Here are some of my favorite, easy-peasy Memorial Day recipes I think you’ll love!
Red, White, and Blue Recipes
1. Red White and Blue Poke Cake
Bring on the fireworks and sparklers — it’s Red White and Blue Poke Cake time! This cake is everything you need to celebrate Memorial Day in style.
2. Summer Berry Icebox Cake
Summer berry icebox cake is a cool creamy concoction of triple berry bliss and no-bake cake that comes together in the most delicious and refreshing way.
3. Berry Chantilly Cake
This Berry Chantilly Cake is a tall 5-star masterpiece with a moist sweet consistency, plenty of fresh fruit, and velvety Chantilly icing.
Grills and Main Dishes
4. Grilled Chicken Marinade
Our Fav Grilled Chicken Marinade Recipe, your goto “nothing fancy” down-home delicious grilled meal. Balsamic and onions = a flavor festival.
5. Shish Kabob
Bring the Mediterranean to your own backyard with my tasty Shish Kabob! Skewers of tender meat marinated in traditional spices, paired with fresh veggies!
6. Beer Brats
Your taste buds have finally met their match in these tasty versatile beer brats infused with vibrant flavor that pops in every single bite.
7. Air Fryer Hot Dogs
Air fryer hot dogs is quick, easy, doesn’t require cleaning a grill— it’s the juiciest, crispiest hot dogs you’ve ever devoured.
8. Hot Dog Chili
Turn your hotdogs into the star of the dinner show with my quick and easy hot dog chili. Chili dogs are an American classic that virtually everyone loves.
9. Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Baked Macaroni And Cheese is extreme – a buttery golden breadcrumb crust top coupled with a rich, gooey inside and four different cheeses. I will warn you straight up: this isn’t Aunt Petunia’s well-intentioned but lukewarm, limp, and flavorless Macaroni and Cheese. You will have to exert much more willpower to resist this award winning dish!
10. Frito Pie
Frito pie takes the hearty corn chip and builds a delicious tray bake right on top. This is a GREAT use for your leftover chili beans recipe, or make extra next time it’s beef chili recipe night
11. Crockpot Pulled Pork
Our Crockpot pulled pork is amazingly tender, juicy, and full of flavor. We dry rub the pork then braise it in the slow cooker with onions and garlic. Toss it in sweet and tangy BBQ sauce and you have a 5 star meal!
Appetizers
12. White Queso Dip
This white Queso dip is so creamy, cheesy, and delicious that it’s like liquid white gold! It’s a go-to dip for snacking during football, BBQs, and parties!
13. Southern Deviled Eggs
These southern deviled eggs are off-the-charts delicious. Stuffed with cornichons, pimentos, mustard, and fresh dill then seasoned with Cajun seasoning!
14. Mississippi Sin Dip
Mississippi Sin Dip is a creamy, ooey-gooey, party favorite dip that’s baked in a hollowed-out loaf of bread. Guaranteed to be a new favorite!
15. Cowboy Queso
Get ready to tip your hat to this fully loaded Cowboy Queso. A mix of creamy cheesy deliciousness and pops of fresh flavor, this queso eats like a meal.
16. Ranch Potatoes
Our Ranch Potatoes are comfort food on steroids. With just one hour, one baking pan, and a few ingredients, you can toss together this satisfying side dish.
17. Rotel Dip
Brighten their day and make your mouth happy with this delicious Rotel dip that blends savory and cheesy to create a blissful dunking event!
Side Dishes
18. KFC Coleslaw
This is an amazing copycat version of the famous KFC coleslaw recipe. It’s sweet, a little tangy, and fabulously creamy! My all-time favorite coleslaw recipe!
19. Funeral Potatoes
Funeral potatoes may be the best potato casserole mankind ever created. They’re tender potatoes in a creamy, flavorful sauce with crunchy cornflake topping!
20. Carolina Gold BBQ Sauce
Tangy, mustardy, bold, slightly sweet. Slather this deliciously unique, Carolina gold bbq sauce on just about any grilled meat.
21. Calico Beans
This Calico Beans recipe is perfect for juggling all your other to-dos. Your oven takes care of cooking a hearty, flavor-packed meal.
Salads
22. Classic Macaroni Salad
Classic macaroni salad – Just like Grandma used to make! Delicious pasta with all the right goodies tossed in an extra creamy, thick dressing!
23. Hawaiian Macaroni Salad
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad brings a unique flavor to the table. The veggies & pasta are brought together by a super creamy dressing!
24. Chicken Pasta Salad
Chicken pasta salad is a cold pasta recipe with plenty of indulgent veggies, refreshing herbs and a wholesome blended dressing that is zestalicious!
25. Taco Pasta Salad
Taco pasta salad is a crowd-pleasing metropolis of taste that lends a myriad of refreshing flavors and textures to the plate.
26. Pasta Salad With Italian Dressing
This pasta salad with Italian dressing recipe uses vibrant colors with nutritious meats and veggies to produce bold tangy flavors that are irresistible.
27. Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad
Chicken Caesar pasta salad has classic Caesar taste with loads of extra flavor. Chicken, bacon, pasta, & veggies are perfectly topped with creamy, tangy dressing!
28. Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad is a delicious way to usher in summer and compliment warm weather meals for friends and family or even large get togethers.
29. Portillo’s Chopped Salad
Our copycat recipe of Portillo’s Chopped Salad is LOADED with lotsa chicken, pasta, bacon, and blue cheese then dressed in a sweet Italian dressing! YUM!!
30. Ina Garten Potato Salad
Ina Garten potato salad is a simple recipe with layers and layers of fabulous flavor that come together quickly and do not disappoint. Serve warm or cold!
31. 7 Layer Salad
This 7 layer salad uses creamy homemade dressing, crumbled bacon, and shredded cheddar to smuggle in tons of awesome veggies, like a culinary Trojan horse!
32. Broccoli Salad
This bright tangy broccoli salad combines the best flavors and textures in a sweet zesty homemade vinaigrette for a crave-worthy salad sure to please.
33. Pea Salad
Cold creamy pea salad is a beautiful myriad of flavors and textures that please the palate and transform meals into tasty treats in no time flat.
34. Grape Salad
This grape salad is a yummy combination of red & green grapes with a creamy, sweet, and tangy dressing, topped with sweet brown sugar and crunchy walnuts!
35. Frog Eye Salad
Frog eye salad is a sweet fluffy rendition of a fruity dessert salad with cool whip, instant pudding, and plenty of extras to make you go Mmmm!
36. Watergate Salad
This light and fluffy Watergate salad is a fresh and fruity rendition of the classic picnic-grade recipe that’ll make you famous for your dessert salads.
Cakes and Desserts
37. Texas Sheet Cake
Our Texas sheet cake is the stuff sweet dreams are made of – a thick, fudgy icing fused to the top of a moist cake masterpiece, And the best part? The recipe for Texas Sheet Cake is super simple! You’ll be doing the two-step after just one bite of this quick but oh, so rich dessert.
38. Pineapple Sunshine Cake
Pineapple sunshine cake is a moist fruit-filled cake with a light-n-creamy topping that’s just bursting with yummy flavor you can’t help but love.
39. Eclair Cake
Eclair cake is a sweet creamy rendition of an indulgent American treat transformed into a decadent icebox cake that comes together in 20 minutes flat!
40. Lemon Lush
Lemon lush is a creamy, delicious layered dessert. It consists of a homemade shortbread crust, a rich cream cheese layer, and a velvety lemon layer.
41. Lemon Bars
Perfectly tangy, and lusciously sweet, these lemon bars do double time on flavor without taking hours to make! You’ll have a hard time eating just one.
42. Pineapple Delight
Pineapple delight is a refreshing, creamy, citrusy layered dessert that’s super easy to make & perfect any time you need a fabulous dessert to feed a crowd.
43. Bisquick Blueberry Cobbler
This Bisquick blueberry cobbler will knock your socks off. It has a perfect cakey topping made with Bisquick and a filling made with fresh blueberries!
44. Peach Bread Pudding
Our peach bread pudding combines fresh peaches, warm spices, butter, bourbon, and custard, creating an incredibly delicious dessert that will knock your socks off!
45. The Best Peach Cobbler
Fresh peaches, fluffy cake topping, and loads of your favorite spices make a Southern Peach Cobbler that truly celebrates this summertime fruit favorite!
Drinks
46. Hippie Juice
Our hippie juice recipe is the perfect simple, easy, refreshing summer drink for a party. It’s a fruity, fun, Big Batch cocktail perfect to make for a crowd!
46. Strawberry Frose
A cold glass of smoothly blended strawberry frose is eager and waiting to take your summer from uncomfortably hot to BEACH READY!
48. Brazilian Lemonade
Our refreshing Brazilian Lemonade is the perfect drink to sip on, on those hot dog days of summer. Sweet, a bit tart, and oh so creamy!
Kathleen, what a Memorial Day line up of great recipes! These recipes can be enjoyed all summer!
Velva
Oh, thank you so much! Enjoy 🙂
Such great recipes. I can’t wait to try some.
Thank you Ann! I hope you enjoy!! <3