July 4th is the one holiday where you can make everything (except meat) red, white and blue.

Our collection of 60 more July 4th recipes follows, for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, snacks, cocktails, and other beverages.

We start with a patriotic cocktail:
 
 
RECIPE: RED, WHITE & BLUE STRIPED (LAYERED) COCKTAIL

Ingredients For 1 Drink

 
Preparation

1. BUILD the drink in a rocks glass. Create the red layer by adding watermelon schnapps and cranberry juice over ice (or no ice, if a shot).

2. CREATE the white layer: Carefully add the lemon juice, simple syrup, and vodka.

3. CREATE the blue layer. Very carefully layer the blue Curaçao to create the color separation, and gently top with soda.

4. GARNISH with fresh watermelon cubes on a cocktail pick.
 
 
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NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

[1] Layered cocktail or shot. The recipe is at left (photo © Svedka Vodka).

[2] Yogurt breakfast parfait with star-shaped toast. Here’s the recipe from Smuckers (photo © Smucker’s).

[3] Red, white and blue potato salad. Here’s the recipe from U.S. Potato Board (photo © USA Potato Board).

[4] You can fill these mini-sandwiches with anything from PB&J to chicken liver mousse and fig jam. Here’s the recipe (photo © Smucker’s).

[5] Red, white and blue angel food cupcakes. Here’s the recipe (photo © Go Bold With Butter).

[6] Red, White & Blueberry Shortcake. Here’s the recipe (photo © Driscoll’s).