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Labor Day Recipes

Small Potatoes, Shrimp, Sliced Andouille Sausage, Corn cooked and laid out on craft brown paper. Close up.Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers, and what better way to celebrate than with delicious food and Labor Day recipes!

Start out the 3 day weekend with some of these easy cookout recipes.

 

Check out some of my favorite seasonal Labor Day recipes:

  • Corn And Sweet Potato Chowder - Add a little cilantro or avocado.  Take it up a notched with a bacon garnish if you eat meat.
  • Easy Dry Rubbed Pork Baby Back Ribs - Finger lickin' GOOD!
  • Low Country Boil - Easy recipe with Sausage, Shrimp, and Corn.  Throw everything out on a lined table and people help themselves.
  • Chunky Egg and Potato Salad - celery, red onions, pickle, mayonnaise, mustard.
Close up of fresh diced tomatoes, jalapenos, red onions, cilantro in a bowl.

Fresh Chunky Tomato Salsa (Pico de Gallo)

Grilled Chicken Thighs with a red brown dry rub on a white plate.

Easy Grilled Boneless Chicken Thighs

Close up of Red Purple Tomato slices, Mozzarella cheese slices, and basil leaf.

Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad

White plate with a layer of sliced tomatoes at the bottom. On top is diced grouper and cucumbers with fresh dill and capers.

Grouper, Cucumber, Tomato Salad

Corn on the cob in husk, whole poblano peppers (green, red, and orange), quartered eggplant and small red peppers on two levels of a grill

How To Grill Vegetables

2 halves of a peach with dark grill marks sitting inside a wooden bowl.

Easy Grilled Peaches

White bowl of orzo salad with diced artichoke hearts, red onions, red bell peppers with willted spinach. Silver spoon in the bowl.

Easy Italian Orzo Pasta Salad

Stacked & Fried Eggrolls On a Tan Plate with a white blow of guacamole. side view.

Crispy Southwest Vegetarian Egg Rolls

Plate of Black Beans & Rice W/ Tomato Salsa, Guacamole, Pineapple, and sliced turnips.

Drinks - Peach Rosemary Bourbon

Grilled Steak (New York Strip) on a wooden platter resting in it's juice

Creole Spiced New York Strip Steak

2 grilled chicken thighs over a bed of arugula salad w/ halved cherry tomatoes and diced avocado. On a white plate.

Grilled Chicken and Basil Vinaigrette

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