4th of July Recipe Round Up

Hi Everyone! I'm Nicole, Annette's web manager and friend, and today, I'm bringing you a 4th of July recipe round up. I'll say it once, and I'll say it again, the fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. For the past eight years, we've spent the holiday at the beach with my husband's family, and we're here again having a great time. It's always so much fun.Since we're at the beach to celebrate, we're always looking for easy recipes that we can recreate without much effort. We're on vacation after all! Thank goodness for the power of Pinterest. I don't know about you, but I always find some of the best ideas there, and 9 times out of 10, they're easy to execute.Here are some of my favorite 4th of July recipes that I found this year. On our menu? Patriotic ice cream sandwiches. And of course, we wouldn't skip the sparkling sangria!Kick off your holiday with an appetizer for a crowd. This cheese and onion dip with festive accruements had me at hello. It's such a clever idea to cut tortillas into star shapes with cookie cutters. Then all you need to do is add stripes of red pepper for dipping, too and voila!Don't put away the cookie cutters just yet. Instead, use them again to make festive star shapes out of fruit for a sparkling sangria. This recipe sounds yummy and fresh. Add some red, white, and blue straws or cocktail napkins to really celebrate.Of course, no celebration is complete without an easy dessert. We've got our eyes on these patriotic ice cream sandwiches, but this easy ice cream cake looks amazing, too! And if you decided to make both, I'd be okay with that too. It is a celebration after all!Have a wonderful 4th of July!xo, Nicole