These 21 easy prep-ahead recipes are perfect for your 4th of July celebration. Designed for convenience, these dishes can all be made or prepped almost entirely ahead of time, ensuring a stress-free and delicious holiday. Enjoy a variety of tasty options that will make your festivities a breeze!
Mashed Potato Casserole
With just a few minutes of prep, this mashed potato casserole recipe comes out super creamy and cheesy. And best of all? You can prep them ahead of time
Loaded Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes
This easy recipe is a family favorite, and only takes 15 minutes to prep! If you’re looking for classic comfort food you can make ahead of time, this recipe is for you.
Salmon Tartare
This quick & easy Smoked Salmon Tartare is the perfect prep-ahead appetizer. Delicious and sophisticated, it's seasoned with spicy French Dijon mustard and a hint of rum, and topped with crispy fried capers.
Smashed Potatoes
These garlicky Smashed Potatoes are the perfect preppable dinner party dish. Easy to make with just a few ingredients, they turn out crispy, cheesy and just plain delicious.
Blue Cheese Coleslaw
Make Blue Cheese Coleslaw in under 15 minutes for the perfect side for any steak, barbecue, or buffalo-flavored dish. With lots of blue cheese flavor and well-balanced seasoning, this will quickly become your new favorite coleslaw version.
Lamb Meatballs with Cilantro & Lemon
Quick and easy to make and full of delicious lemon & cilantro flavor! These Lamb Meatballs work just as well next to a pile of indulgent mashed potatoes as they do as an appetizer or as part of a buffet. A staple in my home, I've made these little gems since I learned how to cook - and they never fail to satisfy.
Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
Make delicious Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches in under 30 minutes for a sandwich that is decidedly "next level"! Spicy buffalo chicken combines with a tangy blue cheese coleslaw for a match truly made in heaven.
Greek Yogurt Mashed Potatoes
Greek Yogurt Mashed Potatoes is an easy and deliciously creamy, and lighter, mashed potato recipe you can make ahead.
Halloumi Wraps
Make the halloumi wraps that everyone loves - kids and foodies included! With halloumi cheese, red pesto (store-bought is fine), avocado and walnuts these wraps are packed with flavor, done in 20 minutes and super easy to make.
Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip
This amazing Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip is made from scratch in under 40 minutes, and you just need to really "cook" for 10 of those. With hot sauce, sour cream, chicken and blue cheese this is a buffalo lover's spicy dream.
Air Fryer Roast Beef
Cook up this Air Fryer Roast Beef in just 50 minutes for a hands-off dinner your whole family will love. You'll love the herby crust on the outside, as well as the juicy, tender, perfectly cooked center. All with just a few simple ingredients!
Ranch Coleslaw
Make this simple ranch coleslaw in just 15 minutes, and be the star of your next barbecue. With store-bought mayonnaise & ranch dressing this dish couldn't be easier to make - or more loaded with flavor!
Loaded Potato Skins
With only a handful of ingredients and just 10 minutes of prep, these air fryer potato skins will quickly become a new favorite! Seasoned with garlic and Worcestershire sauce with a taste of sharp, gooey cheese in every bite, these potato skins make the perfect appetizer!
S'Mores Casserole
This S'mores Casserole is a simple version of everyone’s favorite camping treat. Made in a baking dish so you can make it even without a campfire, and perfect to make for a crowd. Use graham crackers or digestive biscuits, and your favorite milk chocolate!
Pasta Salad Skewers
Everything you love about pasta salad comes together in these Pasta Salad Skewers that are a fun appetizer or side dish. These are easy to make ahead and great to serve to a crowd - no utensils necessary!
Red Pesto Pasta Salad with Veggies
Done in under 30 minutes with just 15 minutes of active prepping & cooking this red pesto pasta is packed with veggies & flavor. Easy to make with homemade or store-bought pesto - and just as delicious served cold as it is hot.
Smoked Salmon Pâté
Grab some smoked salmon and whip up this spread in just a few minutes.
French Potato Salad
Try the best easy, homemade potato salad! Without mayo, eggs or any dairy products it's made creamy the traditional French way with a Dijon mustard dressing - which makes it naturally vegan, gluten free and dairy free.
Summer Berry Gino
This super easy berry bake is filled with bananas, strawberries and blueberries and topped with white chocolate for a delicious dessert. Perfect for any dinner party - and great to prep ahead of time. Serve over vanilla ice cream for the ultimate, indulgent experience.
Meatballs without Breadcrumbs and Eggs
These meatballs without breadcrumbs and eggs are the best I've ever had! Easy to make and all done in under 1 hour. With 3 cooking methods: stove top, air fryer & oven. The end result? A juicy, flavor packed, tender meatball.
Mini Cherry Cheesecakes
Perfectly sized, perfectly sweet, perfectly decadent Mini Cherry Cheesecakes are the perfect after-dinner dessert. This bite sized dessert is easy to make ahead and also freezes really well.
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