Summer Dinner Recipes

Main dish salads form the backbone of my summer cooking. It's so wonderful to make dinner the night before or early in the morning and let it chill and blend all day. Try Minestrone Salad or Barley, Wild Rice and Black Bean Salad for dinner.

Searching for some easy grilling recipes? Hundreds of quick and simple grilling recipes for entrees, side dishes, and desserts.

Searching for quick chicken salad recipes? These easy and delicious recipes for chicken salads are super fast and can be made ahead of time, including Mexican Chicken Salad and Curried Chicken Salad.

These delicious and simple recipes are the perfect choices for the perfect picnic. Top 10 favorite picnic recipes are quick and easy.

Burgers have evolved beyond plain old ground beef served with ketchup and mustard. Try Moroccan Turkey Burgers, Stuffed Pizza Burgers, Pesto Burgers, or Juicy Onion Burgers on the grill tonight.

Father's Day usually means dinner cooked on the grill. This year, make one of these easy one dish meals - yes, cooked on the grill!

Kabobs are a fun and easy way to entertain or make dinner simple. Recipes and tips for making the best kebobs to grill.

I only make frozen desserts in the summer. Even though they're perfectly appropriate for other seasons, there's something about the cooling effect of eating something really cold on a really hot day. These recipes are all easy, obviously make ahead, and delicious.

Tips and hints about shopping at farmer's markets to get the best buys. Learn how to shop at a Farmer's Market.

Now that it's summer, here's a collection of my favorite summer recipes. Grilled entrees, main dish salads, and cool no cook desserts featured.

Recipes for quick and easy snacks and appetizers - get the recipes and cooking tips. Recipes for cool dips, frozen and chilled snacks, salads, and sandwiches, including Fruit Dips, Frosty Float, Rocky Road Sandwiches, and Pineapple Orange Pops.

Searching for healthy chicken salads? These delicious, quick and easy chicken salad recipe are all full of vegetables, fruits, and grains.

Some summer days are just too hot to even contemplate standing next to anything hotter than you are. You don't want to grill, or microwave, or heat up the crockpot. These recipes will come to your rescue.

I feel it's important to use the most perfect ripe summer produce at its peak, and these cool recipes do just that. Try Italian Bread Salad, Cool Shrimp Tacos, and Fudgesicle Pie for dinner this week. You'll also learn my secret source for perfect no cook rice that blends beautifully in cold salads.

If you're running out of ideas for foods to cook on the grill, you can choose one or two of these fun, different salsa recipes to spice up your repertoire.

Searching for sliders recipes and Memorial Day ideas? Combine them in this quick and easy buffet menu featuring beef and chicken sliders for an outdoor party.

Are you prepared for a disaster? From tornadoes in the summer to earthquakes anytime to hurricanes in the fall, Mother Nature can take us by surprise. Take some time and think about your own emergency preparedness. There are foods you can store, recipes to collect, and things to do that will help keep you and your family safe even in the worst emergency.

Summer is picnic time! Learn how to plan the best picnic, how to pack a picnic basket, and find my favorite picnic menu, including the Best Lemonade and Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Cups.

Molded and frozen salads are great ideas for easy, cool make-ahead breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and desserts. Try Carrot Pineapple Salad, Divinity Frozen Fruit Salad, or Gazpacho Salad this week.

It happens every summer; a large storm knocks out power for a few hours. Very infrequently, there are major power outages across the world. Learn how to best preserve your perishable food and when to discard food so you are prepared.

I love all the different varieties and flavors of prewashed and prepared salad greens in your grocer's produce aisle. Use them as the basis of easy recipes like Salad Tacos or Scrambled Eggs with Spinach.

A weekend's worth of menus focuses on picnics and food cooked on the grill. Enjoy my family's traditional Memorial Day cookout menu and celebrate the holiday in style.

The Fourth of July is the ultimate summer holiday in the United States. Celebrate this year with family, friends, and one of these five fabulous easy menus.

Even though it's hot and sultry outside, your sweet tooth still needs to be satisfied. Try these easy and delicious recipes that use no heat at all.

This collection of summer articles will help you sail through hot weather with ease. Learn how to grill, how to get a meal together with no heat, use fresh summer produce, and celebrate summer holidays.

Summer fruit dessert recipes are quick, easy, healthy, and delicious and perfect for entertaining. Make these quick and easy summer fruit dessert recipes, including Summer Pudding and Peach Creme Brulee.

Searching for pesto recipes? Thee delicious and easy recipes all start with pesto, including Pesto Stuffed Hamburgers, Creamy Pesto Meatballs, and Pesto Salad.

Searching for summer food recipes? It's still too hot to cook, so these delicious recipes will feed your family well with no heat.

Searching for potato salad recipes? These delicious quick and easy potato salad recipes are perfect for summer cookouts and entertaining.

Searching for recipes for fruit? These delicious and easy fruit recipes are fresh and quick, including Brie with Cherry Chutney and Fruit with Strawberry Dip

Searching for the best July 4th recipes and menus? These easy foods will make your Fourth of July celebration a blast, including main dish salads, make ahead cool desserts, and the best grilled recipes.

Searching for the best summer recipes? This collection of recipes includes the best summer pasta recipes, best frozen desserts, and best holiday recipes.

Searching for guilt free summer desserts? These delicious, quick and easy recipes for healthy summer desserts include popsicles, fruit salad, and grilled angel food cake.

Searching for a cool no cook dinner menu? This quick and easy menu uses absolutely no heat to make Salmon Salad Sandwiches and Rosy Red Coleslaw.

Searching for 15 minute quick recipes? These delicious and easy fifteen minute recipes for summer are super quick to make.