35 Easy Memorial Day Recipes

Our greatest Memorial Day recipes! We have rounded up summer time salads, sides, dips, desserts, and extra—every part you want for a scrumptious cookout.

The unofficial begin of summer time is only a few days away—it’s time to plan your Memorial Day menu!

I’ve rounded up our greatest Memorial Day recipes beneath. They embody contemporary appetizers, salads, aspect dishes, drinks, desserts, and extra. They’d all be good for a Memorial Day cookout…and cookouts all summer time lengthy. I do know I’ll have many of those recipes on repeat this summer time. I hope you additionally discover some you’re keen on!

Memorial Day Appetizer Recipes

Antipasto Platter

Carry an Italian trip to your personal yard with this aperitivo-inspired platter! It’s loaded with marinated mozzarella balls, gigante beans, olives, and extra. Sip a bubbly Aperol spritz whilst you snack.

Caprese Skewers

The traditional salad in bite-size type! Use a mixture of cherry tomato colours to make these look extra-fun and festive.

Summer Fruit Platter

Fruit + cheese = the simplest Memorial Day appetizer ever. And it’s scrumptious! Set it out on a cute platter with nuts, olives, and crackers, and company will find it irresistible.

Mango Salsa

This contemporary, fruity tackle pico de gallo is ideal for early summer time. Serve with tortilla chips for dipping!

Guacamole

A crowd pleaser at any event, Memorial Day picnics included!

Easy Bruschetta

It’s summer time—convey on the tomatoes and basil! This traditional Italian appetizer is one in every of my favourite methods to get pleasure from them. As a result of it’s so easy, it lets their contemporary flavors shine.

Summer season Pasta Salads

Easy Pasta Salad

What’s a summer time bbq with no pasta salad? This recipe is a reader favourite—it has over 500 5-star opinions!

Pesto Pasta Salad

For those who (like me) can’t get sufficient basil pesto within the summertime, this recipe is for you! It’s pesto pasta in picnic type—brilliant inexperienced, herbaceous, and tremendous contemporary.

Italian Pasta Salad

My home made Italian dressing, olives, and pepperoncini pack this pasta salad with tangy, zesty taste.

Macaroni Salad

My twist on this nostalgic picnic dish is crammed with crunchy veggies and tangy dill pickles and tossed in a creamy dressing. Undoubtedly make it forward—the flavors get higher the longer it sits within the fridge!

Extra Memorial Day Facet Dish Recipes

Grilled Corn on the Cob

Serve it slathered with butter or gown it up with elote fixings. No house on the grill? Make boiled corn on the cob as an alternative.

Greek Salad

Crammed with a refreshing jumble of crisp and juicy veggies, this traditional salad tastes like summer time. You possibly can assemble it forward, however maintain the mint leaves till simply earlier than serving in order that they don’t wilt within the dressing.

Best Potato Salad

This traditional potato salad is creamy, pickle-y perfection! I exploit pickle brine within the dressing and add chopped dill pickles to the salad for an additional tangy pop. Tip: Combine two peeled and chopped hard boiled eggs into the salad to make it extra-creamy.

Best Broccoli Salad

A brisker twist on the Midwest traditional! As an alternative of utilizing the standard bacon, I high this reader favourite salad with smoky roasted nuts.

Cucumber Salad

I crave this candy and tangy salad all summer time lengthy. Fortunately for me, it couldn’t be simpler to make. Simply toss cucumbers and crimson onions in a 3-ingredient dressing and high them off with contemporary herbs. Easy and scrumptious!

Mexican Street Corn Salad

This elote-inspired salad will get RAVES at any time when I convey it to a summer time gathering. Make it on Memorial Day weekend, and I assure that will probably be the star of any cookout you are taking it to!

Creamy Coleslaw

The key to nice coleslaw? An awesome home made coleslaw dressing! Mine is creamy, candy, and tangy, made with mayo, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, and somewhat celery seed for savory depth of taste.

Red Potato Salad

If creamy potato salad isn’t your factor, do that ultra-herby one as an alternative. L&L reader Tracy commented, “Husband shouldn’t be a potato salad fan. Made this and he LOVED it and I feel it’s my favourite ever.”

Avocado Salad

Okay, guacamole lovers—this avocado salad is the Memorial Day recipe for you! Tossed in a zesty lime dressing, it’s mainly a deconstructed guac with some chopped cucumbers thrown in for crunch.

Watermelon Feta Salad

This salad is my favourite recipe to make on a scorching summer time day! The mixture of juicy watermelon, cucumbers, salty feta, and mint is so cooling and refreshing.

Broccoli Slaw

A scrumptious mashup of coleslaw and broccoli salad! Make it forward in order that the crunchy broccoli matchsticks have time to marinate within the creamy dressing.

Grilled Vegetables

Can’t select between grilled corn and grilled zucchini? You don’t need to! These colourful veggie skewers are a flavorful and festive addition to any summer time cookout. I like to serve them with a aspect of tzatziki sauce.

Memorial Day Fundamental Dishes

Best Veggie Burger

Significantly, the very best ever. Sautéed mushrooms, tamari, balsamic, and mirin give these patties an unbeatable umami taste. Tip: Assemble them as much as a day forward, cowl, and refrigerate till you’re able to grill!

Easy Black Bean Burger

These one-bowl burgers are prepared in half-hour!

Portobello Mushroom Burger

Don’t underestimate humble mushroom caps! Grilled with balsamic and tamari, they grow to be juicy, meaty, and savory—an ideal plant-based “patty.”

Mushroom Tacos

Not within the temper for decent canines or burgers? Make these mushroom tacos in your Memorial Day cookout! They’re tremendous easy, crammed with meaty, savory grilled mushrooms, avocado salsa, and pickled onions.

Summer season Drinks

Homemade Lemonade

Made with contemporary lemon juice and simple syrup, this home made lemonade is sooo a lot better than store-bought.

Red Sangria

The right cocktail for a crowd! Chill it in a single day for the very best fruity taste.

Margarita

Margaritas at a summer time gathering are by no means a nasty name. Hold it traditional with this recipe or make watermelon margaritas or strawberry margaritas for a enjoyable twist.

Mojitos

Backyard overrun with contemporary mint? Put it to work on this fizzy rum cocktail. L&L reader Elizabeth known as it the “finest cocktail for a scorching summer time day!”

Memorial Day Desserts

Strawberry Shortcake

You possibly can’t make a roundup of Memorial Day recipes and never embody strawberry shortcake! Different contemporary fruits can be fantastic right here too—strive including blueberries, blackberries, and even contemporary peaches.

Best Homemade Brownies

Nobody will complain about brownies at a cookout. 🙂 These ones are chewy, fudgy, and full of wealthy chocolate taste.

Lemon Bars

Lemon desserts = the very best summer time desserts! With a buttery shortbread crust and pucker-y lemon curd filling, these lemon bars are the very best of the very best.

Rhubarb Crisp

Memorial Day falls within the coronary heart of rhubarb season. Make this straightforward crisp to point out it off at its finest! Tip: Don’t neglect the vanilla ice cream for serving. Its sweetness actually makes the tart rhubarb pop.

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Do you’ve got a summer time bucket listing? I hope making home made ice cream is on it. It’s straightforward to make with 5 fundamental substances, and it’s simply too good to overlook out on. I’m making some over Memorial Day weekend…it is best to too!