A delicious Healthy Summer BBQ roundup of all your favorite seasonal foods made light and healthier with a just a few simple ingredient swaps! Perfect for planning your next BBQ or family potluck.
With the warm weather finally here to stay, it’s time to start planning your menus for a summer full of grilling, family fun, and festive picnics! Summer is BBQ season after all and there is nothing better than getting together with family and friends over food, good conversation, and outdoor activities.
It’s all made even better when the dishes served are not only delectably delicious, but GOOD FOR YOU too! Burgers, pasta and potato salads, breads, sweet frozen treats, and and creamy appetizers are all staples of summer. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be lightened up and healthified a bit!
In fact, healthy foods are so delicious they often improve a classic recipe when you substitute them for the traditional ingredients.
Today, I am taking care of your summer menu planning for you. I’ve rounded up the best of the best Healthy BBQ Recipes that you and your family will love chowing down on this season. Every type of salad, side, main dish, and dessert you could ever want is covered here!
So dig and let’s get cookin’…
Main Dishes
Quinoa Stuffed Peppers on the BBQ | The BBQ Bastard
Awesome Vegan Burgers with Caramelized Onions, Mushrooms, Greens and Gouda Cheese
Sausage, Pepper, and Pineapple Skewers
Soy-Free Homemade Vegan Veggie Burgers | Cotter Crunch
Grilled Mediterranean Zucchini Boats
Grilled Portabella Burgers | Garlic and Zest
Sides
Forbidden Black Rice & Mango Salad
Quick n’ Easy Southwestern Chicken Cobb
Spicy Summer Bean and Chickpea Salad | Blossom to Stem
Watermelon and Feta with Mint | Tori Avey
Light n’ Easy Chili Mac n’ Cheese
Grilled Cabbage with Asian Lime Dressing | Tasting Page
Sweet n’ Spicy Baked Beans | Say Grace Blog
Homemade Guac with Hidden Veggies
Grilled Green Vegetable Salad | Tasting Page
Rainbow Vegetable Slaw | Nourish Everyday
Grilled Sriracha Broccoli | Mary Ellen’s Cooking Creations
Southwest Black Bean Pasta Salad | Veggie Inspired
BBQ Lentil Stuffed Sweet Potatoes | Emilie Eats
Desserts
Vegan Vanilla Almond Ice Cream Cake
Rhubarb Crumble | Blossom to Stem
Red White and Blueberry Muffins
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dessert Hummus
Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Healthier Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Grain-Free Chocolate Brownie Loaf
3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Blondies
Any fun summer plans?
What’s your favorite food to grill?
What’s dish do you ALWAYS bring to a family BBQ?
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These recipes sound amazing and I’m definitely on board for some Hawaiin Tuna!!!
Those are SO GOOD.
All of these recipes are making me wish summer never ended here in Australia! YUM!
I wish summer never ended PERIOD!!!
lovely ideas for some great BBQ food. I cannot wait to try them.
Thanks Philip! Enjoy!
I love summer BBQ’s. So casual and relaxing – lots of good food and beverages. What a great roundup! Eating healthy doesn’t have to mean deprivation…so many mouthwatering choices here. Thanks for including my pasta salad and cinnamon blondies! Sharing!
So welcome! It sounds amazing!!!
Ah so excited for BBQ season. Honestly, I’m pretty much a fan of anything grilled (except maybe mushrooms haha).
Oooooh I even like grilled mushrooms! LOL
Making me hungry! No big plans for the weekend. I often take a salad or a “healthified” dessert so I have something that I feel good about eating!
That’s my strategy too!
You’ll find me by the dessert table. The whole time. Well I might have to venture away briefly for some potato salad 🙂
Bahaha! I’ll be right there with ya girl!
im loving all these burgers!!!!
Thanks Dixya! I want to try them all!
All delicious choices! Have to try the high protein potato salad! Yum! Potato salad is one of my favorite BBQ dishes!
Me too! I love all different kinds of potato salad!
Great sounding recipes! I’m especially intrigued by the vegan crab cakes and the flourless brownie thins…
Let me know if you try either of them!
Lots of stunning recipes. Thanks for sharing it with #CookBlogShare
All of it looks gorgeous. Particularly loving the look of the rainbow slaw. #BrilliantBlogPosts
Thought that looked delicious too!
I love this post! Everything is stunning and perfect timing for the Memorial Day weekend.
I have pinned and enjoyed my time here!
Thank you so much for joining us at TOHOT!
Jemma
Enjoy the roundup!
This is a fabulous round up! Those nectarines caught my eye. Thanks for this!
Happy, happy Thoughts of Home.
Don’t they look amazing?! I can’t wait to grill some stone fruit!
There are so many scrumptious cooking recipes in this round up. I love summer, and we love the flavor of grilled food. The grilled cabbage with the Asian lime slaw looks incredible. I think that the next time we barbecue that will be our side dish. Thanks for putting this all together I’m sure I’ll come back to it again and again.
So welcome! Enjoy all the dishes!!
So much choice-wow, love your vibrant dishes. Thanks for linking up x
Thanks for hosting as always!!!
Some interesting recipes. Hubby loves my grilled chicken burgers and they are really low sodium which we keep an eye on. Have a wonderful weekend!
Try the tuna burgers in this roundup! They’re amazing!!!
These all look amazing!! I can’t wait to make them at my BBQ on Sunday!
Let me know which dishes you try!!!
No… I’m almost regretting that I looked at this when I hadn’t had dinner yet, BUT, I’m not regretting it. Bookmarking for trying some when I get home. <3
Haha! Let me know which recipes you try!
Everything looks so good! Perfect timing too. We’re grilling twice this weekend.
Have a great Friday Kaila.
Oh perfect! Let me know if you try any of these!
Thank you for this fabulous family fun food roundup.
And thank you for sharing this at TOHOT!
So welcome! Enjoy your weekend!
Hi Kaila,
Wow sure looks like some good eating here. I really like the stuffed sweet potatoes . Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted. Have a healthy, happy & blessed Memorial Day weekend!
Me too! I can’t wait to try those!
What a great collection of BBQ Recipes, I am so glad that summer is almost here! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great weekend!
Miz Helen
Thanks Helen!
So many delicious options, I don’t know if I can pick a favorite? But all of those burgers….YUM!
I know right?! All the burgers look so good!
Some really great recipes here! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Great pictures — making me hungry! Thanks for the recipes and for signing up with Funtastic Friday!
Thanks for hosting! 🙂
Yay! I love good summer recipes. We plan on a lot of cookouts so thanks for all of these! Can’t wait!
Enjoy them!
I can’t decide which looks better, the vegan burger or the portabello burger – it all looks so good!! Thanks for sharing on the what’s for dinner link up!!
I know the burgers look excellent!!!!
These look really tasty…one to try with all the family 🙂
Yes definitely!!!
Definitely saving this for later!
Thank you!
These looks so delicious! Thanks for sharing at Pin Junkie Pin Party.
Thanks for hosting!
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I’m always looking for new recipes and these will be great! I love salmon and tuna (only buy US wild caught). A tuna or salmon patty is a filling meal but those tuna tacos look amazing!
I miss my BBQ. We have it at the float cabin and use it for dinner about every night in all seasons. Here in the city doing things like steak and salmon just aren’t the same. – Margy
I love salmon on the grill! Hopefully you’ll be able to get back to it soon!
That tuna burger looks amazing! Thanks for sharing this at the What’s for Dinner party! Glad you’re part of the fun.
Thanks Helen!!