If you’re asked to bring something to a July 4th shindig, here’s a recipe that couldn’t be easier, no cooking required!

In fact, the recipe is so easy that a tween or teen (or adult who “doesn’t cook”) can make it. It’s built in a springform pan instead of a traditional glass bowl.

The recipe is courtesy Taste Of Home and Kaia McShane of Munster, Indiana, who advises, “This luscious trifle tastes best if made the day before serving. Keep additional blueberries and raspberries on hand for decoration.”

If you’re going to make and serve it immediately, we prefer homemade whipped cream to the frozen topping.

Total prep time is 20 minutes plus chilling.

RECIPE: RED, WHITE & BLUEBERRY TRIFLE

Ingredients For 12 Servings

Preparation

1. WHISK together in a large bowl the condensed milk, 2% milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes. Fold in the sour cream.

2. TOSS the blueberries and raspberries with lemon juice in another bowl.

3. LAYER half of the cake cubes, half of the berry mixture and half of the pudding mixture in a greased 9-in. springform pan. Repeat. Refrigerate, covered, at least 2 hours before serving.

4. SERVE: Remove rim from the springform pan. Serve with whipped topping and, if desired, additional berries.

Find many more recipes at TasteOfHome.com.

Enjoy the summer’s fruit bounty straight, in fruit salads, yogurt, pies, ice cream, smoothies and … green salad.

Strawberries or watermelon salad plus greens and feta or goat cheese are time-honored additions to a green salad.

But you can create your own recipe. For a July 4th salad, how about a red, white and blue green salad with raspberries, blueberries and diced applies? Instead of the apples, use feta or goat cheese for the white component.

The salad in the photo, from Souplantation, combines:

 
You can use a conventional vinaigrette recipe or a berry vinaigrette, adding a tablespoon of puréed berries to the recipe.

In a tasty and fun collaboration, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi and the West Texas-style BBQ sauce purveyor, Daddy Sam’s, have collaborated on a limited-edition summer barbecue grilling sauce.

Called Woodbridge Wine ‘Cue Sauce, a 19-ounce jar is available for $6.99 on Amazon.com through September 30, 2015.

The Woodbridge Cabernet contributes dark fruit and herbaceous notes. Daddy Sam’s selected a blend of spices that complement the wine’s flavors in the sweet, smoky sauce.

While infused with wine, the Woodbridge Wine ‘Cue Sauce does not contain any residual alcohol and is appropriate for all ages. The all-natural sauce is made in small batches with molasses—no high fructose corn syrup.

Unless you’re committed to beer, drink a bottle of Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon with your barbecue, burgers or brats. The SRP is just $6.99 per 750mL bottle, $10.99 per 1.5L bottle.

But don’t dawdle: This sauce will be off the shelves on September 30th. You can buy lots, though; it has a two-year shelf life. Stocking stuffers, anyone?