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    Memorial Day Recipes

    Memorial weekend is the unofficial start to summer and grilling season. Check out my tasty, no-fuss Southern-style recipes including quick and easy summery main dishes, salads, sides, desserts, and cocktails. You will also find menu ideas, videos, and cooking tips.

    From Easy Grilled Beer Can Chicken to Southern Potato Salad and Red, White and Blue Ice Cream Pie, find the perfect recipes to celebrate the holiday weekend.

     

    A large white plate filled with southern watermelon tomato salad garnished with feta cheese, slivered almonds, and chopped basil.

    Southern Watermelon Tomato Salad

    Red, White, and Blue Summer Fruit Salad with watermelon, feta cheese and blueberries ready for the 4th of July

    Red, White, and Blue Summer Fruit Salad

    A clear glass bowl of Easy Southern Fresh Peach Salsa with a red bell pepper, peaches and a jalapeno pepper next to it.

    Easy Southern Fresh Peach Salsa

    Two servings of Homemade Fresh Peach Ice Cream with peaches in the background

    Homemade Fresh Peach Ice Cream Recipe

    Red White and Blue Ice Cream Pie full of strawberries and blueberries

    Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Pie

    Simple Lemon Grilled Chicken right off the grill, on a cutting board, garnished with lemons and rosemary

    Simple Lemon Grilled Whole Chicken Recipe

    Easy Grilled Pork Chops and Marinade with pork chops right off of the grill on a wooden cutting board resting

    Easy Grilled Bone-In Pork Chops and Quick Marinade

    Corn Salad in a green pottery bowl with fresh corn cobs in the background

    Easy Southern Corn Salad Recipe

    Ultimate Grilled Flank Steak on a cutting board with a few slices cut

    Ultimate Grilled Flank Steak Recipe – Tender and Juicy

    Cooked New Potatoes, broccoli and cherry tomatoes in a white serving bowl for Potato Broccoli Salad with Vinaigrette

    Potato Broccoli Salad with Vinaigrette

    Easy Southern Broccoli Salad in a bowl and ready to serve

    Easy Southern Broccoli Salad

    Fresh Tomato Salad with White Acre Peas

    Tomato Salad with White Acre Peas

    Easy Watermelon Lemonade Ice Pops stacked and ready to enjoy

    Easy Watermelon Lemonade Ice Pops

    Two bowls ofPasta Salad with Green Goddess Dressing

    Pasta Salad with Green Goddess Dressing

    33 Incredible Homemade Ice Cream Recipes FB

    33 Incredible and Easy Homemade Ice Cream Recipes

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    Southern Recipes

    Grape salad topped with pecans and brown sugar in a white bowl.

    Easy Grape Salad with Cream Cheese

    An oven-baked Cheese Grits Casserole in a white baking dish.

    Easy Southern Cheese Grits Casserole

    Smoked ham on a platter garnished with peach slices and parsley.

    Easy Smoked Ham with Spicy Peach Glaze

    Three scoops of bourbon ice cream in a glass dessert dish.

    Bourbon Ice Cream

    Classic Southern Strawberry Shortcake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream

    Southern Strawberry Shortcake with Cornmeal Drop Biscuits

    A piece of Banana Pudding Poke Cake on a white plate with a fork.

    The Best Banana Pudding Poke Cake

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    Southern Peas Recipes

    Black-Eyed Pea soup in a white bowl.

    Black-Eyed Pea Soup – Southern Style

    Southern Hoppin' John in a bowl with corn muffins in a basket in the background.

    Hoppin’ John – a Southern-Style Recipe

    A large bowl of cooked black-eyed peas topped with parsley.

    Southern Black-Eyed Peas Recipe

    How to Cook Fresh Purple Hull Peas

    A large grey bowl full of peas with snaps.

    Easy Southern Field Peas Recipe

    Southern White Acre Pea Succotash fill of summery goodness

    Southern Succotash with White Acre Peas Recipe

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