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20+ BEST Labor Day Recipes to Make Your Holiday a Hit!!

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Grandbaby Cakes » Holidays » Fourth of July, Memorial Day and Summer Grilling Holidays » 20+ BEST Labor Day Recipes to Make Your Holiday a Hit!!

From Delicious Flavorful Marinated Skirt Steak with an irresistible chimichurri and perfectly grilled spicy jerk chicken to delectable peach cobbler bread pudding, creamy no churn blueberry ice cream and INSANELY addictively gooey grilled pineapple glazed donuts, this round up features over 20 of the very best Labor Day Recipes ever that will truly make your holiday a hit!!!!


A collage of labor day recipes include steak and icebox cake for celebrating

Labor Day is finally here, and I can’t believe how fast it has arrived.  With Summer coming to an end super soon, Labor Day weekend marks one of the very last summer celebrations we can have that allows us to spend time with family and eat some delicious food outside around the grill.

Today, I’ve created a round up of almost 30 of the very best Labor Day Recipes online!  You will find everything here from grilled masterpieces like steaks, chicken, steak and even donuts!  I also threw in a few summer favorites like a delicious Low Country Boil that is made for serving a big summer crowd and delicious lobster rolls that remind you of all summer has to offer.

Also check out the massive list of incredible side dishes sure to wet your palate!  I also rounded up the most incredible seasonal fruit desserts and threw in some super easy no churn ice creams and icebox pies for you as well.   Lastly, there are some sensational drinks that you must try this Labor Day weekend as well!  I hope you enjoy them all!  Pick and choice and create the Labor Day recipes menu of your dreams!

Best Labor Day Recipes for the Grill and Stovetop

CLICK HERE FOR Skirt Steak with Chimichurri

Overhead shot of Marinated Skirt Steak with Chimichurri drizzled all over it and a bowl of it next to it

Click HERE for Honey Grilled Catfish

Close up of a single filet of Pineapple Honey Bourbon Grilled Catfish served on a white plate with a fork

Click HERE for Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Shot of Jerk Chicken on white plate grilled and ready to serve

Click HERE for Beef Ribs

Beef Ribs cooking on a black grill inside an aluminum foil packet

Click HERE for Bacon Cheddar Burger

Ultimate Bacon Cheddar Burger served with crispy fried onion rings on a wooden cutting board

Click HERE for Grilled Ribeye with Tequila BBQ Glaze

A vintage plate filled Grilled Ribeye Steak, tomatoes and green beans with carved strips of ribeye steak next to it on a cutting board

Click HERE for Low Country Boil

Overhead shot of hand picking up blue crab at low country boil gathering

Click HERE for Warm Butter Lobster Rolls

Two Warm Butter Lobster Rolls for Labor Day

Best Labor Day Side Dishes

Click HERE for Southern Fried Corn

Southern Fried corn in a cast iron skillet with a spoon in it

Click HERE for Fried Green Tomatoes

A stack of fried green tomatoes served on a square, white plate with a fork and one of them with a bite taken out of it

Click HERE for Succotash

Succtoash overhead shot against white background

Click HERE for Rice and Peas

Close up of white bowl with rice and peas against white wall

Click HERE for Fried Okra

A pile of Southern Pan Fried Okra sitting on paper towel with raw okra pieces in the foreground

Click HERE for Corn Pudding

Delicious overhead of corn pudding being dug into with spoons

Click HERE for Fried Sweet Plantains

Overhead of white plate with fried sweet plantains with yellow napkin

Click HERE for Collard Greens

Overhead of three white bowls filled with Southern Collard Greens with hamhock against gray background with cornbread and hot sauce

Click HERE for Cucumber Tomato Salad

Close up of a Cucumber Tomato Salad from The Hungry Hutch

Click HERE for Seafood Macaroni Salad

Close up of Seafood Macaroni Salad served in a green bowl for Labor Day recipes

Best Labor Day Dessert Recipes

 
Fresh Strawberry Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze poured over it

Click HERE for Southern Peach Cobbler

 
Overhead shot of a white casserole dish with half of a southern peach cobbler still in it with a spoon and two small bowls of the dessert accompanied by scoops of vanilla ice cream next to it

 

Click HERE for Kool-Aid Pie

 
 

Click HERE for No Churn Blueberry Ice Cream

 
Overhead shot of blueberry ice cream with two waffle cones against gray background
 

Click HERE for Strawberry Margarita Pie

 
Overhead of Strawberry Margarita Pie with slices already cut
 
 
Bourbon Cream Sauce pouring over peach bread puddings
 

Click HERE for Grilled Pineapple Donut Sundaes

 
Overhead shot of Grilled Pineapple Donut Sundaes Recipe ingredients
 

Click HERE for Berry Icebox Cake

 
Close up overhead shot of a slice of Berry Icebox Cake recipe
 

Click HERE for Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake

 
Strawberry Punch Bowl with some taken out of the casserole dish it is in
 

Click HERE for Pink Lemonade Cake

 
Close up of a square piece of Pink Lemonade Cake topped with a lemon wedge and a yellow and white striped straw in it

Best Labor Day Drinks

Click HERE for Southern Sweet Tea

Southern Sweet Tea contained in a large pitcher and two glasses all topped with ice cubes, lemon wedges and mint

Click HERE for Berry Rhubarb Punch

Berry Rhubarb Punch contained in three small glass cups topped with one stick of rhubarb and mint and fresh strawberries and rhubarb pieces next to them

Click HERE for Sherbet Frappe’

Overhead shot of Spiked Sherbet Frappe Punch in a large glass punch bowl with scoops of rainbow sherbet, fresh berries and straws in it

Click HERE for Strawberry Lemonade

Overhead shot of two glasses full of strawberry lemonade with straws in them along with fresh strawberries and squeezed lemon halves next to them

Click Here for Pineapple Rum Punch

Close up of a small glass of Pineapple Rum Punch garnished with a pineapple wedge on the rim and fresh mint with a pitcher of the beverage and fresh fruit in the background

Click HERE for Strawberry Peach Wine Slushies

Two glasses of Strawberry Peach Wine Slushies next to a sliced strawberry and a whole peach for Labor Day

Click HERE for Summer Fruit Rosé Sangria

Two small glasses of Summer Fruit Rose Sangria surrounded by fresh strawberries and cherries on a wooden cutting board

 

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Comments

  1. Aline says

    What an inspiring list!! I want to eat everything, but I definitely will be trying the Southern Sweet Tea and the Low Country Boil before summer ends!! They look so amazing!!

    Reply

  2. Pam Greer says

    This is absolute perfect timing, I still haven’t settled on a labor day menu yet! Now, I have so much to choose from!

    Reply

  4. Michelle says

    What an amazing round-up!! I’m loving everything here but especially that fresh strawberry pound cake! Will definitely be making that!

    Reply

  5. Tonje says

    Oh wow! Thanks for the inspiration, I was looking for some labor day ideas, and now I definitely have a plan. I think my family will enjoy several of these drinks!

    Reply

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