Celebrating Memorial Day Food and Inspirations
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With Memorial Day just around the corner, it’s time to celebrate! We’ve gathered the best Memorial Day food recipes and inspirations, from ribs and chicken to picnic salads, desserts, and more.
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Whether you’re hosting family, friends, neighbors… or a combination of all three, you will find some awesome recipes for Memorial Day food here.
From grill and BBQ recipes to salads, fruits, and patriotic dessert recipes.
So get ready to spark your imagination, and let the summer fun begin!
Memorial Day Family and Activities
We’ve compiled a list of 7 Ways to Celebrate Memorial Day including meaningful activities that will honor the holiday and help create family memories and maybe even some new traditions.
You might also like to take a look at my post on Poppies of Memorial Day.
Memorial Day Food and Inspirations
Get ready to celebrate summer with these delicious Memorial Day recipes!
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Celebrating Memorial Day Food and Inspirations
With Memorial Day just around the corner, it's time to celebrate! We've gathered the best Memorial Day food recipes and inspirations we could find. From ribs and chicken to picnic salads, desserts, and more.
Grilled Hotdogs with Fixin's
"Serve a spread of toppings including Zesty Pickle and Onion, Tangy Horseradish, and Spicy Chiles to go along with these frankfurters. Now everyone can enjoy their dog just how they like it."
Grilled Sausage with Peppers, Onions and Herbs
Bring these savory, easy, and delicious sausages to the Memorial Party!
Grilled Corn with Basil Butter
"This is a fast and simple way to make corn truly sing. The basil adds a delightful brightness to the sweet corn, and it plays perfectly with the traditional butter and salt additions."
Crock Pot Sweet and Spicy Sticky Wings
"These slow cooker Sweet and Spicy Sticky Wings are super tender and are perfect for a party. They are fall-off-the-bone tender."
Old-Fashioned Lemonade
“Give your summer lemonade patriotic flair with red and blue berries”
Patriotic Popcorn
“Make this Patriotic Popcorn with your kids to get them excited about the 4th of July or Memorial Day.”
White Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
"Whip up a patriotic treat that tastes delicious. Bake white chocolate raspberry cupcakes in blue wrappers and top with a red raspberry drizzle for a perfect Memorial Day dessert. We love the paper flag toppers used here, too!”
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Feta and Toasted Pecans
Start summer off right with this easy and delicious salad, filled with healthy greens and the season’s best strawberries!
Easy Mexican Corn Salad for Summer Gatherings
Perfect for all things picnic, bbq… and summer. Easy to make, delicious both warm and cold.
Quinoa Salad Recipe
This Quinoa Salad is a favorite healthy salad, packed with vegetables and herbs, and perfect for lunches, picnics, and sides.
Tuscan Tortellini Salad
Tuscan Tortellini Salad is a simple pasta salad perfect for cookouts, potlucks, and gatherings all summer. This easy salad is filled with Italian ingredients like tomatoes and salami and is tossed with a homemade Italian Vinaigrette. Utterly delicious!
Disney Memorial Day Coca-Cola BBQ Ribs
What’s more American than Coca-Cola? Our nation’s favorite soft drink also makes a great marinade, thanks to all those sugars and spices. If you want fall-off-the-bone ribs for your Memorial Day BBQ but don’t have the time to cook them for hours, this may be the only rib recipe you’ll ever need.”
How to Make Smoked Pork Ribs in the Smoker
If you have a smoker, this easy Smoked Ribs recipe will take Memorial Day to the next level!
Grilled and Tender Foil Wrapped Baby Back Ribs
This BBQ foil-wrapped ribs recipe is my go-to, every summer, party on the patio ribs recipe. Super easy... and yummy!
Bobby Flay's Juicy Texas Burgers
One of Bobby Flay’s most popular burger recipes.
Red White and Blue Mason Jar Salad (Fruit and Feta Salad)
“Is there anything cuter than a Red White and Blue Mason Jar Salad?? Perfect for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July! This Fruit and Feta Salad with Poppyseed Vinaigrette is a fun way to celebrate Summer while staying healthy.”
Simple German Potato Salad
This German Potato Salad is a simple hot potato salad recipe with fork-tender potatoes, savory bacon, and fresh parsley tossed in a delicious tangy dressing you will love.
Easy Pasta Salad with Shredded Carrots
Summer is so much about tradition. My mom makes this pasta every summer -- which is why I insist on having it every Memorial Day -- it's just to good to wait any longer.
Classic Potato Salad
“There is no substitute for a Classic Potato Salad. Especially when it’s made in the style of grandma’s potato salad. It’s creamy, and sweet, and comforting… just a little bit addictive.”
Easy Summer Pasta Salad Recipe
This Mediterranean-inspired Pasta Salad is a favorite with salami, peppers, broccoli, zesty Italian dressing, and Feta cheese.
Skillet Quick and Easy Baked Beans
An excellent quick and savory recipe that will help get your grilling party or holiday meal on the table in a flash. Or simply when you’re craving the taste of summer.
Smokey Instant Pot Baked Beans
Smokey Instant Pot Baked Beans recipe is the perfect side for summer BBQs or game time food. And cook in a fraction of the time. Smokey, sweet, and tender beans cooked with bacon and pure maple syrup.
Simply Coleslaw: The Perfectly Easy Summer Side
“A summer classic dish and a perfect accompaniment for fried fish, pulled pork, ribs, fried chicken — actually, anything!”
Fudgy Cakey Family Size Decadent Brownies
A perfect blend of fudgy and cakey, these family size brownies are decadently delicious. Measuring an inch tall, they bake in a 9″ x 13″ size pan. Perfect for feeding your crowd.
Easy 10 Minute No Bake Cheesecake
This No Bake Cheesecake is a 10-minute, no-bake, foolproof way to make cheesecake, the easy way. And, it's utterly delicious. Utterly simple. And one you'll make often!
Easy S'mores Bars... in the Oven
If a campfire isn’t in your Memorial Day plans, consider these quintessential summer treats — oven-baked in 6 minutes.
2 Minute S'mores Mug Cake
2 Minute S'mores Mug Cake is a quick fix for a s'more craving with simple ingredients and a microwave. It's a chocolate, marshmallow, graham cracker dream.
Rhubarb Cake
This is an old family recipe we make every year. Don't let Memorial Day pass by without in season rhubarb!
Red Velvet 4th of July Cupcakes
Are you ready for hot dogs, burgers, chips, picnic blankets and red, white and blue desserts?! Well, here’s another option for your dessert table - Red velvet cupcakes topped with a whipped cream frosting and fresh blueberries!”
Strawberry Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries
Start the holiday off right with a healthy baked oatmeal that will put everyone in the holiday spirit.