With the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend ahead of us, I’m sure many of you will have some sort of event/party/gathering to attend. Even if you don’t have an actual party to head to, there’s still plenty of opportunity to put together a nice menu at home.
Either way, today I’ve got five fun and festive recipes that will be perfect for any Memorial Day plans you may have…from salads, right down to desserts!
A couple salads to start…
Creamy Fruit & Tortellini Salad
Grilled Potato Salad with Parsley Pesto
A main course…
Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken
A sweet snack…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Sandwiches
And a festive dessert! Totally a favorite of mine…
Stars and Stripes Cookie Cake
Now I’m thinking I may need to make this cookie cake again this year. 
Question for the Afternoon:
Anyone have any fun plans for the Memorial Day holiday weekend?
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Everything looks so yummy!! We’re going to stay the night in downtown Atlanta tomorrow … go for a nice dinner, maybe hang out by the pool at our hotel.
Nothing too crazy, but it should be fun!
I LOVE the stars & stripes cookie cake! I’ve already printed out the recipe here at work and am going to the grocery store tonight to buy ingredients!
Sara @ The Foodie Diaries recently posted..Tomorrow.
AH! Those all look AMAZING!!! I usually make a stars and stripes cake for the Fourth but I like your idea of making it for Memorial Day, too!
Linz @ Itz Linz recently posted..A bagpipe, a birthday, and a judgement-free summer
Those all look great! Thanks for sharing! I’m hopefully going to the beach in Maine this weekend
Caroline @ After Dinner Dance recently posted..Avocado Mac ‘N Cheese
omgness everryyyyything seems like a SCORE!
from the salads to the desserts–they’ve gotta taste good.
Ellie@Fit for the Soul recently posted..Green Onion and Spinach Quiche for One
I would take any of those for a Memorial day treat! …. We will be attending services and hopefully seeing some family- so that means travel.
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It all looks so tasty! I think I’ll go home and try the pretzels. They look absolutely delicious!
Ashley @ The North Carolina Cowgirl recently posted..Myrtle Beach Bike Week Recap
umm that grilled potato salad with parsley pesto? made my mouth water.
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The Potato salad with the parsley pesto and the pulled chicken both look DELICIOUS!
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might have to try the potatoes, we’re having a grill-out at our place this weekend and those would be perfect!
other plans for my weekend? my first half marathon Sunday morning!
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Pool & Reading!
And still remembering Memorial Day is for the Union soldiers of the Civil War
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These look fabulous! We have no major plans. It was going to be an all out yardwork weekend. It was supposed to be done a few weeks ago but my daughter broke her arm, so we had to postpone it. But instead of all weekend yardwork party, it looks like it may only be a Saturday yardwork party. There’s this nice little storm system (that may or may not turn into a tropical storm) off the southeast coast so there’s a high chance of rain Sunday and Monday.
Here’s hoping it stays a way but we’re pumping out as much as we can tomorrow in case it rains the rest of the weekend
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The potato salad looks yummy! And I can’t say no to anything chocolate peanut butter
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That fruit and tortellini salad looks delicious!
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That Stars and Stripes cookie cake looks delicious! Is that a whipped frosting or is it just vanilla buttercream on top? I can’t believe that cookie is THAT big-it’s a sugar cookie I’m assuming. I love strawberries and blueberries so that would be perfect for me. Maybe I’ll tackle this on the 4th of July? It’s supposed to be 85 degrees on Monday and I really don’t want to heat up my house as much as I have to.
Have a great long weekend!
Chocolate peanut butter pretzel sandwiches…. so very genius!!
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I agree with Michelle!
Chocolate PB Pretzels?! Bookmarkeeeed!
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Those pretzel sandwiches look amazing! I love a good salty+sweet combo! My brother is graduating from college this weekend. I think it’s a bit strange to have a college graduation on the Sunday morning of Memorial Day Weekend but oh well!
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I’m going to try that cookie cake! Looks so good!
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YUMTOWN!!! We’re going on a roadtrip all week long w/ cousins to DC, NY, Niagara Falls, and Philly the whole week. Can’t wait
I really want to try the fruit & tortellini salad!
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These are some great recipes!
I am totally making the potatoes! 
No big plans, just spending some time catching up on some things, including rest.
These are all delicious! I love the potato salad and the creamy fruit salad.. So mouth-watering! Yummy!
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Thanks for this mouth-watering recipes!! I love salad so much, specially fruit. That is why i’m so excited to try this recipe.
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