Check out these ideas for Side Dishes

Grilled Salsa Steak Appetizer

Recipe & image courtesy of The Beef Checkoff. BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com. Marinade time: 15 minutes to 2 hours | Total recipe time: 35 to 40 minutes. Makes 24 appetizers..

Chinese Tiger Salad

Recipe courtesy of John Gregory-Smith, excerpted from Mighty Spice Cookbook with permission from Duncan Baird Publishers 2011…

Herbed Dutch Yellow Baby Potatoes

Recipe courtesy of Chef Sally Cameron (afoodcentriclife.com). Serves 6.

Best Ever, Barbecue Baked Beans

Recipe courtesy of Beth Anthony. Serves 12 – 16. About those 12 to 16 normal size servings. These beans are so good some people will make a pig of themselves.

Savory Salad

Beet and Mint Slaw

Recipe and Image Courtesy Whole Foods Market. Serve this colorful slaw at summer and fall cookouts alongside your favorite grilled foods.

Salsa! – July-August 2011

Five Layer Dip

Recipe and photography courtesy of Cacique. This Five Layer Dip has a Latin flair. Serves 12 generously.

Summer Tomato and Crab Salad

Recipe and Photography Courtesy of Whole Foods Market. Serves 6. Heirloom tomatoes come in a rainbow of colors. In the summer, green, striped, yellow, orange and purple tomatoes can be purchased at the market.

Beth’s Deviled Eggs

Nothing says tailgate like a plate of deviled eggs. Here are a few variations guaranteed to get you designated as a DEG (Deviled Egg Genius).

Sausage and Peppers

Here’s a classic Italian dish from Mario Batali’s officially licensed NASCAR tailgating cookbook.