this Southern Fried Chicken recipe is the best of the best! And with these easy-to-follow steps, anyone can serve up this Sunday dinner classic just like a pro. This week, put it on the table with an easy Garden Fresh Salad & Lemon Vinaigrette and a delicious pan of Cheesy Broccoli Rice Casserole with real cheese & no canned soup!
Dessert This Week
Loaded with salted peanuts and layer of vanilla ice cream on an easy homemade Oreo crust and topped with the best fudgey chocolate topping you’ve ever tasted, this homemade, family-sized take on Dairy Queen’s Buster Bar Ice Cream Dessert is one of those summer treats that is just knock-your-socks off good.
Breakfast Made Easy
Strata simply means layers. This dish is just that—simple layers of flour tortillas, cheese, green chiles, and Canadian bacon, soaked in an egg and cream mixture just before being baked into golden yumminess. The chiles aren’t spicy, and the tortillas soak up the eggs and cream so that they puff up into what is almost a soft pastry. Overnight Green Chile Strata is a deliciously easy casserole to make so that you breakfast on hand all week!
Snacks This Week
Fresh garden vegetables come together to make one of the easiest appetizers and snacks of the summer. A Fresh Vegetable Crudité with ham & cheese is a marvelous sort of casual hospitality that can be quickly put together and, if done right, is so much more than a boring ol’ vegetable tray in a plastic container that no one wants to touch.
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Deliciously awesome food! The chicken…oh my goodness!
Thanks, Mary! Fried chicken is my favorite! It’s going to be a yummy week!