Labor Day Recipes

Start your Labor Day menu planning here with our favorite recipes for the three-day weekend. Burgers and dogs, salads and slaws, with beverages to boot!

pesto pasta caprese salad with tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil

17 Recipes For A Perfect Labor Day Cookout

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Classic Macaroni Salad

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Best Fried Green Tomatoes

Perfect Summer Fruit Salad

Microwave Corn on the Cob

Blueberry Crisp

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Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs

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Sangria! Sangria!

a large scoop of golden-brown yellow squash casserole on a blue plate sitting in front of a blue casserole dish

Squash Casserole

a slice of lattice-topped blueberry pie on a green plate with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Homemade Blueberry Pie

Peach Pie the Old Fashioned Two Crust Way

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Prize-Winning Baby Back Ribs

hamburger in bun with onion

Best Hamburger Ever

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Homemade Corn Dogs

Seven Layer Taco Dip

Seven-Layer Taco Dip

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Pasta Salad with Homemade Dressing

Dave's Low Country Boil

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close up view of Roasted Okra

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Crisp Pickled Green Beans

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Spicy Grilled Shrimp

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Crispy Fried Chicken

Melt in Your Mouth Blueberry Cake

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Simple BBQ Ribs

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Vanilla Milkshake

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Smooth Sweet Tea

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Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

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Basic Fruit Smoothie

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Sautéed Garlic Asparagus

Virgin strawberry daiquiri in wine glass with fresh strawberry garnish

Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri

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Strawberry Shortcake

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Simple Pasta Salad

'Chinese Buffet' Green Beans

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Tomato Mozzarella Salad

Mom's Beef Shish Kabobs

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Tomatillo Salsa Verde

Detroit Hot Honey Wings

Grilled Pineapple

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Roasted Garlic Lemon Broccoli

Icebox cake that shows layers of whipped cream and chocolate Oreo thins

Easy Chocolate Icebox Cake

BLT Pasta Salad

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Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler

close up view of Baby Back Ribs with sauce on a grill

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Mexican Corn on the Cob (Elote)

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Strawberry Mojito

Brazilian Lemonade

Red-Skinned Potato Salad

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Southern Green Beans

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Fresh Cherry Cobbler

close up view of Horchata in a glass jar with a glass straw, next to cinnamon in bowl

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Southern-Style Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Classic Spanish Sangria

Grilled Garlic Artichokes

Greek chicken on white plate with twigs of rosemary and half a lemon

Sweet Restaurant Slaw

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Grilled Corn on the Cob

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