fare for the fourth
07.03.11
Whether you are hosting or bringing a dish to a barbecue this fourth, there are plenty of ways to get patriotic in presentation.

All images spotted via pinterest.com, 1. 2. recipe 3. womansday.com, 4. template 5. marthastewart.com, 7. eny my cooking, recipe here
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April 23, 2012 at 1:00 AM
[...] am in love with Pinterest – so much inspiration! Today someone posted this image from Impressed Inc showcasing yummy, chic ideas for Fourth of July fare that would be perfect for a July 4th wedding! [...]
April 24, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Ugh!! I hate when people repost images for things from Pinterest, but don’t use the original link. What is in the first pic??? It appears to use blueberries and watermelon, but what is the white? Cream cheese squares?
April 24, 2012 at 3:33 PM
They are white cheddar or possibly monterey jack cheese squares
April 25, 2012 at 7:17 AM
i think i would use white grapes instead of watermelon
April 25, 2012 at 7:18 AM
i meant insted of cheese
April 25, 2012 at 4:49 PM
I agree EverReadyMom! But It does look like cubed cheese. Perhaps you could use a light honeydew melon. I don’t know what’s on the open faced sandwich. Blueberry, tomatoes and banana? Not a good combo.
April 26, 2012 at 1:49 PM
pineapple would be yummy as the ‘white’ as well.
April 26, 2012 at 5:05 PM
clicked on the link to get the recipes for 1 and 3 but didn’t come up.
1. is blueberries, watermelon and what is the white made of?
April 26, 2012 at 6:43 PM
EverReadyMom if you will go to my pintrest page I found the link
April 26, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Sorry everyone I didn’t realize the pinterest links were no longer valid. I found the original sources to all but #6, adjusted now in the post.
April 27, 2012 at 8:38 AM
For the white, I would use a crisp apple…..That speaks “America” to me more than cheese. AND it would keep the fruit theme.
April 28, 2012 at 6:27 AM
Looks like the open face sandwiches have strawberry jelly. These are so cute!!
May 02, 2012 at 11:37 AM
I think the open face sandwiches use fruit Roll ups? Yuck
May 02, 2012 at 7:53 PM
I am guessing it is feta cheese. It goes well with watermelon.
May 03, 2012 at 3:59 PM
I bet that isn’t tomato on the sandwich–looks like a jam of some sort.
Found the link under all of the pictures:
All images spotted via pinterest.com, 1. 2. recipe 3. womansday.com, 4. template 5. marthastewart.com, 7.
See more 4th of July fun here
Posted in delicious, soirees | Tags: 4th of July, Recipe | 14 Comments »
May 03, 2012 at 6:22 PM
The Cheese is Feta and it does go well with watermelon. You could also use starwberries and a sharp cheddar. The sandwiches are Toast with cream cheese, strawberry jam. Don’t know where fruit roll ups came from?
May 07, 2012 at 1:28 PM
The open faced sandwhich doesn’t look like tomato or fruit rollup. It looks like toast, creamcheese, then a layer of strawberry jam, banana and then the blueberries. And the first one looks like pepperjack cheese cubes with the watermelon.
May 11, 2012 at 5:36 PM
To the person who said the open faced sandwich has tomato HELLO that is obviously strawberry jam with cream cheese and blueberries and bananas. You do not have any cooking skills if you thought someone would put tomato on that.
May 12, 2012 at 8:39 AM
How about using sliced banana for the white stripe in #1. Then serve it with fresh whipped cream on the side. Yum!
May 14, 2012 at 5:36 AM
Bananas brown quickly when cut up as do apples. Something to consider.
May 15, 2012 at 11:16 AM
you can use pineapple juice or fruit frest to keep fruit from turning brown.
May 17, 2012 at 7:40 PM
So why couldn’t they tell us what they used for the white part? I think this beats the old red white and blue cake thing for sure
May 17, 2012 at 8:55 PM
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May 18, 2012 at 2:50 PM
It’s feta cheese. At the bottom of the pictures click on the numbers and it will take you to the site.
May 26, 2012 at 3:53 PM
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May 29, 2012 at 8:06 AM
i want to know how to do that pie, that is the best I have ever seen. How do you keep the blueberries from going into the cherries and ending up with just a mess.
Beautiful Pie!
May 29, 2012 at 3:20 PM
You can also use lemon juice too so bananas don’t brown
May 29, 2012 at 3:22 PM
These are all wonderful creative ideas for a festive 4Th and our kids culinary program this summer. Thank you
June 02, 2012 at 5:44 PM
You can click on the numbers below the pictures to take you to the different websites with the recipes/explanations.
June 03, 2012 at 8:45 PM
I think it would be fun to mix up a container of vanilla yogurt and some Cool Whip and just make the white stripes out of that instead of the cheese in the flag fruit tray. It’s a great fruit dip.
June 06, 2012 at 4:44 PM
The cheese is feta…
June 08, 2012 at 9:53 AM
http://wenderly.com/2010/07/02/patriotic-watermelon-feta-flag/
yeah, just click on the numbers under the picture. it’s feta.
June 11, 2012 at 4:41 PM
For the open faced little things, you can also use strawberries cut in slivers with bananas on top and blueberries
June 14, 2012 at 8:51 PM
Ohhhh…..I`m gonna try that flag idea…only instead od watermellon and cheese, i`m going to use strawberries and then globs of fruit dip between them to look like the white stripes. The fruit dip is made out of equal ounce amounts of softened cream cheese and marshamallow cream and fruit is yummy dipped in it……very hard to stop eating it!!!!!
June 15, 2012 at 10:51 PM
i’d like to try to redo this with tomotoe; mozzarella cheese and i think keep the blueberries. a take on traditional italian mozzarella; tomatoe salad with the blueberries added. Think you’d need to serve italian bread on the side?
June 18, 2012 at 5:52 PM
This is very creative , I love it.
June 18, 2012 at 11:02 PM
The open-faced sandwich recipe is here: http://www.chiquitabananas.com/Banana-Recipes/4th-of-July-Open-faced-Breakfast-Sandwich-recipe.aspx
June 19, 2012 at 6:51 PM
Sheesh, some of you ladies are mean girls. Good grief.
June 20, 2012 at 9:08 PM
I agree, one in particular was especially rude in her comment. Let’s not go there.
June 24, 2012 at 8:24 AM
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June 24, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Why not the white inside of pound cake instead of cheese that would be firm enough to pick up I think or maybe fresh pear, whatever the white fruit I think fruit fresh would be needed. another idea is the white wedding cookies or any cookie dusted with conf sugar on top, maybe before baking, dont know if it would stay white that way as I never tried it.
June 25, 2012 at 8:32 PM
I think what works together is blueberries, watermelon and jicama would work, it’s white and with a nice dip on the side. I think that’s what I’ll do.
June 25, 2012 at 11:39 PM
If you click on the “1.” under the picture it will take you too the recipe of the first picture.
June 27, 2012 at 8:59 AM
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June 28, 2012 at 11:09 AM
#7 direct recipe is found here: http://www.bhg.com/recipe/desserts/red-white-and-blue-parfaits/
June 28, 2012 at 11:45 AM
its pineapple
June 28, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Thank you Amanda I added the recipe link to the post!
June 29, 2012 at 10:17 AM
You could use cubed Tofu instead of cheese
June 30, 2012 at 8:05 PM
#2 is toast with creamcheese, strawberry jam blue berries and bananas
Looks good to me!!!!!
June 30, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Where are the glasses in #6 from??
July 01, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Use bananas instead of cheese
July 01, 2012 at 7:56 PM
Pineapple juice for keeping apples and bananas white - makes them work in fruit displays - a sweet cracker with cream cheese, marshmallow cream with the strawberries, bananas and blueberries - sweet treat instead of sandwich like - yummy!
July 02, 2012 at 2:21 AM
The first picture is not cheese for the white it is fresh pinapple….
July 02, 2012 at 2:25 AM
You could use fresh pineapple instead of cheese.
July 02, 2012 at 7:01 AM
[...] Fare for the Fourth: This website has loads of great ideas for the holiday. I especially love the tray of fruit to offer some lighter options. [...]
July 03, 2012 at 7:38 AM
Thanks for all the wonderful ideas ladies! I am excited to try some of them for a picnic tomorrow.
July 03, 2012 at 8:48 AM
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July 03, 2012 at 9:42 AM
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July 03, 2012 at 5:44 PM
Where’s the recipe for #6?
July 04, 2012 at 11:43 AM
@EverReadyMom Hi! It’s Wenderly! The white stuff is feta cheese!
July 04, 2012 at 1:20 PM
[...] to impress your family or guests, or something you can bring to an Independence Day party, and ImpressedInc.com made it very easy for me by putting all of these great ideas [...]
July 07, 2012 at 2:27 PM
[...] with burgers and hot dogs. I made some guacamole and took salsa and cheese dip. I found some great 4th of July food ideas on Pinterest, but ended up not doing any of them. I woke up that morning really in the mood to [...]
August 17, 2012 at 1:53 AM
Hi,
Can anyone give the recipe for #4.
Thanks,
Shweta
August 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM
This could be red Kool-aid, or you could mix up a Grenadine Cocktail, like this
November 05, 2012 at 12:01 PM
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November 06, 2012 at 2:45 PM
I could be crazy here but in #2 it looks like a cream cheese spread with strawberry jam on toast and then topped with fruit. It looks delicious.
November 08, 2012 at 9:29 AM
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