ReVamp Your 4th of July Party with These Quick-n-Easy Recipes

What is The Fourth of July without watermelon, pasta salad, and burgers? American culture takes great pride in celebrating its Independence amidst the scorching temperatures of summertime. Barbeque's, camping, beaches, lakes, shores, all have a common ground to the 4th of July celebration. This year, instead of having the same ole punch'n'pasta as last year, follow this simple menu to show off your color and spice! The great thing is that these recipes are quick and easy to follow. Enjoy!

To Drink:
When you are not sipping down a nice glass of sweet tea or cerveza, you should be clenching onto one of the following colorful quenchers:

Sailor's Shot
What a better way to celebrate America's independence than by drinking a wonderful shooter in the colors of our nation's flag!

Ingredients-
Grenadine
Creme de cacao
Blue curacao

Directions-
In a tall, but narrow shot glass layer the grenadine(bottom layer), the creme de cacao(middle layer), and the blue curacao(final layer). Serve chilled.

*For those not drinking alcohol, here is a great

Watermelon Raspberry Punch
This sweet and juicy drink tops off any day out in the sun!

Ingredients:
2 cups fresh raspberries
3 sprigs of mint leaves
1 watermelon, seeded and cubed (a good sized watermelon is necessary)
1 1/2 cups non-alcoholic strawberry margarita mix
1 1/4cups club soda(something fizzy)
2 1/2 cups ice

Directions:
1. Puree raspberries and mint leaves in a blender until smooth. Strain into a serving pitcher. Puree the cubed watermelon until smooth, and strain
the juice into the serving pitcher. Stir in the margarita mix, club soda, and ice.

Now let's move on to the delicious food that you will be featuring at your party. From spicy pasta salad to blueberry burgers and banana split cake, your patrons will be raving for these recipes....

Starters(because you should always give people choices):

Garlic Corn on the Cob:

For this you will need as many pieces of corn as people. Here is the recipe if you were doing it for 15 people:
Ingredients:
15 pieces of corn
15 tablespoons of butter(1tbsp for each piece)
Roughly 1/4cup of garlic powder.