Our Best Labor Day Recipes

Grilling and BBQ Side Dishes

Easy

Succotash

Farideh Sadeghin

35 minutes

Easy

Green Bean Salad With Dill Pickles And Feta

Ali Slagle

1 hour

Easy

Corn and Miso Pasta Salad

Ham El-Waylly

50 minutes

Easy

Cucumber Salad

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

Easy

Chickpea Salad With Fresh Herbs and Scallions

Lidey Heuck

15 minutes, plus 30 minutes’ marinating

Classic Deviled Eggs

Alex Witchel

45 minutes

Potato Salad With Dijon Vinaigrette

William Norwich

45 minutes

Pimento Cheese

The New York Times, Matt Lee, Ted Lee

5 minutes

Easy

Bloody Mary Tomato Salad

Hetty Lui McKinnon

25 minutes

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Best Dip Recipes

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Easy

Mushroom Queso Fundido

Christina Morales, Bricia Lopez

About 1 hour

Easy

Seven-Layer Dip

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Easy

Butter Bean Dip With Frizzled Onions and Preserved Lemon

Yotam Ottolenghi

35 minutes

Easy

Rotel Dip

Lidey Heuck

20 minutes

Queso

Alexa Weibel

20 minutes

Editors’ Pick

Guacamole

Florence Fabricant, Josefina Howard

15 minutes

Easy

White Bean Hummus With Tahini and Coriander

Genevieve Ko

5 minutes

Zaalouk (Eggplant and Tomato Salad)

Nargisse Benkabbou

45 minutes

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No-Bake Desserts for Lazy Days

No-Bake Chocolate Mousse Bars

Samantha Seneviratne

30 minutes, plus chilling

Easy

Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake

Samantha Seneviratne

20 minutes

Easy

Sago Pudding

Hetty Lui McKinnon

40 minutes, plus 2 hours' chilling

Easy

Fruity Ice Cream Sodas

Melissa Clark

20 minutes

Mocha Icebox Cake

Yossy Arefi

25 minutes, plus chilling and freezing

Easy

Dulce de Leche

Lidey Heuck

About 5 hours

Easy

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

Lidey Heuck

15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling

Easy

Hawaii-Style Sherbet

Ligaya Mishan, Neale Asato

20 minutes, plus at least 14 hours’ freezing

Halo-Halo

Naz Deravian

15 minutes

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Our Best BBQ Recipes

Grilled or Oven-Roasted Santa Maria Tri-Tip

Kim Severson

40 minutes

Easy

Homemade BBQ Sauce

John Willoughby

10 minutes

Easy

Grilled Pork Chops

Steven Raichlen

40 minutes

Smoked Prime Rib

Gabriel H. Sanchez, Dennis Sanchez

About 16 hours

Easy

Grilled Turkey Burgers

Ali Slagle

40 minutes

Easy

North Carolina Vinegar Sauce

Steven Raichlen

5 minutes

BBQ Chicken

Sam Sifton

45 minutes

Easy

Flank Steak

Lidey Heuck

2 hours 50 minutes

Easy

Alabama White BBQ Sauce

Steven Raichlen

5 minutes

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Grilled Chicken Recipes

BBQ Chicken

Sam Sifton

45 minutes

Easy

Dijonnaise Grilled Chicken Breasts

Ali Slagle

40 minutes

Souvlaki

Lidey Heuck

About 3 hours

Easy

Ginger-Lime Chicken

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

Cornell Chicken

Ali Slagle, Dr. Robert C. Baker

1 hour 5 minutes, plus 3 to 8 hours’ marinating

Easy

Grilled Tahini-Honey Chicken Thighs

Yasmin Fahr

20 minutes

Pollo Asado

Ham El-Waylly

1 hour 10 minutes, plus at least 3 hours marinating

Grilled Chicken Legs

Genevieve Ko

35 minutes, plus grill heating time

Easy

Chipotle-Coconut Chicken

Ali Slagle

45 minutes

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Burger Recipes

Easy

Smash Burgers

Sam Sifton

20 minutes

Oklahoma Onion Burgers

J. Kenji López-Alt

15 to 30 minutes

Gochujang Burger With Spicy Slaw

Rick A. Martínez

45 minutes

Grilled Seafood Burgers With Old Bay Mayonnaise

Kay Chun

25 minutes

Easy

Mushroom Smash Burgers

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Spicy Lamb Burgers With Tahini

David Tanis

30 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling

Korean Cheeseburgers With Sesame-Cucumber Pickles

Kay Chun

25 minutes

Burger Plate

Eric Kim

20 minutes

Easy

Vegan Cheeseburgers

J. Kenji López-Alt

15 minutes

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Potato Salad Recipes

Potato Salad With Dijon Vinaigrette

William Norwich

45 minutes

Roasted Potato Salad With Lemon and Feta

Yossy Arefi

1 hour

Japanese Potato Salad With Mentaiko

J. Kenji López-Alt

45 minutes

Chive Pesto Potato Salad

Kay Chun

45 minutes

Roasted Potato Salad With BBQ Dressing

Eric Kim

1 hour

Easy

Roasted Sheet Pan Potato Salad

Romel Bruno

40 minutes

Classic Potato Salad

Millie Peartree

35 minutes, plus chilling

German Potato Salad

Suzanne Hamlin, "The Joy of Cooking"

40 minutes

French Potato and Green Bean Salad

David Tanis

1 hour 15 minutes

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Vegetarian Grilling Recipes

Easy

Grilled Zucchini

Alexa Weibel

15 minutes, plus grill heating

Easy

Grilled Tofu Tacos

Kay Chun

45 minutes

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Grilled Cabbage With Paprika-Lime Butter

Ali Slagle

45 minutes

Easy

Grilled Asparagus With Miso and Olives

Yotam Ottolenghi

25 minutes

Easy

Grilled Halloumi and Zucchini With Salsa Verde

Lidey Heuck

65 minutes

Easy

Grilled Asparagus

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Spiced Grilled Halloumi

Ali Slagle

20 minutes, plus grill heating

Tofu-Vegetable Satay With Peanut Sauce

Lara Lee

45 minutes

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Summer Appetizer Recipes

Easy

Ham and Cheese Sliders

Lidey Heuck

35 minutes

Editors’ Pick

Guacamole

Florence Fabricant, Josefina Howard

15 minutes

Easy

Pink Peppercorn-Marinated Goat Cheese

Rebekah Peppler

10 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ marinating

Easy

Classic Caprese Salad

Melissa Clark

15 minutes

Easy

Carrot and Orange Salad

Nargisse Benkabbou

30 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling

Braaibroodjie (Grilled Cheese and Chutney Sandwiches)

Sheela Prakash, Jan Braai

35 minutes

Easy

Tapenade

Rebekah Peppler

10 minutes

Easy

Grilled Harissa Shrimp

Yossy Arefi

15 minutes

Fried Green Tomatoes

Millie Peartree

1 hour

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Make-Ahead Salads for BBQs

Classic Potato Salad

Millie Peartree

35 minutes, plus chilling

Easy

Taverna Salad

Lidey Heuck

45 minutes

Easy

Green Goddess Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Lidey Heuck

25 minutes

Healthy

Thai-Style Crunchy Vegetable Salad

Kay Chun

20 minutes

Easy

Green Bean Salad With Dill Pickles And Feta

Ali Slagle

1 hour

Easy

Cucumber Salad

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

Easy

Antipasto Salad

Dan Pelosi

30 minutes, plus at least 1 hour’s chilling

Easy

Charred Bok Choy and Cannellini Bean Salad

Hetty Lui McKinnon

25 minutes

Easy

Zucchini Salad With Bread Crumbs

Yasmin Fahr

20 minutes

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Our Best Summer Picnic Recipes

Easy

Furikake Tomato Sandwich

Eric Kim

10 minutes

Easy

Pink Lemonade

Eric Kim

20 minutes

Easy

Fresh Ranch Dip

Naz Deravian

5 minutes

Kimbap

Darun Kwak

40 minutes

BBQ Chicken

Sam Sifton

45 minutes

Easy

Zucchini Salad With Bread Crumbs

Yasmin Fahr

20 minutes

Easy

Radish, Cucumber and White Bean Farro Salad

Yasmin Fahr

50 minutes

Easy

Orzo Salad

Lidey Heuck

1 hour

Easy

Succotash

Farideh Sadeghin

35 minutes

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Potluck Desserts You Can Make in Your Favorite 9-by-13 Pan

Scotcheroos

Samantha Seneviratne

20 minutes, plus cooling

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake

Ali Slagle

30 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ freezing

Buttermilk Tres Leches Cake

Lisa Donovan

6 hours (includes 1 hour soaking and 4 hours’ refrigeration)

Chocolate Birthday Cake Butter Mochi

Sara Bonisteel, Sheldon Simeon

1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

Dump Cake

Naz Deravian

60 minutes

Basque Cheesecake Bars

Jesse Szewczyk

About 3 hours

Easy

Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels

Genevieve Ko

15 minutes, plus cooling

Four-Layer Surprise

Lisa Donovan

6 hours 20 minutes

No-Bake Cheesecake Bars

Samantha Seneviratne

20 minutes, plus chilling

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Summer Cocktail Recipes

Ranch Water

Naz Deravian

5 minutes

All Day Cassis

Rebekah Peppler

5 minutes

Long Island Iced Tea

Eric Kim

10 minutes

Pickle Brine Margarita

Nikita Richardson, Heather Rush

Watermelon Margarita

Alexa Weibel

5 minutes

Margarita

Rosie Schaap

3 minutes

Bellini

Kia Damon

10 minutes

Nutcracker

Millie Peartree

10 minutes, plus at least 8 hours freezing

Aperol Spritz

Lidey Heuck

5 minutes

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Best Eggplant Recipes

Cheesy Eggplant and Rigatoni Bake

Sue Li

1 hour 15 minutes

Easy

Eggplant Adobo

Kay Chun

40 minutes

Easy

Bagara Baingan (Creamy Spiced Eggplant)

Zainab Shah

45 minutes

Eggplant Parmesan

Eric Kim

1 hour 35 minutes

Easy

Borani Banjan (Afghan-style Eggplant in Yogurt)

Zainab Shah

35 minutes

Zaalouk (Eggplant and Tomato Salad)

Nargisse Benkabbou

45 minutes

Yotam Ottolenghi’s Chermoula Eggplant With Bulgur and Yogurt

Tara Parker-Pope, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi

About 1 hour 30 minutes

Crunchy Eggplant Parmesan

Julia Moskin

1 hour 30 minutes

Healthy

Baba Ghanouj

Martha Rose Shulman

1 hour 15 minutes

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Desserts for Picnics

Easy

Rice Krispie Treats

Scott Loitsch

20 minutes, plus cooling

Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler

Molly O'Neill, Lindsey Remolif Shere

1 hour 15 minutes

Easy

One-Bowl Chocolate Cake

Genevieve Ko

2 hours, mainly cooling

S’mores Blondies

Erin Jeanne McDowell

1 hour, plus cooling

Blueberry, Almond and Lemon Cake

Yotam Ottolenghi

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Sugar Cookie Bars

Margaux Laskey, “American Girl Cookies”

40 minutes, plus cooling

Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies

Krysten Chambrot

30 minutes, plus chilling

Lemon Bars With Pecan Crust

Lisa Donovan

4 1/4 hours

Easy

Peanut-Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies

Yossy Arefi

30 minutes, plus cooling

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More Labor Day recipes

Easy

Green Bean Salad With Dill Pickles And Feta

Ali Slagle

1 hour

Strawberry Pretzel Bars

Millie Peartree

45 minutes, plus 4 to 6 hours’ chilling

Easy

Hot Slaw

Emily Cochrane, Cathy Lo, Star Vue Drive-In Theater

25 minutes

Easy

Grilled Asparagus

Ali Slagle

25 minutes

Easy

Cucumber Salad

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

Hard Lemonade

Rebekah Peppler

8 minutes

Easy

Frito Pie

Kia Damon

45 minutes

Upside-Down Peach Cobbler

Melissa Clark

1 hour 40 minutes

Easy

Fruit Salad

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Lemon-Blackberry Shortcakes

David Tanis

1 hour 15 minutes

Turmeric Potato Salad

David Tanis

35 minutes

Easy

Paprika-Rubbed Pork Chops

David Tanis

1 hour 20 minutes

7Up Sheet Cake

Millie Peartree

1 1/4 hours

Pimento Cheese Dip

Millie Peartree

35 minutes

Easy

Oven BBQ Ribs

Millie Peartree

3 1/4 hours

Grilled Chicken Legs

Genevieve Ko

35 minutes, plus grill heating time

Pulled Pork

Genevieve Ko

4 1/2 hours

Guacamole With Grilled Corn

J. Kenji López-Alt

25 minutes, plus time for grill to heat

Easy

Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake

Jesse Szewczyk

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Honey Butter Grilled Corn

J. Kenji López-Alt

20 minutes, plus time for heating grill

Vegan Potato Salad With Tahini

Melissa Clark

45 minutes, plus at least an hour’s resting

Smashed Pickle Salad

Ali Slagle

10 minutes

Spicy Clam Dip

Melissa Clark

40 minutes

Strawberry Galette

Naz Deravian

1 to 1½ hours, plus chilling and resting