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Home | Recipes | Seasons | Summer | Page 7

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.
Shrimp and chorizo plated in a white bowl, topped with parsley and lemon zest, with grilled lemon halves beside the dish.

Shrimp with Chorizo

30 mins

A white bowl of mustard potato salad with celery with a silver spoon resting inside.

Mustard Potato Salad with Celery

45 mins

Two halves of a tuna salad sandwich stacked on top of each other with some sliced pickles on the side on a white oval plate.

Tuna Salad Sandwich

15 mins

A glass bowl partially filled with creamy Italian salad dressing with a spoon resting inside.

Creamy Italian Salad Dressing

10 mins

A bowl of purslane salad topped with yogurt and oil and a lemon wedge on the side, with a bowl of marinated tomatoes beside it.

Purslane Salad

5 mins

Two slabs of St. Louis style ribs with some cut into individual ribs and a knife lying in the middle.

St. Louis Style Ribs

1 d 3 hrs 30 mins

A piece of bread crumb coated chicken on a patterned plate with broccoli and a fork and two lemon halves on the side.

Bread Crumb Coated Chicken

50 mins

A white oval platter of pan-fried chicken tenders.

Pan-Fried Chicken Tenders

45 mins

Three assembled slow cooker tacos al pastor with shredded pork, pineapple-avocado salsa, and chipotle mayo, with lime wedges on the side.

Slow Cooker Tacos al Pastor

9 hrs

A rectangular dish of easy chicken enchiladas with a spatula resting in the dish and a couple enchiladas on a grey plate beside it.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

1 hr 15 mins

A grilled ham and cheese sandwich on a wooden cutting board.

Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich

15 mins

Two plates of beer-brined bbq chicken, shredded cabbage, and artisan bread, with a small bowl of dip between them.

Beer-Brined BBQ Chicken

3 hrs 15 mins

Two pieces of butter basted fish with garlic and thyme in a skillet with butter foaming around them.

Butter Basted Fish with Garlic and Thyme

20 mins

Four bowls of slow cooker chicken tagine, served over couscous with olives, and garnished with parsley.

Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine

4 hrs 20 mins

A carved grilled leg of lamb on a wooden cutting board with a knife resting beside it.

Grilled Leg of Lamb

3 hrs 10 mins

Tuna salad with white beans, red onion, and parsley in a black bowl with a fork, on a wooden table.

Tuna Salad with White Beans

10 mins

Pieces of fried fish with masa on a parchment-lined tray with a dish of limes on the tray and a dish of salsa on the side.

Fried Fish Crusted with Masa

1 hr 30 mins

Slices of broa, or Portuguese corn bread, on a plate with a bowl of olives and an bowl of choiriço sliced.

Broa ~ Portuguese Corn Bread

4 hrs 15 mins

Halves of roasted romaine Caesar salad on a rimmed baking sheet.

Roasted Romaine Caesar Salad

25 mins

Two white plates topped with lemon basil pasta with lemon slices on the side and a gold fork resting on the side of each plate.

Jessie James Decker’s Lemon Basil Pasta

25 mins

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