by The Staff at Allrecipes

Yes, dads it’s finally your day. You have express permission to kick the dog out of your favorite chair, take your kids on an all-day fishing trip, or follow your daydreams wherever they lead! We don’t want to infringe on every dad’s inalienable rights to dictate his own Father’s day agenda, but a few recipes and celebrating ideas can only make your day more free-flowing and delicious!

Just think! A day where you can eat all your favorite foods, hand off the barbeque tools to a willing and able spouse or child, and bask in the warmth of your family’s love and gratitude (without having to season or flip even one burger)!

Dads Go Bonkers for Barbeque
When the day is dedicated to honoring every family’s favorite big man, a barbeque is an excellent route to choose. Barbeque food is ideal because it can be made in advance and pulled out of the refrigerator just in time to grill or take its rightful place on the picnic table. This means: more time to spend waiting on dad hand and foot!

Recipes

Barbeque Mains
• Blue Cheese Burgers
• Barbeque Halibut Steaks
• Grilled Shrimp Scampi
• Mushroom Patties

Salads
• Tangy Dill Potato Salad
• Southwestern Pasta Salad
• Spinach Salad with Peaches and Pecans

Grill those Veggies!
• Scalloped Potatoes for the BBQ
• Zucchini Boats on the Grill

Meat and Potatoes Man
• Beef Pepper Steak
• Marinated Veggies
• Sweet Dinner Rolls

Veggie-lovin' Dad
• Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
• Fresh Semolina and Egg Pasta
• Apple Avocado Salad with Tangerine Dressing

Desserts
• Awesome Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Burnt Sugar Cake
• German Chocolate Cake III
• Cherry Pie III
• Blackberry and Blueberry Pie
• Tricia's Fantastic Fudge Pie