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Plan the best Memorial Day cookout with these delicious, easy-to-make Memorial Day recipes with everything from drinks to desserts to kick off summer!
Whether you’re hosting a barbecue in the backyard or heading to a potluck picnic, planning a great Memorial Day menu is the best way to kick off summer! With Memorial Day as the unofficial start of summer, it’s also the first cookout of many for many Americans.
From apps and salads to classic grilled main dishes, sides, drinks, and desserts, I’m sharing everything you need to enjoy the kick-off to the summer season! To celebrate, you’ll want plenty of delicious food and refreshing drinks.
From patriotic desserts to tender meats hot off the grill, we’re sharing the most delicious meals that you can’t go wrong with!
Pull out the picnic tables, plastic tablecloths, and delicious Memorial Day Recipes and make this year the best yet!
Memorial Day Recipes
Apps & Salads
Start your Memorial Day Party off right with these appetizers and salads!
Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe
This Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe is the perfect easy appetizer to enjoy in the crockpot or oven! Filled with chicken, buffalo sauce, ranch, and cheese for the ultimate Buffalo Chicken Dip to enjoy anytime!
Fruit Salsa is a perfect summer dessert dip! Loaded with fresh fruit and a side of baked cinnamon chips, this is the ultimate party dip! All you need for this delicious fruit salsa is fresh fruit, tortillas, cinnamon, and sugar.
Avocado Dip made with only 3-ingredients – avocados, greek yogurt, and ranch! This easy dip recipe will be one of your go-to party appetizers in no-time!
With only 2-ingredients, this Chili Cheese Dip is always a hit! Make this quick & easy appetizer in the slow cooker or microwave for a crowd-pleasing dip!
If you’re looking for a dish to make for a cookout, potluck, picnic, or summer get-together, you can’t go wrong with classic macaroni salad with creamy mayo dressing.
These side dish recipes are perfect for a cookout! They travel well and are crowd-pleasing favorites!
Pasta Salad
The perfect easy pasta salad! Loaded with veggies and a creamy dressing that comes from a bottle! This is a classic, go-to summer sidedish that never goes out of style!
This easy scalloped potatoes recipe is a family favorite! Tender Yukon Gold potatoes in an easy creamy, cheesy sauce make the best potato side dish! These thinly sliced potatoes covered in a creamy, cheddar cheese sauce bake up creamy on the inside with a cheesy crusty on top.
This easy scalloped potatoes recipe is a family favorite! Tender Yukon Gold potatoes in an easy creamy, cheesy sauce make the best potato side dish! These thinly sliced potatoes covered in a creamy, cheddar cheese sauce bake up creamy on the inside with a cheesy crusty on top.
Impress everyone at your picnic with these mouth-watering main dishes!
California Grilled Chicken
California Grilled Chicken - marinated chicken breasts, grilled to perfection and topped with tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and avocado then drizzled with a balsamic reduction. Perfection!!
Crock Pot Pulled Pork! A delicious pork loin is slow roasted in the crockpot and topped with a delicious homemade barbecue sauce for an easy meal idea!
These BBQ Meatball Slider Sandwiches are a family friendly meal that is ready in under 30 minutes! Add a side of macaroni salad and carrots for an easy meal
This easy grilled BBQ chicken recipe is an easy way to grill chicken. This barbecue chicken recipe results in tasty and juicy chicken every time! Use your favorite bbq sauce and let that the flavor of the grill come through!
It might be a good idea to start with dessert if your dessert table has any of these delicious dishes on it!
No Bake Oreo Cheesecake Dessert
The perfect patriotic 4th of July no-bake dessert to serve up your guests. Golden Oreos, topped with a creamy cheesecake filling, and whipped cream and fresh berries.
This No-Bake Oreo Dessert is a quick and easy no-bake dessert you're gonna love! This chocolate dessert is made up of pudding, cream cheese, cool whip, and Oreos, of course.
No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake is the perfect quick and easy, no-bake dessert!Made with light, simple ingredients - cream cheese, cool whip, sour cream, and sugar, this no-bake Cherry Cheesecake Graham Cracker Crust Pie guarantees to be a hit!
S'Mores Bars made with only 4-ingredients - Golden Grahams cereal, Hershey chocolate bars, marshmallows, and butter! It's the EASIEST no-bake dessert bar recipe ever!
This old fashioned cake gets a new spin with the addition of Dr. Pepper Cherry!
Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake
This Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake is the most delicious and easy dump cake recipe you’ll ever try! Made with only 4-ingredients - just dump all the ingredients into a baking pan, bake and eat!
For every patriotic holiday, or just when you are getting together to celebrate someone and their service to this country, make this festive red, white, and blue trail mix made with M&M’S® Peanut Red, White & Blue Candies
The perfect patriotic 4th of July no-bake dessert to serve up your guests. Golden Oreos, topped with a creamy cheesecake filling, and whipped cream and fresh berries.
Banana Split Pie? Yes! Because the only thing better than a banana split from your favorite ice cream shop is an easy, no-bake Banana Split Pie from your very own kitchen.
Strawberry cobbler is the perfect recipe to make in spring, when fresh strawberries are cheap and plentiful! Top it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream while it’s still piping hot and you’ve got yourself a winning dessert.
Hi, I’m Kasey, Founder of All Things Mamma – where I am dishing up family favorite recipes that are easy to make with simple, everyday ingredients. Plus – tips and tricks for living your best life!
Thank you for sharing I plan on make a few
Thanks so much for including me. Scheduling some social shares now. Better late than never right? 🙂
🙂 Happy you shared!