5 Memorial Day Recipes to Kick Off Summer!

By: Chris

The unofficial kick-off to the summer season is upon us — can you believe it? These  5 Memorial Day Recipes to Kick Off the Summer will get you through any bbq or picnic this weekend!

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Shopping List:
• Hot Dogs (makes 16 or 2 packages)
• 1 can refrigerated breadstick dough
• Skewers
• Mustard or ketchup for dipping

Instructions:
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Stick skewer in each of the hot dogs, all the way through.
• Wrap one piece of dough around each hot dog.
• Put in oven for 20 minutes, or until the dough is cooked and browned.
• Serve with mustard or ketchup.

Dee’s Potato Salad

Nothing goes better with hot dogs and hamburgers than Dee’s Potato Salad, from Burnt Macaroni!  It soooo good!

Watermelon Blueberry Salad

Shopping List:

• 1 Mini Watermelon, cubed
• 1 cup Fresh Blueberries
• 1/2 cup Feta, crumbled
• Mint Leaves, chopped
• 2 Limes, juiced

Instructions:

• In a serving bowl, combine watermelon, blueberries, mint, and cheese.
• Pour the lime juice on top and mix.
• Serve, and enjoy! 

Patriotic Brownies

Shopping List

Instructions

• Pre-heat oven to 350.
• Follow instructions on box to make brownies.
• Stir in chocolate chips, marshmallows, and 1 cup red/blue M&M’s.
• Pour into greased 13×9 baking pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until toothpick comes clean.
• Put white chocolate chips in a microwavable mixing cup and microwave for 1 minute. If not melted, heat for an additional 10 seconds.
• Pour over brownies and top with remaining M&M’s.
• Serve.

Thanks to Back for Seconds for this fun idea

Memorial Day Punch

Shopping List:

Instructions:

• Using a mason jar as a glass, fill the glass 1/4 the way up with the red Cran-Cherry Juice, then fill the glass with ice.
• Next, water down the lemonade, so the color is closer to white than yellow. Fill the glass another 1/4 the way with lemonade.
• Finally, top with the blue color (Blue Raspberry Kool-Aid) the rest of the way to the top.
• Cup the tip of the Twizzlers candy to use as a straw.
• Serve.

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What are you doing on Memorial Day? Comment below! 

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