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Home | Recipes | Seasons | Summer | Page 22

500+ Summer Recipes for a Sizzlingly Hot Season

Time to furlough the oven, let that beast of a grill do the work, and to actually use up all that gorgeous produce before it pulls a “Little Shop of Horrors” on you.

Few things capture peak-season flavor better than this Zucchini, Peach, and Burrata Pizza—proof that summer’s oddest hookups are always its best. For company, I go straight for these Grilled Skirt Steak Tacos, always delicious, always impressive. When it’s too hot to fuss, Easy Grilled Vegetable Salad is the kind of recipe that keeps the kitchen—and you—from schvitzing. For dessert, nothing beats this Easy Strawberry Icebox Cake or ice cream, ice cream, ice cream!

So, grab your tongs, pour something cold (like this Homemade Lemonade, or a bucket full of Tinto de Verano), and get your butt out there, kids!

A whole strawberry ice cream pie in a fluted tart pan.
A white peach crostata--slices of white peaches in a circle of dough folded over on the edges sitting a sheet of parchment.

White Peach Crostata

2 hrs 20 mins

A platter of ribs covered with Texas-style barbecue sauce, and a glass of extra sauce on the side.

Texas-Style Barbecue Sauce

1 hr 50 mins

A white plate topped with a piece of cooked salmon with blistered cherry tomatoes, shallots, and fresh basil.

Salmon with Cherry Tomatoes

20 mins

Four pieces of Judy Hesser's oven-fried chicken in a oval glass baking dish on top of a linen cloth.

Judy Hesser’s Oven-Fried Chicken

9 hrs

A rack of slow cooker ribs on a cutting board with four single ribs cut off.

Slow Cooker Ribs

6 hrs 45 mins

A sliced jerk chicken breast on a round cutting board, with a man's hand holding a cleaver above it

Jerk Chicken

2 hrs 25 mins

A carved wooden bowl filled with barbecue potato chips.

Barbecue Potato Chips

20 mins

A blueberry pie with granola crust and blueberries on top with one slice missing.

Blueberry Yogurt Pie with Granola Crust

45 mins

A few pieces of grilled kale stacked on a white plate.

Grilled Kale

15 mins

A sliced grilled flank steak with a bowl of seasoning mix and a knife on the side.

Grilled Flank Steak with Chile Rub

1 hr 40 mins

A dozen pieces of double fried Japanese chicken on a paper towel.

Chicken Karaage ~ Japanese Fried Chicken

1 hr 40 mins

A little girl scooping strawberry ice cream into bowls.

Strawberry Ice Cream

4 hrs

A wine glass filled with frozen Long Island iced tea, garnished with an orange slice on an umbrella.

Frozen Long Island Iced Tea

10 mins

Three grilled artichoke halves, some lemon wedges, and dip on a wooden peel

Grilled Artichokes

1 hr 40 mins

Two ground chicken meatballs on slider buns with a toothpick skewered through them.

Ground Chicken Meatballs

45 mins

A person assembling a slow cooker barbacoa taco with a pot of shredded barbacoa meat, a small dish of onions, a bottle of hot sauce, and some cilantro around the taco plate.

Slow Cooker Barbacoa Tacos

8 hrs 15 mins

Blueberry crumble with melted vanilla ice cream and blueberries on a grey plate.

The Best & Easiest Blueberry Crumble

50 mins

A cast-iron skillet filled with roasted grilled potatoes and two sprigs of rosemary on a wooden table.

Roasted Potatoes on the Grill

40 mins

A roasted tomato tart with cheddar and basil sprinkled over the top.

Roasted Tomato Tart with Cheddar and Basil

6 hrs

A newspaper-topped table strewn with crawfish, corn, peppers, and potatoes - a classic crawfish boil.

Crawfish Boil

1 hr 10 mins

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