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Memorial Day Recipes

2 Plates with one taco each. Flour tortilla filled with sliced cooked steak, tomato salsa, red cabbage, tomatoes, and cilantro. sliced radishes on the side. Glass of water, fork, knife and napkin. Top view.

These Memorial Day Recipes are easy and delicious, giving you time to make rounds to visit graves (my dad has a tradition of this for both traditional military but also all those who have passed) while also enjoying the family and friend cookout associated with this holiday.

Memorial Day Holiday Cooking - A way to celebrate life and remember those that passed in service to our country.  Some times we get ahead of ourselves and think everything's just about food :)

Check out these Memorial Day Recipes That Travel Well

These Memorial Day recipes are made to travel well.  They aren't liquidy and won't spill on your way to the party.  They are also served cold and most can also be made ahead of time.

  • Easy Green Beans with Lemon And Dill
  • Pork Carnitas
  • Corn and Edamame Succotash
  • Cold Chicken Salad
  • Lemon Dill Orzo Salad

Memorial Day Weekend Recipes That Can Be Made Ahead

It's nice to have recipes and food made before the rush of a big party or event. Make these Memorial Day recipes in advance and avoid a big blow out on party day.  These recipes also generally travel well too - bonus!

  • Simple and Easy Coleslaw
  • Potato and Egg Salad
  • Quick Pickled Shrimp - You will love this!!
  • Cucumber and Dill Salad
  • Oven Roasted Golden Beets

No Grilling - Oven Baked Rib Recipes

Not to poo-poo grilling, but I don't do a lot of it.  So here you'll find lots of no grill oven baked rib recipes. Ribs are the backbone (haha - ok there the ribs) of any summer party.

  • Oven baked St. Louis BBQ Ribs
  • Baked Dry Rubbed Pork Ribs
  • BBQ baked Baby Back Ribs
  • Easy oven Baked BBQ Short Ribs
  • Simple Baked Beef Back Ribs

Check out some of my favorite Memorial Day appetizer recipes:

  • Baked Thai Inspired Chicken Drumsticks - cilantro, garlic, soy sauce
  • Easy Pimento Cheese - Southern delight and completely surprisingly addicting.
  • Salami, Arugula, Cornichon "Bombs" - Cute little pickles wrapped in salami.  Super easy.
  • Deviled Eggs w/ Chow Chow - Chow chow is really any pickled veggie.  Don't like it?  Leave it off.
One taco filled with chicken, cole slaw, cilantro, sliced jalapenos, and 3 sliced radishes. Ingredients in background.

Chicken Tacos with Enchilada Sauce

Close up of Deviled Eggs Topped with Chow Chow (Pickled Tomatoes) on a white plate

Deviled Eggs with Pickled Chow Chow

Raw Okra on a Silver skewer over a bowl of cherry tomatoes and halved peaches.

Easy Whole Grilled "unslimy" Okra

Top View Corn & Lima Bean Succotash with diced Zucchini In A brown Bowl with a Wood Spoon

Butter Bean (Lima Bean) and Corn Succotash

French green beans in a white oval platter with a tan trim tossed with dill.

Easy Lemon Dill Green Beans

1 white plate with corn on the cob with butter and dusted with chile powder. 3 pieces of plain corn on the cob in the background.

Corn with Honey Lime Compound Butter

Grilled Chicken Thighs (with grill marks) on a bed of green salad w/ pineapple chunks on a white plate

Grilled Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Small wood bowl filled with shredded cole slaw with crispy tortilla chips in it.

Easy Cole Slaw Dip (Mexican Cabbage Dip)

3 Corn Grilled in Darkened Husks and peeled back to exposed charred kernals.

Grilled Corn On The Cob in Husk

Top down view of barbeque beef back ribs cut into individual ribs. Ribs laying on live edge wood cutting board with a chef's knife and white napkin in the background. Close up.

Easy Oven Baked Beef Back Ribs

Cooked Chicken Thigh and Leg with A Brown Dry Rub On A white plate with a green salad and red tomato salad.

Dry Rubbed Oven Baked Chicken Leg Quarters (Drumsticks and Thighs)

Brown Roasted Chicken legs in a cilantro sauce in a blue baking dish. Close up. Side view.

Baked Thai Chicken Drumsticks

Tomato Tart with different sizes and colors of tomatoes on golden puff pastry with basil leaves and sliced basil garnish.

Easy Tomato Tart with Puff Pastry

Cauliflower rice with whole cashews, raisins, carrots with curry and garnished with mint. White bowl with spoon. Side view.

Curry Cauliflower Rice with Cashews

White bowl of ½ blended and ½ chunky cucumber and tomato gazpacho soup with basil leaf garnish

Fresh Cold Gazpacho Soup Recipe

Oval white bowl of corn salad w/ quartered cherry tomatoes, jalapeños, red onions, and cilantro. Side view.

Easy Frozen Corn and Tomato Salad

Seared and browned caramelized sliced zucchini rounds on a white plate with red pepper flakes lightly garnished. Top view crop to a rectangle.

Simple Pan Fried Zucchini Rounds

Close up top image of cooked cherry tomatoes, sliced basil, creamy chunks of goat cheese, sliced pepperoncini, and garlic in a bowl.

Baked Tomato and Goat Cheese Pasta

Close up of wood bowl of cucumber soup with chunky cucumber and red onion garnish. White bowl of cucumber garnish on side.

Cold Cucumber Dill Soup

Top view of crispy browned bone in, skin on chicken thighs on a white plate on a white table.

Bone In Skin On Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs

2 bowls of orzo pasta in a green herb sauce with diced cucumbers, red onions, and green onions. One bowl has shredded parmesan and a spoon. Side view.

Lemon Dill Orzo Salad with Feta

Top down view of a wood bowl of pasta salad with basil and silverware on the side.

Orzo Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Feta Cheese

Top view of wood bowl filled with white mayonnaise sauce with pickles.

Easy Homemade Tarter Sauce

2 Mason Jars filled with sliced Pickles and vinegar and red pepper flakes and garlic. Side view.

Easy Quick Brined Refrigerator Pickles

White bowl with wood spoon of red quinoa, diced tomatoes and cucumbers and red onions, and chopped parsley mixed together.

Gluten Free Quinoa Tabbouleh

Sausage, cheese, and rice wrapped collard greens on a wood cutting board. One cut open.

Sausage and Cheese Collard Green Wraps

1 piece of salmon spiced with lime, paprika, and cumin on a bed of greens on a white plate

Salmon with Cumin, Paprika, and Lime

Chili Lime Compound Butter Roll on a wooden cutting board with a bowl of fresh lime juice with a teaspoon in it, fresh sliced bread, a lime, and ground chili powder with a butter knife.

Chili Butter with Lime and Honey

Top down view of sliced cucumbers and red onions in a tan bowl. Close up.

Cold Cucumber Dill Salad

Top view of a small white bowl of ceviche (diced white fish, red onions, yellow and red peppers, lime juice, and cilantro) with 3 crackers sticking out of bowl.

Fresh Amberjack Ceviche Summer!

Baked Meatballs elevated on a wire rack above an aluminum lined baking sheet.

Buffalo Meatballs with Dill Sauce

Verticle Bowl of Corn Chowder w/ Sweet Potatoes, Bacon, Cilantro, and Avocado Garnish. Close up.

Sweet Potato and Corn Chowder

5 ripe strawberries on a small rectangle plate with a dollop of whipped cream.

Fresh and Easy Homemade Whipped Cream

Stainless steel deep skillet filled with white beans and diced tomatoes with a lightly pulsed pesto of kale and almonds.

Cannellini Beans with Kale Pesto

Wood plate full of BBQ Shrimp with a Lemon Garlic Sauce over a bed of greens.

Grilled Shrimp with Lemon Butter Sauce

White bowl of shrimp in red tomato sauce over white rice and garnished with peppers and chopped celery leaves.

Easy Shrimp Creole with Rice

Shrimp Salad w/ Horseradish, Chives, Lemon In A White Bowl.

Simple and Easy Cold Shrimp Salad

Mason quart jar filled with whole okra and sliced red peppers.

Easy Quick Pickled Refrigerator Okra

Grilled Grouper Collar (Fish Neck) on a white plate with grilled pineapple rounds. Another plate out of focus in the background.

Grouper Collars (AKA Fish Collars)

Close up. Fresh Creamy basil pesto in a small white bowl on a delicate flowered napkin. Spoon sticking out and cherry tomatoes in background.

Fresh Basil Pesto - Fix A Bitter Pesto

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