22 Vegan July 4th Recipes & Orange Cream Floats. Gluten-free Soy-free options

Long weekend coming up and some hot hot weather. It is time to host picnics, parties, potlucks, give chewie is super short haircut, dust up the skirts and dresses and what not. Though most likely Hubbs will head to train for his upcoming Rainier Hike on the snow covered mountains :/. I might just end up bugging everyone around by calling them at random times in the day.  

The heat calls for some Ice cream floats!

How about these Orange Cream floats. 

Method:
Add Vanilla Bean Ice cream scoops to glasses that have been chilled for half an hour. I used So Delicious No sugar Added coconut milk Vanilla Ice cream.
Add fresh orange juice. Sweet and ripe oranges work best.
Add in Sparkling water or very chilled water.
Serve immediately!

You can also make this with pureed ripe mango!Slurrp!

Or Make these Mango Lassi Smoothies.
or Easy Chocolate and Mocha Milk Shakes!
more Drinks

Picnics are about grilled sandwiches and grilla-ble Burgers. Grill the veggies, add sauces and serve up.

Sandwiches: all soy-free, can be made GF with gf breads
Lasagna Grilled Cheese with Cauliflower Alfredo
Buffalo Millet and Ranch Sandwich
The Ultimate Roasted Veggie Sandwich
Kidney Bean Stew sloppy Sandwich
Baked Herbed Portobello Avocado Sandwich
And more Sandwiches under Sandwich Label here

Burgers: all can be made GF, all soy-free
Lentil cauliflower Burger
Artichoke Spinach Cauliflower Bean Burger – Grillable
BBQ Lentil Veggie Burger with Mango Carrot Slaw
Amaranth Black Bean Burger with roasted red pepper sauce. 
and More Burgers here. 

Salads or bowls: all Gf
Herbed white Bean, Chard, Pepita Parmesan Bowl
Quinoa Cauliflower Bowl with Almond Butter Sriracha Sauce
Mung Bean Sprout Salad with Chili Lime dressing
and more Salads here.

Desserts:
Make Pies: all GF. all Soy-free
Dark Chocolate Silk Pie
Salted Caramel Pie – almost raw
Chocolate Chip Pudding Pie
Definitely some Raw Cookie Dough to add to everything and Mojito Balls to snack on.Cream Berry Firework Pie



Definitely take along some Spicy Mac n cheese,
This Jalapeno Popper Dip to dip everything
and some Avocados, to grill up and stuff with Salsa

Have a safe 4th! and Canada Day!

sharing these floats at Virtual Vegan Potluck Link up!