Your Perfect Mother's Day Cookout Starts with These Grilled Recipes
Mother’s Day doesn’t have to be strictly associated with a day of relaxing at the spa or chit-chatting over manicures. Instead, we suggest dressing up the backyard, firing up the grill and blending a batch of frozen margs. We honestly couldn’t think of a better way to spend the afternoon than with a Mother’s Day cookout.
Whether your mom is a health nut or a carnivore to the core, we’ve pulled together grilling recipes that run the gamut, from a vibrant veggie platter that looks almost too pretty to eat to the juiciest, most flavorful turkey burger she’ll probably ever bite into. We’ve even thrown in a few grilled cocktails we, personally, can’t wait to try for ourselves, as well as a couple grilled desserts guests will gobble up in a flash.
Let’s start with the cocktails, naturally.
Grilled watermelon habanero cocktail
For a refreshing, fruity cocktail with a spicy kick, reach for this grilled watermelon habanero margarita. Mix El Yucateco Caribbean Hot Sauce with mint, white tequila and watermelon; then garnish with grilled watermelon. Easy as that.
Grilled pineapple Moscow mule
Kick up the classic Moscow mule a notch with fresh, grilled pineapple. Whitney Bond’s recipe mixes Smirnoff pineapple vodka with ginger beer and a quarter-cup of grilled pineapples.
Stuffed grilled avocados with shrimp & mango salsa
Start your meal off with a protein-packed avocado, topped with a couple garlic- and paprika-seasoned, juicy shrimp and sprinkled with a fresh, sweet-and-spicy mango salad a la the Roasted Root.
Tequila jalapeño shrimp
Hey, it’s a holiday; pull out the tequila and use it in this jalapeño shrimp dish concocted by We Are Not Martha. This quick-and-easy appetizer may have some heat behind it, thanks to the jalapeño slices, but the yogurt dipping sauce not only complements the dish, but it’ll also cool you off.
Balsamic garlic grilled mushroom skewers
Who needs meat when you have this vegan-friendly grilled appetizer from Closet Cooking?
Grilled Caesar salad
Once you’ve charred the romaine lettuce just enough to give it an irresistible crisp, top with Caesar dressing, Parmesan crisps and a dash of pepper — and voilà! — grilled Caesar salad.
Grilled zucchini with lemon & feta cheese
What’s a better time of the year than late spring/early summer to indulge in a bright, citrusy Greek-inspired dish? The Delicious Plate’s grilled zucchini with lemon and feta cheese dish is easy, quick and requires very minimal grill time, leaving you with plenty of time for the main courses (and more cocktails).
Grilled salmon with lemon dill seasoning
As Hey Grill Hey proves, lemon dill is the perfect counterpart to salmon. It’s light, acidic and enhances its flavor. Hey Grill Hey even lists helpful tips to perfectly grilling your salmon, and you’d be wise to follow them.
Grilled vegetable platter
This grilled veggie platter is too beautiful to eat.
Make a day of this preparing dish by spending the morning with your mom at the farmer’s market picking out cherry tomatoes, yellow squash, asparagus, carrots, zucchini and more. Bonus points if you pick up locally sourced honey, mustard and herbs for this platter’s vinaigrette.
Grilled Hawaiian stuffed chicken
If calorie counting is thrown out the window on Mother’s Day for you and Mom, add this grilled Hawaiian stuffed chicken to the menu. With large, juicy chicken breasts stuffed with salty slices of ham, thin slices of provolone cheese and chunks of pineapple, you’ll be going in for seconds before you know it.
Grilled fish tacos
We’re suckers for fish tacos, especially when the fish is grilled. And these fish tacos from Tastes Better from Scratch are loaded with all the toppings you could ever want: cabbage, pico de Gallo, homemade crema, avocado, cotija Mexican cheese and fresh lime juice.
Jalapeño curry turkey burgers
Moist, incredibly flavorful and, best of all, a healthier burger option: Skip the traditional beef patties for these jalapeño curry turkey burgers. Ketchup won’t even cut it for these burgers; instead, Ambitious Kitchen has a curry tahini sauce that doubles as a dip for both the burger and your side of fries, should you opt for that side dish.
Grilled peaches with vanilla ice cream
The smoky, warm finish on the peaches paired with cold, creamy vanilla ice cream? Game over; this is the only dessert you need on Mother’s Day.
Grilled pineapple with coconut rum sauce
Just kidding; you’ll want this dessert, too.
We can’t describe this mouthwatering dessert-meets-cocktail better than House of Yumm does: “Sweet, juicy, caramelized grilled pineapple drizzled with a creamy coconut rum sauce. Tropical paradise!”
The coconut rum sauce alone is too good to pass up; it’s made with coconut milk, cream of coconut, coconut rum and butter — and does it get any better than that?
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