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Home | Recipes | Seasons | Summer | Page 8

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.
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

A rimmed baking sheet with fish in parchment and a fish spatula resting beside it.

Fish in Parchment

30 mins

Homemade chicken strips piled on a white plate with dishes of barbecue sauce and ranch nearby.

Homemade Chicken Strips

25 mins

Two waffle iron grilled cheese sandwiches on a wooden cutting board with a knife and a waffle iron nearby.

Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese Sandwich

10 mins

A chicken burrito bowl with grilled chicken, quinoa, lettuce, cheese, corn, beans, guacamole, and purple corn chips

Chicken Burrito Bowl

1 hr

Three bowls of chicken dan dan noodles with Sichuan tare.

Chicken Dan Dan Noodles

19 hrs

A pile of Cajun fried chicken pieces.

Cajun Fried Chicken

35 mins

A wok filled with kung pao chicken with two chopsticks on the edge

Kung Pao Chicken with Peanuts

25 mins

A roasting pan filled with chicken thighs, cloves of caramelized garlic, and sprigs of fresh thyme.

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

1 hr 45 mins

A green plate topped with a few garlicky chicken wings, a bowl of salt, and a lemon wedge.

Garlicky Chicken Wings With Sumac

2 hrs 30 mins

A white bowl filled filled with a healthy gado gado salad

Healthy Gado Gado Salad

50 mins

Two pan seared chicken breasts in a stainless steel skillet with a pair of tongs resting on one of the chicken breasts.

Pan Seared Chicken Breast

25 mins

An oval dish filled with slow cooker chicken with garlic and potatoes and sprigs of rosemary with a fork nestled inside.

Slow Cooker Chicken With Garlic and Potatoes

4 hrs 45 mins

Greek-style sheet pan chicken, olives, zucchini, and lemon slices on a sheet pan with a bowl of tzatziki nearby.

Greek-Style Sheet Pan Chicken

1 hr

A white plate topped with a slice of chicken, pork, and pistachio terrine, a dollop of chutney, some arugula leaves and a knife.

Chicken, Pork, and Pistachio Terrine

2 hrs 30 mins

A veggie grilled cheese sandwich sliced in half on a glass platter

Veggie Grilled Cheese Sandwich

15 mins

A slab of red wine cherry cheesecake bars cut into squares.

Red Wine Cherry Cheesecake Bars

8 hrs

Creole shrimp and grits in a white bowl, with a spoon above the bowl with a shrimp in it.

Creole Shrimp and Grits

1 hr 30 mins

A partially sliced bacon-wrapped meatloaf on a rimmed baking sheet with a knife beside it and bay leaves scattered around it.

Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf

2 hrs 30 mins

A scoop of salted peanut butter ice cream with chocolate flecks on a silver spoon.

Salted Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Chocolate Flecks

5 hrs

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