Cold side dishes for potluck and picnic – Grab a plate and get ready to dig into these tasty potluck and picnic sides. Our recipes for cold pasta salads, crowd-pleasing veggie skewers, and shareable side dishes are sure to be a hit at your next summer picnic or potluck. You can prepare these easy cold side dish recipes — great for potlucks, picnics, or festive cookouts — without fearing they’ll get cold by the time you arrive at your destination. Enjoy!


Bacon Jalapeño Popper Cheese Balls
These super festive bacon jalapeño popper cheese balls make for a real crowd-pleasing appetizer!

Healthy Chicken Pasta Salad with Avocado, Tomato, and Basil
Healthy chicken pasta salad is packed with flavor, protein and veggies. Try this pasta salad recipe for a quick lunch or a light dinner!

Apple Feta Spinach Salad
This healthy spinach salad recipe is crunchy, sweet, and full of fresh flavors. A perfect vegetarian spinach salad for lunch or a light dinner!

Apple Bacon Coleslaw
This coleslaw recipe only takes a few minutes to make and is packed with bright and delicious flavor! Super creamy, crunchy, and fresh coleslaw you can make in a cinch!

Easy Corn Avocado Pasta Salad
Pasta salad with creamy avocado slices is so easy to make! the best Pasta salad to add to your dinner table. - One bowl of this healthy pasta salad will delight even the pickiest eaters!

Cheesy Corn Fritters Recipe
These Corn Fritters are crispy on the edges, soft in the middle – A great side dish for a host of dinners!

Spicy Deviled Eggs
This spicy deviled eggs recipe is a classic, bite-size hors d'oeuvre for an elegant Easter buffet.

Perfect Marinated Tomatoes with Mozzarella
These marinated tomatoes make a perfect hors d’oeuvre full of fresh summer flavors!

Tomato Cucumber Salad Recipe
This tomato cucumber salad is crisp, refreshing, and full of flavor–the perfect light side dish for any occasion!

Healthy Coleslaw {No Mayo}
Healthy coleslaw recipe without mayo or sugar! This light coleslaw recipe with Mediterranean accents is perfect bliss for your potlucks, barbecue, or any outdoor event!

Roasted Zucchini Salad
This roasted zucchini salad is super flavorful and healthy, you’ll want to make it all summer long!

Healthy Cabbage Salad with Orange-Lime Dressing
This cabbage salad recipe is crunchy, healthy, and perfect for your midweek lunches or large gatherings.

Cilantro Lime Watermelon Salad
Sweet, fresh and juicy - This Cilantro Lime Watermelon Feta Salad recipe is a definite crowd pleaser!

The Easiest Creamy Cucumber Salad
This creamy cucumber salad recipe is delicious and refreshing — Great for grilling or a light dinner!

Jalapeño Watermelon Salad
This watermelon salad is easy to make and so refreshing—enjoy summer in a bowl!

Baked Corn on the Cob and Garlic Parmesan
This baked corn on the cob recipe with garlic and parmesan is a huge crowd-pleaser!

Roasted Potato Salad
This roasted potato salad recipe is super nourishing and packed with flavor. The perfect side dish for your BBQ menu.

Crispy Parmesan Zucchini Fritters
Crispy zucchini fritters are a perfect healthy snack with fresh zucchini!

Apple Kale Salad
This kale salad recipe is packed full of hearty nutrients and tastes amazing!

Baked Zucchini Fries
These Baked Zucchini Fries are an amazing lightened-up appetizer everyone will love.

Grilled Corn Salad Recipe
This easy grilled corn salad recipe is your ultimate summer side. Made with grilled corn, jalapeño, red onion and a juicy dressing. Goes with virtually anything!

Shredded Carrot Salad
This Carrot Salad recipe is my go-to for lunch or a quick meal prep salad

Cucumber Strawberry Salad
This cucumber strawberry salad with watermelon is the perfect summer side to serve with grilled chicken or steak. What would be more cooling than a freshly cut strawberry salad?

Spicy Corn Salad
Easy and delicious corn salad recipe - A great light lunch or side for bbq and grilling.

Tomato Potato Salad
This tomato potato salad recipe is light, nourishing, and super delicious. Bring the potato salad to your next potluck and prepare yourself for rave reviews!

Mozzarella Pasta Salad
This mozzarella pasta salad is the perfect side dish or main course for a warm Spring or Summer evening!

Creamy Corn Salad
This crowd-pleasing fresh corn salad recipe will always disappear fast at your summer potlucks and BBQs.

White-Bean Salad with Pesto Vinaigrette
Our white bean salad only take minutes to prepare, and is packed full of healthy veggies. You'd better bookmark this white bean salad recipe, because we know you’ll use it a lot!

Fried Baby Potatoes with Garlic Brown Butter
These epic Fried potatoes baby with garlic brown butter are the perfect side dish to practically anything!

Cheesy Broccoli Fritters
These light, cheesy broccoli fritters take just 30 minutes or less to make for a healthy side or lunch.

Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potato Cakes
These potato cakes make for a super easy side dish, light dinner or lunch!

Homemade Herbed Butter
This herbed butter with parsley, chives, cilantro, lemon and chili pepper will enhance the flavor of many of your dishes.

Grilled Chili Lime Butter Corn on the Cob
This Grilled Corn on the Cob recipe is recipe a flavor-packed side dish for your backyard BBQ — So easy and flavorful!

Brussels Sprouts Salad
Brussels sprouts salad with an apple cider salad dressing is a family favorite side salad that goes well with everything.

Corn Chicken Salad
This Corn chicken salad recipe is light, delicious, and perfect for a lunch on-the-go.

No-Mayo Potato Salad
A quick and lighter version of the classic potato salad, with a delicious kick of spice.

Summer Kale Salad
Healthy, tasty and super nutritive, if you’re looking for the perfect summer salad, this is it!

Chunky Strawberry Guacamole
Dazzle your guests with this creamy guacamole! So Fresh! The best last-minute appetizer ever.

Avocado Quinoa Salad
This avocado quinoa salad is super healthy and loaded with tons of fresh flavor!

Raw Beet Salad
This colorful beet salad is ideal for summertime alfresco dining and dinner parties.

Cucumber Salad with Creamy Dill Sauce
This fresh cucumber salad recipe is here to help you conquer your cravings!

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
This Mediterranean chickpea salad recipe is a bright, colorful, and delicious salad perfect for hot summer days.

Grilled Zucchini with BBQ Sauce
Grilled Zucchini with the best BBQ Sauce is a quick and simple Grilled Zucchini recipe guaranteed to impress! Backyard barbecue, with a vegetarian twist!

Red Cabbage Salad and Apple Pomegranate
Cabbage Salad Recipe is Perfect for a quick lunch on the go or a fresh dinner starter, this tangy raw slaw is also supremely cleansing.

Marinated Zucchini Noodles
These marinated zucchini noodles are the perfect addition to your summer grilling, or as a delicious, refreshing appetizer.

Grilled Garlic Mushroom Skewers
These grilled garlic mushrooms on skewers are so good, you’ll want to make them every single day of the week!

Grilled Corn with Garlic and Parmesan
This grilled corn recipe is perfect as a side for your barbecue parties, or as salad for a quick lunch on the go!

Grilled General Tso’s Cauliflower Kabobs
These grilled cauliflower kabobs are crunchy-sweet twist on a take-out favorite!

Grilled Peaches with Prosciutto and Feta
A perfect summertime appetizer with only 3 ingredients.

Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad
This Pesto chicken pasta salad recipe is like a circus of flavors at every bite!

Grilled Peaches Recipe
These Grilled Peaches are perfect for summertime! The perfect healthy dessert.

Tomato Basil Strawberry Salsa
This tomato basil strawberry salsa is the perfect fresh and tasty side for your weekend cookouts!

Fresh Pineapple Salsa with Sesame Tortilla Chips
This pineapple salsa is a healthy recipe full of fresh tropical fruit and veggies.

Cucumber Avocado Salsa
This refreshing salsa recipe is perfect for your potlucks, BBQs, meal preps or protein bowls. Enjoy!
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