25 Easy Memorial Day Desserts

Celebrate the start of summer with these Memorial Day desserts! Find no-bake treats, crowd-pleasing cookies and bars, fruit crisps, pies, and more.

No Memorial Day cookout is complete without dessert! I’ve rounded up our best Memorial Day dessert recipes to help you find the perfect one for your celebration. They include no-bake treats like this show-stopping strawberry tiramisu, crowd-pleasing cookies and bars (no one ever complains about brownies!), frozen desserts, and all things fruit. Try one (or two or three) for a sweet start to summer! Very Berry Memorial Day Desserts No-Bake Memorial Day Desserts More Fruit Desserts for Memorial Day Cookies and Bars

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Cowboy Caviar

This cowboy caviar recipe is a delicious party dip! It's easy to make with black-eyed peas, fresh veggies and a zesty dressing. Great for making ahead!

summer / appetizers

This cowboy caviar recipe is a perfect make-ahead dip for potlucks and parties! Easy to mix up in minutes, it’s a delicious combination of black-eyed peas, black beans, and fresh veggies in a zesty vinaigrette. I especially love it in summer—scooped up with crisp tortilla chips, the tangy, juicy dip is so refreshing on a hot day. Cowboy Caviar Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need to make this easy cowboy caviar recipe: Black beans and black-eyed peas – They make up the base of this hearty dip. Corn – If fresh corn is in season, slice the kernels straight off the…

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Easy Coleslaw Recipe

Meet my best coleslaw recipe! Made with colorful cabbage and a creamy homemade dressing, it's a perfect side dish for picnics and BBQs.

summer / side dishes

This easy coleslaw recipe is great for just about any occasion—a weeknight dinner, a summer BBQ, or a fun picnic lunch. Shredded cabbage and carrots create its colorful base, and a homemade coleslaw dressing ties the whole thing together. Crunchy, creamy, tangy, and lightly sweet, it’s one of my favorite quick side dishes. I’ve made it for countless cookouts over the last 6 years, and this creamy coleslaw recipe is always a hit! Coleslaw Recipe Ingredients You only need a few basic ingredients to make this homemade coleslaw recipe! Green and red cabbage – They create the slaw’s crunchy base.…

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15 Fresh Strawberry Recipes

These fresh strawberry recipes are the best way to celebrate strawberry season! They include delicious desserts, refreshing drinks, salads, and more.

In late spring and early summer, I have strawberry recipes on repeat. As soon as these sweet, ruby red berries appear at the farmers market, I start tossing them into salads, blending them into drinks, eating them for breakfast, and of course making strawberry desserts. (No summer is complete without classic strawberry shortcake, if you ask me.) Below, I’m sharing 15 fresh strawberry recipes that belong on your table this summer. They’re the ones I come back to every year—desserts like that strawberry shortcake, my go-to strawberry salad, homemade strawberry lemonade, and more. Try one or try them all to make…

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Rhubarb Muffins

These rhubarb muffins are moist, tender, and bursting with tart, juicy summer rhubarb. I love them for breakfast or as a snack with coffee or tea!

These rhubarb muffins are so good, I just ate two fresh from the oven. They’re moist, tender, and perfectly puffy, with chunks of juicy rhubarb strewn throughout. I love that they’re not too sweet—the tartness of the rhubarb really shines through, as does the warm flavor of the vanilla extract in the batter. Bonus: they’re a fully acceptable choice for breakfast! I often reach for one as a snack with my afternoon coffee too. This rhubarb muffins recipe is easy to make in right around 30 minutes. If you have rhubarb on hand, you can have them ready in no time.…

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Strawberry Lemonade

This strawberry lemonade recipe tastes like summer in a glass! It's sweet, tart, and easy to make with 4 fresh ingredients. My whole family loves it!

When I made this strawberry lemonade recipe for the first time, my son Ollie gave it a thumbs up after just one sip. Easy to make with four ingredients—strawberries, lemon juice, water, and sugar—it’s sweet, tart, and incredibly refreshing. Around here, it’s becoming our go-to summer drink. Ice-cold, bright pink, and packed with fresh flavor, this strawberry lemonade is everything I crave on a hot day. I’ll be making it for cookouts, BBQs, and gatherings all summer long. I hope you will be too! Strawberry Lemonade Ingredients This strawberry lemonade recipe calls for four basic ingredients: Strawberries, of course! If…

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Strawberry Shortcake

This strawberry shortcake recipe is a classic, delicious summer dessert! Tender biscuits are filled with juicy strawberries and airy whipped cream.

summer / desserts

This strawberry shortcake recipe is one of my favorite ways to enjoy summer strawberries. Tender biscuits surround the sweet, juicy berries and billowy whipped cream. The combination is rustic, simple, and only lightly sweet, putting the berries front and center. I’d rank it up there as one of my favorite summer desserts…if not favorite desserts, period. When I was growing up, my family made strawberry shortcake every summer, using store-bought cake. It wasn’t until years later that I realized classic shortcake biscuits are easy to make from scratch—there’s no need to get store-bought! Seriously, you can make these biscuits with…

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Our Most Popular Mother’s Day Recipe

These buttery, flaky scones are our most popular recipe on Mother's Day every year. Easy to make with 9 ingredients, they're a delicious brunch treat!

A few weeks ago, I baked these easy homemade scones, studded with juicy blueberries and topped with a bright lemon glaze. My husband Jack is usually a major scone skeptic (“too dry” and “crumbly” are his common complaints), but these, he loves. They’re moist, flaky, and buttery. In our house, a batch disappears in 2 days, tops. They’re a perfect spring brunch treat—in fact, they’re one of our most-made recipes on Mother’s Day every year. If you’re looking for something simple and delicious to make this Sunday, you can’t go wrong with these. Here’s why I love these easy scones:…

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31 Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas

Our best Mother's Day brunch ideas! Find make-ahead breakfast casseroles, quick and easy French toast, mimosas, and more recipes Moms will love.

These Mother’s Day brunch ideas are better than any gift—flowers, candles, jewelry… That’s how I feel, at least. To me, the ultimate treat is spending a Sunday morning enjoying a delicious meal with my family. And if Jack and Ollie do the cooking? Even better. I’ve rounded up our best Mother’s Day brunch ideas below. They include recipes for every type of gathering and every type of cook. Serving a crowd? Make a hearty breakfast casserole or delicate quiche. Need something quick and easy? Our classic homemade pancakes have you covered. Want to get ahead? This overnight French toast casserole is…

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Get a Sneak Peek Recipe from Pop of Flavor!

My new cookbook, Love & Lemons Pop of Flavor, comes out this fall! Get early access to my Zesty Ricotta Muffins recipe when you pre-order today.

In case you missed it last week, I announced my new cookbook: Love & Lemons Pop of Flavor! The book will be out this fall, but you can officially pre-order it now! As a thank you for pre-ordering, we’re offering early access to my recipe for Zesty Ricotta Muffins with Lemon Glaze through next Sunday, May 10, only. Pre-order your copy today, then send your receipt to cookbook@loveandlemons.com to grab your recipe sneak peek! Vegan option included. To everyone who’s pre-ordered already—thank you so much. It truly means the world. 💛 Remind me—what’s Pop of Flavor about? Pop of Flavor is a celebration…

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8 Best Margarita Recipes

Our best margarita recipes! They include the classic tequila cocktail as well as fruity, spicy, and frozen twists. Try one to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

Break out the tequila—let’s make margaritas! These margarita recipes range from the classic combination of tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice, and agave to fruity margaritas, frozen margaritas, jalapeño-infused drinks, and more. They’re all refreshing, delicious, and easy to make. With Cinco de Mayo coming up next week, almost everyone where I live in Austin, Texas will be sipping a margarita this weekend. Often confused with Mexican Independence Day (September 16), Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican victory over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. In Austin, it feels like a broader celebration of Mexican-American heritage, and margaritas are…

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