Whether you’d like a side dish to cook on the grill, or a make-ahead picnic salad, we’ve got irresistibly delicious, healthy side dishes for all your summer cookouts, BBQ parties.
Pasta Salad is an absolute must-have at cookouts and summer picnics. This easy recipe has all the bold flavors you love, but a few simple tweaks make it so much healthier, too.
I created this slaw specifically to cozy up next to BBQ meats, and it's become one of the all-time most popular summer recipes on my entire site.
Grape Salad is a summertime fave. This updated version features a lighter, healthier vanilla-cream cheese dressing. But it’s still every bit as refreshingly sweet and delicious.
This fantastic, super-easy recipe is so yummy and so versatile! You can toss it together with either fresh, raw corn or with toasty, grilled corn.
This lightened-up adaptation of classic potato salad works on a lot of levels! Oven-roasting the potatoes adds wonderful flavor and texture.
This speedy side dish is an updated riff on the beloved Bean Salad recipe served at the iconic Nick Anthe’s restaurant for more than 30 years. It’s uniquely delicious.