Happy Memorial Day! It’s a weekend of celebrations. School is almost over, It’s the start of summer activities and fun at the pool. Here are some tasty ideas for your Memorial Day get togethers.

Hot Diggity Dogs – Build your own hot dog station! Every guest at your Memorial Day Celebration will have different ideas toppings on their hot dogs. Put different toppings into containers and let everyone add their favorite toppings.

Here are list of items you can put out and let everyone build their own:

• Shredded Cheese
• Diced Onions
• Chili
• Mustard
• Ketchup
• Pickles
• Tomatoes (Wedges or diced)
• Jalapenos
• Salsa
• Sauerkraut
• Guacamole
• And anything else you can think of!

You can create signs and recipe ideas to place on the table and next to the ingredients.

Grilled Corn on the Cob – Serves 6 Corn is always a big hit with everyone and grilling it is a fun way to add some flavor.

• 6 ears fresh corn, husks removed
• 6 tablespoons Butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 6 pieces of foil each large enough to wrap each ear of corn

Directions – Mix all spices together in a bowl. Take 1 tablespoon of butter for each corn and rub the corn with butter. Take 1 spoonful of the spices and pour into your hands. Rub the corn with the spices until covered. Wrap the corn in the foil and grill for 15 minutes turning often.

Berry Shortcakes – Serves 8. A refreshing dessert with homemade biscuits and your favorite berries.

Biscuits –

• 1 cup Western Family all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons Western Family Sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Orange Zest
• 4 ounces Cream Cheese cut into cubes
• 1/3 cup Milk
• 1 tablespoon milk

Berries and Topping –

• 1 lb. Strawberries
• 1 lb. Blueberries
• 1 cup Whipping Cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup Western Family Sugar plus 1 tablespoon

Directions – Preheat your oven to 425.

Biscuits – Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and orange zest in a bowl. Add the cream cheese cubes and mash into mix until it is coarse crumbs. Pour into the mix the milk and mix dough into a ball. Divide dough into 8 balls. Place dough balls on greased baking sheet 3 inches apart. With a glass that has a flat base flatten the dough balls until ½ inch thick. Brush tops with a little bit of milk and sugar. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

Berries and filling – Rinse strawberries and blueberries. Cut tops and core the middle of strawberries. Take 1/3 of the strawberries and mash them with a fork. Mix in 1/3 cup of sugar and 1 cup of blueberries and set aside.

Whip the 1 cup of whipping cream with mixer and add the vanilla and 1 tablespoon sugar. Cover and Chill for 30 minutes.

Let the biscuits cool. Cut them in half and place a spoonful of the berry mixture on the bottom half of the biscuit and then top the berries with a spoonful of the whipping cream. Cover with the biscuit and then top with another spoonful of whipped cream and few of the berries that we set aside. Either serve immediately or put in the fridge until ready.