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16 Exciting Memorial Day Recipes | Homemade Recipes

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Enjoy this weekend by honoring those that have served and spending quality time with your loved ones, good friends and some delicious Memorial Day recipes.

16 Exciting Memorial Day Recipes

Celebrate Memorial Day with your family and friends. Honor those who courageously gave their lives and have served.

What better day to prepare barbecue ribs, marinated chicken, and skewers than Memorial Day? It's all about honoring those in the armed serves, spending time with your loved ones and firing up the grill. Not sure about what to cook up? We've got 16 exciting Memorial Day recipes for you to try out.

1. Grilled Sausage with Peppers and Onions

A soft bun stuffed with caramelized onions, roasted red peppers, and juicy grilled Italian sausages. Serve this to wow the crowd. Recipe.

2. Tropical Passion Sangria

You don't want to feel hot and sweaty while celebrating Memorial Day with friends and family. Cool down with this tropical passion sangria. Here's the recipe.

3. Marinated Grilled Chicken with Cucumber-Watermelon Salsa

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Chicken soaked in a simple yet flavorful chicken and steak marinade, paired with a very refreshing cucumber-watermelon salsa. Find the recipe here.

4. Red Velvet Ice Cream Cake

A perfect red, white and blue frozen dessert for Memorial Day. Grab the recipe here.

5. Olive Oil Parmesan Grilled Corn

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Every Memorial Day cookout requires grilled corn. Full recipe.

6. Chipotle Peach Salsa

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Sweet and spicy peach salsa that pairs with quesadillas, tacos, grilled meat and a lot more. Makes your meal ten times better! Read the recipe.

7. Moroccan Grilled Chicken Kabobs

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Grilled chicken skewers big on flavor thanks to Moroccan spice. Check it out here.

8. Honey Chipotle Ribs

Sweet and spicy ribs smothered in honey chipotle. Try it here.

9. Sweet and Spicy Beer Barbecue Chicken

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Finger lickin' good! Learn how to make it here.

10. Easy Summer Dessert Tacos

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Fruit-filled tacos with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, and caramel sauce. Get the recipe here.

11. Peppercorn-Crusted BBQ-Ranch Burgers with Chili-Lime Crunchies

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This superb burger deserves a place in your Memorial Day feast. Click here for the recipe.

12. Skinny Chocolate Chip Fro-Yo Sandwiches

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End your Memorial Day meal with some healthy and heavenly patriotic sweet treats. Here's the recipe.

13. Melon, Proscuitto and Mozzarella Skewers

Appetizers at their finest! Full recipe.

14. Dijon-Brown Sugar Marinated Steak

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image via Iowa Girl Eats

A special steak for a very special day. Read the recipe here.

15. Patriotic Fruit Pizzas

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Berries, marshmallow creme, and cream cheese make these lovely treats the perfect Memorial Day dessert. Find the recipe here.

16. Dr. Pepper Baked Beans

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image via Sugar & Soul

A BBQ just isn't a BBQ without some baked beans. Here's the recipe.

What do you think of these Memorial Day recipes? Which recipe are you planning to try? Share your experience with us in the comments section below.

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