Memorial Day Quick and Easy Recipes

Need some quick and easy Memorial Day recipe ideas?

For a small Memorial Day gathering, it is easy to whip up some fast, easy recipes without too many ingredients needed. I am not much of a cook, but I have a few easy favorites I will share here.

Quick and Easy Potato Salad

Red or white potatoes

Mayonnaise

Salt and pepper

Hard boiled eggs

Boil the potatoes in a large pan until soft, not mushy. Add mayonnaise, salt, and pepper to taste. Slice hard boiled eggs and lay over the top. My sister-in-law makes her potato salad this way and it is my favorite potato salad recipe, it is quick and easy! We like it best when it is still a bit warm when we eat it.

Italian Steak

Steak - enough for each family member

Italian Dressing

Marinate steak for 3 to 4 hours in Italian Dressing. Grill steaks outdoors, broil steaks in oven, or use a George Foreman grill. My youngest says this is the yummiest way to make steak!

Dessert

For an easy dessert, skip looking for a dessert recipe, and buy some fresh fruit. Cut it up and serve it on a platter. Whipped Cream can be used as a dip, or try mixing some cool whip with a bit of cream cheese and add some flavoring, vanilla is always a good choice.

Chili Fries

In the evening, if you feel like a little something different for your Memorial Day dinner, whip up some chili fries. Buy a bag of frozen French Fries, a can of Castleberry's Bunker Hill Chili with No Beans, and grated cheese. Cook French Fries per instructions on bag and heat up chili in a pan. Put fries in a 9x13 baking dish, pour chili over them, then put sliced cheese over the fries and chili. Next put under broil of oven for 2 or 3 minutes, checking on them constantly, just until the cheese melts. Serve as is, serve with some sour cream to dip in, or make up some dipping sauce.

Dipping Sauce

Ketchup

Ranch Dressing

Old Bay

Stir the three ingredients together, tasting as you go. This is my youngest's favorite with fries!

As you can see, fast, easy Memorial Day recipes are the way for me! Sticking with the same fast and easy phase, purchase some festive paper plates, napkins, and plastic wear to help make clean up a breeze!

By Cheryl Kleinman