Memorial Day is a great time to get outside and celebrate the holiday with all your favorite eats in the company of family and friends, but that doesn’t mean you have to neglect your gut health in the midst of all the fun! With some help from Lifeway Kefir and Farmer Cheese, your Memorial Day can be packed with protein and live probiotics to support your microbiome while you celebrate the special holiday.
We rounded up some of our top recipes for Memorial Day recipes that are a delight for your taste buds, muscles, and microbiome. Our probiotic-rich kefir is an excellent source of protein and packed with billions of live probiotics, while our cultured cheese is also rich in protein and contains live and active cultures for a healthy gut. No matter what Lifeway product you love most, all our options are excellent choices for your outside adventures and summertime celebrations.
Take your pick from all these gut-friendly celebratory eats as we help you enjoy a fun weekend with foods and recipes that love you back in the most delicious ways!
1. Barbecue Jackfruit Farmer Cheese Sliders
You’ll never miss the meat with these juicy, filling sliders. Our Farmer Cheese packs plenty of protein for satisfaction while the jackfruit gives these sliders a meaty, tender texture and all the filling ingredients provide the perfect final touch. Get this recipe here, and be sure you make enough for a crowd because they’ll go fast!
Barbecue chicken is a classic cookout food for Memorial Day and other outdoor celebrations, so we gave this dish an upgrade with Lifeway Farmer Cheese. Our cultured, creamy cheese is blended into a sauce before being spread across a buttered bun that’s topped with honey barbecued chicken. Check it out for a sweet and juicy chicken sliders recipe you’ll want to put on repeat year round!
3. Perfect Bite Every Time Probiotic Fruit Salad
Every mouthful of this sweet, juicy fruit-filled salad is a delight in the most gut-healthy way. Bursting with fresh flavor and nutrients from different fruits, it’s also packed with filling protein and gut-nourishing probiotics from Lifeway Kefir. Mix up a batch of this fruit salad, and enjoy all the sweet benefits and satisfying flavor it brings!
The more, the merrier! That’s the idea with these protein-packed dips made with Lifeway Farmer Cheese. This set of recipes gives you multiple choices for dip options, so no matter the mood or the craving, we’ve got a recipe to suit you and your Memorial Day crowd. Or, better yet, make them all, and pair these dips with your favorite veggies, crackers, or whatever else you want to enjoy these protein-rich dips with.
If you love a charcuterie board for outdoor gatherings, you have to try our Summer Charcuterie Board with Lifeway Farmer Cheese. Featuring fruits and variety of meats, our cheese is the perfect protein-rich addition that provides live probiotics for happy gut while you celebrate. Check out this easy recipe here, and feel free to adjust it to make it your own!
6. No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Pie
Cherry pie has to be one of the most iconic American desserts of all time, but we have to say, cherries have never looked or tasted as good as they do in this No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Pie made with Lifeway Farmer Cheese. This easy pie recipe is a fantastic dessert if you want to indulge in the taste of nostalgia while still making smart choices for your body. Packed with protein and live probiotics, this pie is a must-try!
7. Farmer Cheese Watermelon Ice Cream
What’s better than watermelon in the summer? Farmer Cheese Watermelon Ice Cream made with protein-packed Lifeway Farmer Cheese! This delightful frozen treat combines the refreshing flavor of watermelon with our farmer cheese to create a fruity dream of a dessert infused with protein and live and active cultures.
8. Strawberry Mango Probiotic Popsicles
Made with Strawberry and Mango Lifeway Kefir, these frozen pops combine the sweetness of strawberries with the tropical twist of mango for a refreshing treat that’ll keep you cool and smiling all season long. Strawberries, mangoes, and Lifeway are all packed with nutrients your body needs, and they make a triumphant trio of delicious flavors when it comes to these chilly, probiotic pops.
Celebrate the holiday with these festive Patriotic Kefir Pops! Made with a medley of fruit and elevated with the 12 live cultures from different flavors of Lifeway Kefir. Their classic, firecracker image makes these Patriotic Pops just the festive treat for your patio parties, cookouts, pool parties, and more!
Looking to find Lifeway products in a store near you? Check out our store locator here or shop online to have them delivered. We wish all of you a safe and healthy Memorial Day weekend from our family to yours!
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