Labor Day Menu

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The most delicious Labor Day Menu is about to go down!!

Labor Day is this weekend and it’s basically another excuse to make all the food (as if we really needed an excuse!) What’s Gaby Cooking has you covered from head to toe when it comes to menu planning. From appetizers and cocktails to mains to sides to dessert – a little bit of everything so you can mix and match and entertain in style!

Don’t feel pressure to cook it all yourself, you can channel your inner Gaby and do what I do. Because I want to have full control of the menu at all times, I just email my guests/family/friends links to recipes and then they can bring them!! I’m a nut – fully aware! So send around some links, whip up a dish or two – and Happy Labor Day party-ing!

Cocktails:

Stone Fruit Sangia

Stone Fruit and Strawberry Sangria from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Strawberry and Peach Rosé Sangria

Sparking Peach and Cherry Sangria from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Skinny Margarita

Skinny Margarita // What's Gaby Cooking

Appetizers:

Melon Caprese Skewers

Melon Caprese Skewers from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Loaded Guacamole

Loaded Guacamole from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Homemade BBQ Potato Chips!

Homemade BBQ Potato Chips from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Grilled Shishito Peppers

Grilled Shishito Peppers from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Layered Corn Guacamole

Layered Corn Guacamole / Cinco de Mayo recipes on www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Homemade Chipotle Salsa

The BEST Homemade Chipotle Salsa

Grilled Artichokes

Grilled Artichokes from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Salads:

Herbed Caprese Salad

Herb Caprese Salad from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Heirloom Tomato and Goat Cheese Salad

Stone Fruit Salad

Avocado and Heirloom Tomato Salad

Avocado Heirloom Tomato Salad from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

California Cobb

California-Cobb-Salad

Summer Power Salad

Summer Power Salad from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Watermelon Jicama Salad

Watermelon Jicama Salad

Peach Caprese

Peach Tomato Caprese from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Marinated Tomato and Burrata Salad

Marinated Tomato and Burrata Salad from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycooking)

Pesto Pasta Salad

Pesto Pasta Salad from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Stone Fruit and Burrata Salad

Stone Fruit and Burrata Salad

Mains:

Santa Maria Tri-Tip

Santa Maria Tri Tip from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Grilled Flank Steak with Salsa Verde

Grilled Flank Steak with Salsa Verde from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Parmesan Pretzel Dogs

Parmesan Pretzel Dogs from www.whatsgabycooking.com

Guacamole Turkey Burgers

Guacamole Turkey Burgers loaded with Pepper Jack Cheese + Pico de Gallo from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

BBQ Baby Back Ribs

BBQ Baby Back Ribs with Dr. Pepper BBQ Sauce from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

BBQ Nachos

BBQ Nachos from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Spicy Shrimp Tostadas

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Chicken Shish Kebabs

Chicken Shish Kabobs from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Grilled Chicken with Avocado Tomato Salad

Grilled Chicken and Tomato Avocado Salad from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabyookin)

Desserts

Snickerdoodle S’mookies!

Blackberry Peach Crisp

Peach and Blackberry Crisp from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Grilled Peaches with Vanilla Ice Cream

Grilled Peaches with Vanilla Ice Cream from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

S’more Cheesecake Pops

S'more Cheesecake Pops from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Strawberry Peach Pie

Strawberry Peach Pie from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Mixed Berry Galette

Mixed Berry Peach Galette from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

S’more Slutty Brownies

S'more Slutty Brownies from www.whatsgabycooking.com - the most incredible treat you could imagine (@whatsgabycookin)

and some strawberry blueberry shortcakes!!

Strawberry Blueberry Shortcakes from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

HAPPY LABOR DAY-ING!

28 Comments

  1. I think I will just send this link to everyone and I will sit back and relax and enjoy eating all of this!!! It looks incredible! All of it!

  2. Thank you, Gaby!!! I have a large crowd coming to the lake this weekend and you just made my menu planning SO much easier!! How do I decide what to make as it all looks amazing?? 🙂

    And I made your bruscetta bar for a recent reunion of several high school girlfriends (class of 1973!!) and it was a HUGE hit!!

    LOVE your blog!

  3. YES! I was just starting to plan this weeked! I love your pictures- everything looks mouthwatering!

  4. Everything looks amazing! Truly though, I can’t believe it’s almost Labor Day! Where has the year gone?!

  5. I love how much avocado pops up here, total yum!! Amazing spread, I would love to see friends and family arrive with any of these beautiful dishes.

  6. thanks for kickstarting my weekend menu planning…if only there were more days to cook ALL of the recipes!! thanks for posting the menu ideas. Can you let me know what the link for the chicken skewers is? I think it is linked to peach caprese but doesn’t seem to be working.
    thanks and have a great weekend!

  7. This post was ridiculous… in the BEST way. I started through it thinking it was a “menu”- we are having a 4 friends over on Monday and I thought I would just use your menu. Well… what in the world am I going to do- so many salads that I want to forget the BBQ part of the day. Thank you for the inspiration and indecision!

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