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The grill has been sitting there all winter just waiting for this moment. These seven recipes are everything you need for a proper spring cookout — mains, sides, and something sweet at the end — all from Budget Bytes, so none of it is going to wreck your grocery budget either.

  • Grilled BBQ Chicken — sticky, smoky, caramelized on the outside and juicy all the way through. The cookout main that never fails

  • Grilled Chicken — the perfect simple grilled chicken method. Get this one right and everything else falls into place

  • Smoky Grilled Mushroom Kebabs — meaty mushrooms on a skewer with a smoky marinade. The vegetarian option that the meat eaters keep reaching for

  • Pasta Salad — the classic, done right. Make it the night before and it only gets better

  • Southern Style Potato Salad — creamy, tangy, and exactly what belongs next to grilled chicken on a paper plate in the sunshine

  • Strawberry Spinach Salad — fresh strawberries, baby spinach, a light dressing. The salad that makes everyone feel good about themselves before they go back for more potato salad

  • Strawberry Shortcake — the only dessert that makes sense at a spring cookout. Biscuits, fresh strawberries, whipped cream. That's it. That's the whole argument

Pick your grill night this week and make it happen. Leave a review on anything you try — we love hearing how the cookouts are going. →

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Until next time, happy cooking!