TIP OF THE DAY: Red, White & Blue Recipes

June 27, 2010 at 7:59 am · Filed under July 4th/Independence Day, Recipes, Tip Of The Day

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Plan ahead for at least one red, white and blue recipe for July 4th.

You can start the day with plain or vanilla yogurt, topped with raspberries and blueberries.

For lunch, make red, white and blue potato salad (keep skins on red-jacket potatoes with your favorite recipe, sprinkle top with crumbled blue cheese) and decorate the bowl with a perimeter of blueberries.

Use blue and red tortilla chips with your regular nachos recipe, along with white Cheddar or other good white melting cheese. Sprinkle some blue cheese or goat cheese (it‘s very white) atop the red salsa.

For appetizers or snacks, make a white bean dip and garnish the perimeter of the bowl with a few raspberries and blueberries.

For dessert at dinner, top ice cream with strawberry or raspberry purée and whipped cream, sprinkled with blueberries. You can make a parfait by layering the ingredients in a sundae glass or wine goblet. (See our Ice Cream Glossary for ice cream terms.)

Or, add any red and blue berry combination to cake, cupcakes, sorbet and any white cheese. Use toothpicks to anchor berries for a red, white and blue “centerpiece cheese” on a cheese tray.

Instead of macaroni salad, make a pasta salad with white pasta, halved red cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes) and garnish with blue cheese and/or blueberries.

You can also find red and white-striped ravioli to serve with red sauce or white Alfredo sauce and blue cheese.

Serve pink lemonade with blueberries and raspberries. You can freeze blueberries and raspberries in the ice cubes, and sprinkle a few of each in the drink for a dramatic effect.

For dessert, how about a watermelon “napoleon?” cut slices of watermelon into squares. Make a three-decker napoleon, filling the layers with whipped cream and berries.

For more Independence Day food and beverage ideas, select the July 4th category in the column at the right.

And please share your own ideas!

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