Memorial Day Recipes
5 Patriotic Memorial Day Desserts
These Memorial Day desserts will put everyone in a patriotic spirit. Refreshing, tasty and all-America, these Memorial Day dessert recipes are the perfect end to a fun-filled Memorial Day cookout.
Bacon Cheeseburgers
These bacon cheeseburgers are unique, because the bacon is mixed right into the burgers!
Apple Pie
This apple pie has a wonderfully flaky crust. Cinnamon and mace provide just the right mix of spices to give the filling of this apple pie great flavor.
Blueberry Pie
A prepared graham cracker crust makes this no-bake blueberry pie a cinch to prepare.
Baked BBQ Chicken Recipe
This baked BBQ chicken recipe is a treat for the senses. Bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces are browned, then brushed with BBQ sauce and baked slowly. This gives the chicken a chance to absorb the smoky sweet flavors of the barbecue sauce while still having a nice crust and a juicy inside.
Crockpot Baked Beans
This Crockpot baked beans recipe is made with dried beans, ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, hot sauce and mustard. These slow cooker baked beans are simple to prepare, but the recipe does take time. These Crockpot baked beans make a perfect side dish for barbecues and picnics.
Broccoli Slaw Recipe
This broccoli slaw recipe is easy to prepare, because it starts with packaged broccoli slaw. Just add grated carrots, raisins and crunchy tortilla chip strips, and you've got a family-pleasing recipe for broccoli slaw salad.
Broccoli Bacon Salad Recipe
This broccoli bacon salad recipe will have even broccoli-haters clamoring for more. This recipe is made with fresh broccoli and lots of bacon. Juicy red grapes add sweetness and peanuts add crunch to this broccoli salad.
Broccoli Raisin Salad
This broccoli raisin salad is made with fresh broccoli, raisins, sunflower seeds and nuts. What makes this broccoli salad recipe unique is the citrus-infused yogurt dressing. Bacon makes a great garnish for this broccoli raisin salad recipe.
Broccoli Salad
Crispy, crunchy, salty and sweet flavors come together in this delightful broccoli salad.
Broccoli Slaw with Cashews
This broccoli slaw recipe has two kinds of nuts plus sweetened dried cranberries. Picnics and potlucks are the perfect times to serve this recipe for broccoli slaw.
Deviled Eggs
This is a classic recipe for deviled eggs that is guaranteed to please a crowd.
Cabbage Salad Recipe
This cabbage salad recipe is made with cabbage, carrots, yellow peppers, red peppers, green peppers, celery and onions. A sweet vinaigrette dressing gives this cabbage salad great flavor.
Grilled Vegetables
Grilled vegetables are an easy and tasty side dish for cookouts, picnics and anytime. In this grilled vegetables recipe, mushrooms and zucchini are briefly marinated then tossed on the grill. A little salt is all you need to bring out the best flavor in these grilled vegetables.
Flag Cake
This flag cake makes a great patriotic cake recipe for Memorial Day or 4th of July. This American flag cake starts with a cake mix and is decorated with blueberries and raspberries. This American flag cake has a wonderful whipped cream frosting that goes perfectly with the fruit for this patriotic flag cake.
Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Recipe
This ice cream sandwich cake recipe makes an impressive and refreshing summer dessert. No baking or cooking is required for this easy ice cream sandwich cake recipe.
Memorial Day Recipes
Planning a barbecue for Memorial Day? These picnic recipes will feed your crowd, and send everyone home satisfied.
Grilled Corn on the Cob
Grilled corn on the cob is one of summer's greatest pleasures. Sweet and just a little smoky, this recipe for grilled corn will be the hit of every cookout. And it has just three ingredients. What could be simpler?
Couscous Salad Recipe
Couscous salad makes a nice change from green salads and rice salads. Zucchini, red pepper and scallions add flavor and color to this couscous salad recipe.
Oven Barbecued Chicken
Whether it's sunny or rainy, this chicken is a crowd-pleasing main dish for your Memorial Day BBQ.
Everything Broccoli Salad Recipe
This broccoli salad recipe has a little bit of everything, including fresh broccoli, broccoli slaw, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds and cashews. The mayonnaise-based dressing will soften this cold broccoli salad if you allow the flavors to meld in the fridge for a few hours. Picnics are a perfect time to make this recipe for broccoli salad.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies
This chocolate peanut butter brownies recipe makes a great picnic bar. This chocolate peanut butter brownies recipe is so easy the kids can make it all by themselves, because it starts with a brownie mix.
Broccoli Cauliflower Salad Recipe
This broccoli cauliflower salad recipe makes a terrific side dish for a Memorial Day picnic or barbecue. You can make this broccoli cauliflower salad a day in advance. Add the dressing just before serving.
Fried Chicken
What better time to serve fried chicken than for Memorial Day? It's a classic American favorite, and you can even make this fried chicken in advance, and serve it cold.
Grilled Chicken Breasts
This grilled chicken recipe makes a fast and tasty alternative to hamburgers and hot dogs for a Memorial Day picnic. Serve with fruit salad and potato salad for a savory summer meal.
Greek Pasta Salad Recipe
This Greek pasta salad is made with short-cut pasta, black olives, cucumbers, yellow peppers, and feta cheese. Bottled salad dressing makes this an easy pasta salad recipe.
Fruit Salad with Vanilla Pudding Recipe
This pudding fruit salad recipe makes an attractive dish for a Memorial Day bbq or picnic. But if you make this fruit salad with vanilla pudding, bring the recipe, because people will definitely request it.
10 Crisp Summer Salads
Summer salads are what separates the typical burgers and dogs BBQ from the pack. These summer salads include pasta salads, vegetable salads, rice salads, salads with chicken and more great summer salads. With these easy summer salads, you'll never be stuck for the perfect bring-along picnic recipe again!
Pea Salad with Bacon
This pea salad with bacon makes a terrific addition to a Memorial Day barbecue or cookout. It goes well with everything from burgers to chicken, and it's a real crowd-pleaser.
Guacamole Recipe
Cool and refreshing, this guacamole is made with fresh lime juice and fresh cilantro.
Kids Salad Recipes
Kick off summer with these refreshing salad recipes designed especially for kids. From potato salad to broccoli salad, there's something here for everyone.
Hummus
Hummus is a quick and easy dip recipe you can serve with carrots, celery or pita chips.
Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza Recipe
This fruit pizza recipe makes a great, light dessert for a Memorial Day picnic or barbecue. You can make this fruit pizza several hours in advance. Just refrigerate until ready to serve.
Italian Pasta Salad
This Italian pasta salad recipe is a real crowd-pleaser, and it looks great on a buffet table. And this pasta salad is great for a potluck, because it travels well.
Meatball Subs Recipe
Meatball subs make an easy, portable main course when you're feeding a crowd.
Picnic Food Ideas and Tips
Kick off Memorial Day weekend with these easy picnic food ideas and tips. You'll find tips for grilling perfect burgers, recipes for easy summer salads and ideas for cool, refreshing summer desserts.
Mexican Chicken Salad
The peanutty cilantro-lime dressing gives this Mexican chicken salad incredible flavor.
BLT Pasta Salad Recipe
This BLT pasta salad recipe makes a fantastic side dish for a Memorial Day picnic or BBQ. You can make this recipe in advance. Just prepare everything but the bacon. Before serving, fry the bacon until crisp, and toss with the salad.
Oven Baked BBQ Chicken
This oven baked bbq chicken recipe really allows the chicken to absorb all the flavors of the barbecue sauce. Because this barbecue chicken is not done on the grill, you don't have to worry about it burning. Any time of year is a good time for this oven baked BBQ chicken.
Mustard Potato Salad
This mustard potato salad is both sweet and spicy. Like many potato salad recipes, this one has relish for sweetness. Dijon mustard gives this recipe for potato salad tang. And hot sauce adds spiciness to this mustard potato salad.
Cream Cheese Brownies
These cream cheese brownies make a great picnic recipe. Cut these cream cheese brownies into bite-sized pieces so people can grab them and go!
Grilled Broccoli Recipe
Planning to cook outdoors this Memorial Day? This grilled broccoli recipe makes a tasty addition to any meal. You can use a regular grill or an indoor grill, such as the George Foreman, for this recipe.
19 Burger Toppings and Recipe Ideas
Don't serve the same old burgers and dogs on Memorial Day this year. Try these burger toppings and recipe ideas to take ordinary burgers to a whole new level.
Broccoli Salad Recipes
These broccoli salad recipes make terrific side dishes for a Memorial Day bbq or picnic. Even better: You can make any of these broccoli salad recipes in advance. Just add the dressing a few hours before you're ready to serve.
Buttermilk Fried Chicken Recipe
This buttermilk fried chicken recipe is crispy on the outside and tender and juicy inside. The secret is a long soak in buttermilk before frying. This fried chicken will be the hit of your Memorial Day picnic.
Grilled Mexican Chicken Recipe
Serve this grilled Mexican chicken recipe at your Memorial Day cookout, and everyone will want the recipe. It's so easy to prepare, and the chicken is so juicy and flavorful.
Pulled BBQ Chicken
This pulled chicken recipe is a terrific dish to serve for a picnic, because you can do all of the prep work in advance. Just keep it warm in the Crockpot. Serve on toasted hamburger buns.
Deviled Eggs Recipe
What better way to start a Memorial Day picnic or barbecue than with deviled eggs? This deviled eggs recipe is a classic and sure to please your guests.
Easy Deviled Eggs Recipe with Hot Mustard
With just four ingredients, this easy deviled eggs recipe couldn't be simpler. Use a good-quality mustard for this recipe - it makes all the difference.
Red Potato Salad
This red potato salad recipe has a bit of tang, thanks to a few dashes of hot sauce. Cucumbers provide a refreshing contrast to the creaminess of the dressing and the spiciness of the hot sauce in this red skin potato salad recipe.
Seven Layer Salad
Seven layer salad recipes are popular for potlucks and parties, because you can make them in advance. This seven layer salad recipe is no different. You can vary the layers to suit your tastes, but be sure to use a glass bowl for this popular seven layer salad.
Cherry Berry Dump Cake Recipe
This dump cake recipe makes a fantastic, easy dessert for a Memorial Day picnic. It literally takes only minutes to prepare this dump cake (it starts with a cake mix), and it tastes great topped with vanilla ice cream.
Smores Brownies
Want the taste of s'mores without all the mess? These brownies are perfect for outdoor entertaining, and you can make them in advance.
S'mores
Smores are classic campfire food -- and for good reason: they're easy to make, and they taste great. You'll only need three ingredients to make this s'mores recipe. Just be sure to help the kids with the marshmallows.
Ultimate Chocolate Brownies Recipe
These chocolate brownies are an excellent way to end a Memorial Day picnic. Bring these chocolate brownies to your Memorial Day barbecue, and everyone will ask you for the recipe.
Strawberry Spinach Salad
This strawberry spinach salad is made with fresh strawberries, baby spinach, candied pecans and red onions. A sweet and creamy dressing balances out the flavors in this divine spinach strawberry salad.
Tips for Grilling Burgers
These tips for grilling burgers will have you enjoying moist and juicy burgers every time.
Brownies They'll Go Crazy For
Brownies are the perfect end to a Memorial Day picnic or barbecue, and this collection of brownie recipes includes chocolate brownies of all kinds, from chocolate raspberry brownies to mint chocolate brownies and more.
Grilled Chicken Breasts
This grilled chicken recipe makes a fast and tasty alternative to hamburgers and hot dogs for a Memorial Day picnic. Serve with fruit salad and potato salad for a savory summer meal.
Best Potato Salad Recipe
This homemade potato salad recipe is made with Yukon gold potatoes, bacon, celery and pickle relish. Don't be surprised if friends say this is the best potato salad recipe ever.
Magic Cookie Bars Recipe
These magic cookie bars make a terrific dessert for a Memorial Day picnic or barbecue. Easy to make, these bars travel well.
BBQ Chicken Recipes to Die For
Your Memorial Day menu will get an instant jolt of yumminess with these easy BBQ chicken recipes. Many of these barbecue chicken recipes take less than 30 minutes to prepare, and they're all guaranteed to please a crowd.