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Home | Recipes | Seasons | Summer | Page 25

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 cocktail glass with a scoop of summer tomato sorbet and a sprig of basil for garnish.

Tomato Sorbet

1 hr 40 mins

An oval platter topped with spaghetti with raw tomatoes and a couple of spoons on the side.

Spaghetti with Raw Tomatoes

50 mins

Small white bowls with spoons, filled with apricot and blackberry compote, coered with dollops of sugared biscuit topping.

Apricot Blackberry Cobbler

1 hr 15 mins

A baked fresh peach pie with three slices missing.

Fresh Peach Pie

1 hr

White bowl of sliced parmesan-crusted chicken, lettuce, and red and yellow cherry tomatoes

Parmesan-Crusted Chicken

30 mins

Several bacon-wrapped chicken wings on a grill grate with flame below.

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Wings

1 hr 30 mins

A chili cheddar burger on a bun half with cheese sauce being poured over it.

Chili-Cheddar Burger

25 mins

A small bowl of cinnamon gelato with cinnamon sticks next to it on white marble surface.

Creamy Cinnamon Gelato

7 hrs

A partially sliced grilled porterhouse steak on a wooden cutting board.

Grilled Porterhouse Steak

45 mins

A plate of fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs. Also, slaw and BBQ sauce on the side.

Fall-Off-the-Bone Baby Back Ribs

2 hrs 45 mins

A white plate filled with cheesy shrimp and grits with bacon

Shrimp and Grits (Paula Deen Style)

30 mins

A glass of Mexican mojito with lime slices floating in it and a mint sprig garnish.

Mexican Mojito

5 mins

A plate of warm arugula salad -- caramelized red onions, arugula, shaved Parmesan, and toasted pine nuts with a balsamic drizzle.

Warm Arugula Salad

20 mins

Northern fried chicken piled on a green plate, with a bowl of gravy alongside.

Northern Fried Chicken

50 mins

A skillet filled with classic chicken piccata

Chicken Piccata

30 mins

Shrimp paste spread on toast points, stacked on a china plate with a glass of red wine in the background.

Shrimp Paste

30 mins

A wooden cutting board with a rectangular plate and spoon on top, the plate has a mound of rice on the back half. On the front half, there's a pile of ground pork, basil, and peppers.

Thai Basil Pork

15 mins

A tandoori chicken wrap with lettuce, chicken, in a flour tortilla.

Tandoori Chicken Wraps

1 hr

A white bowl filled with linguine with mixed seafood, including mussels and clams.

Linguine with Mixed Seafood

45 mins

A plate with three eggplant wraps and loose basil leaves, with a whole red pepper in the background

Mediterranean Eggplant Wraps

50 mins

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