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Summer Dinner Ideas
With some great summer dinner ideas handy will help you to enjoy and relax on many hot summer nights. It should be as sound as you are cooling yourself in the pool like the picture below.
On the Grill
Fans of grilled food, summer for sure is your time. Here are a few great summer dinner ideas on the grill.
Herbes
de Provence Brined Grilled Pork Chops
These pork chops are super flavorful and juicy. Bet you will want them again and again. (Get Recipe)
Grilled Shrimp Skewers Recipe
This grilled seafood recipe is very versatile. You can treat it as a side dish and pair with something else, such as a salad. Or serve it as your main course. (Get Recipe)
Perfectly Grilled Steak
You can make a restaurant quality steak at home. Just follow this simple recipe and you will never look back.
(Get Recipe)
Breakfast Style
If you love salad and don't mind to have it every day during the summer, that is awesome.
However, in my house, no matter what the outside temperature it is that day, hot dishes are literally a must on the dining table. If you are the one to cook, I know that you want to stay away from the stove top as much as you can. Because by the time the dinner is ready, you are sweating like a pig already, right?
Here is a list of breakfast style recipes. Why did I pick them? Breakfast recipes are mostly very easy, quick and cheap. Many of them are the chop-and-drop recipes. They work perfectly on a summer night:
Ham Scrambled Eggs
Mushroom Fried Eggs
Authentic French Toast
Peanut Butter French Toast
Spinach Pancakes
Keto Spinach Pancakes
This low-carb version will keep you filling and guilt-free. (Get Recipe)
Pasta Recipes
Who doesn't love pasta? It is filling and versatile. But there are hot pasta dishes which take some time to man them in front of the stove. Some needs to finish it in the oven which is the last thing you want to warm up your house with or without A/C (air conditioning) blasting. Here are some very low maintenance pasta recipes for you:
5-Minute No-Cook BLT Pasta Salad
Asian Pasta Salad with Chicken
Buffalo Meatballs Pasta
Chicken Pasta with Sage Sauce
Chipotle Chicken Spinach Pasta
One Pot Linguine with White Wine Sauce
One Pot Swedish Meatball Fettuccine
Orange Tuna Pasta
Pineapple Kielbasa Pasta
Pineapple Kielbasa Spinach Whole Wheat Pasta
Japanese Style Spinach and Crab Noodles
Spring Mix Tomato Pasta Salad
Finger Food
Finger food is great especially on some extremely hot summer days that
you want to have the least movement. So, all you need is just pick and
eat. How easy is that?!
Pepperoni Tomato Cheese Bite
Pineapple Kielbasa
Fruity Kielbasa Kebab
Perfectly Cooked Corn On The Cob
Salad
Salad recipes are not only great for summer dinner ideas, but also wonderful as make ahead meals.
I don't know about you. I always get hungry in the middle of the morning or afternoon at work. So, any salad leftover is always a cure for me during that period of time. Talking about healthy snack, salad is definitely the best fit of this category.
10-Minute Caprese Salad Recipe
Iceberg Salad Recipe with Strawberries and Mint Jelly Dressing
Pepper Pepperoni Pasta Salad
Cucumber Ham Salad
Cucumber Nectarine Salad
Fruit Cocktail Shrimp Salad
Keto Chicken Cordon Bleu Cabbage Wraps
Low Carb Keto Chicken Salad Lettuce Boats
Tasty Cucumber Corn Salad
Orange Kielbasa Sausage Salad with Balsamic Glaze
Super Creamy Cucumber Dill Salad
Summer Dinner Ideas - Beverages
How could you not want to have a refreshing drink on hand in summer, right? Some people would love to have a bottle of beer. But if you prefer to have something non-alcoholic, there are plenty of options. Check out these healthy, delicious and refreshing drink recipes:
Simply Healthier Lemonade Concentrate
Denny's Mango Smoothie
Pineapple Cucumber Smoothie
Dunkin Donuts Coolatta
Dessert
Last, but not the least, who doesn't like dessert? Here is just one of many delicious dessert. Come back later and check out for more dessert recipes and some awesome summer dinner ideas:
Orange Creamsicle Smoothie
Unlike the mango or pineapple cucumber smoothie mentioned earlier, this smoothie is very different. The ingredients are more close to those we use for making dessert. It is so thick that it feels like you are enjoying soft served ice-cream.
Pina Colada Popsicles
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