Summer is just about here and with it comes warm (or HOT!) weather, longer days, outdoor cooking and dining. No one wants to be a slave to the stove on days like this, so salads, easy pastas and sandwiches are my go-tos during the warm summer months. These family friendly recipes will have everyone excited about summer dinners, and they’re perfect for dining al fresco, too. Add these light summer meals to your weekly menu this season.
Beat the heat with these simple simple summer dinners. I’ve collected a bunch of easy options from salads and sandwiches to full meal pasta salads. These light, fresh summer dinners will leaving you feeling full and satisfied without weighing you down.
Summer is finally here! And with is comes the need for some simple, quick and light summer meal ideas to feed your family so you can spend less time slaving in the kitchen and more time soaking up the summer sun with them.
Healthy Summer Dinner Recipes
Enjoy all that summer has to offer by indulging in these simple dinners, filled with the best grilled recipes like Grilled Chicken Kabobs and Grilled Peaches, delicious full meal salads and even a few summer desserts. These are some of our favorite family friendly dinners that are super simple, quick and most of them pull double duty and make great leftovers, too. Finish off the meal with a few of our best summer cocktails that are perfect for back porch sipping!
Ranch Chicken Taco Salad – This is my all-time favorite summer meal! It’s super versatile, using the same meat form the tacos above, or any leftover chicken you have on hand. Tossed with a spicy, creamy dressing and all your favorite taco toppings, this salad is a sure winner!
Teriyaki Turkey Lettuce Wraps – this Teriyaki Turkey is super versatile, and wrapped in crunchy lettuce leaves this dish is perfect for al fresco dining.
Easy Vegan Summer Recipes
Teriyaki Chicken Lettuce Wraps – Quick and easy, these lettuce wraps come together in about 20 minutes! Grill your chicken and use a bottled teriyaki sauce to make it even easier!
Tuna Salad with Lemon, Dill and Black Pepper Mayo – This crazy easy recipe takes old school tuna salad to the next level with tons of fresh flavor.
Creamy Chicken, Apple & Grape Salad – A super crunchy and flavorful step up from your typical chicken salad, this salad is delicious on it’s own or wrapped in lettuce leaves.
Light Vegan Summer Recipes For Dinner
Creamy Taco Pasta Salad – Pasta Salads are a favorite for summer, because they’re light and easy and full of fresh ingredients!
Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad – We love this pasta salad because of the fresh Ranch flavor, but it’s got lots of other goodies in it too!
Grilled Barbecue Chicken Foil Packets – Everything you need for a delicious summer meal wrapped in foil and grilled outdoors! From Life in the Lofthouse.
Best Healthy Summer Recipes
Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken Tacos – Slow Cooker food is the best come summer. Flavorful chicken in crunchy shells filled with lettuce, cheese and all your favorite taco toppings.
Blue Cheese BLT Sandwich with Lemon Dill Mayo – Your favorite, classic sandwich enhanced with sophisticated flavors, making this a sandwich you’ll want to take your time with.
Air Fryer Chicken Tenders – skip the drive thru and make some crispy chicken tenders at home without turning on your oven…in your air fryer!
Light Dinners For Warm Summer Nights
Kristin Maxwell is the creator and main recipe developer, writer, and photographer of Yellow Bliss Road. A self-taught cook and self-appointed foodie, she specializes in easy, flavorful and approachable recipes for any home cook.Tired of the same old recipe rotation? Change things up with these easy summer dinner ideas! They include pastas, pizzas, tacos, salads, and more.
Once Memorial Day arrives, all I want to eat are fresh, easy summer recipes. I know, I know, summer won’t officially begin until June 20, but here, the weather’s warm, the days are long, and berries, tomatoes, and zucchini are popping up at the farmers market. Why wait? I’m ready to make my favorite summer dinner ideas on repeat!
No offense to winter, spring, or fall, but summer is my favorite time to cook. So much is in season now – fruits, leafy greens, herbs, peppers, tomatoes, etc., etc. The beauty of this peak-season produce is that you don’t have to do much to turn it into a delicious meal. These fruits and vegetables are insanely flavorful on their own – great summer recipes just let them shine.
Easy Cold Dinner Ideas For Hot Summer Days
You’ll find 45 of my best summer dinner ideas below. They all rely on seasonal produce, so they’re fresh, healthy, and easy to make. Ranging from pastas to tacos to soups, salads, and more, they’re the recipes I’ll be making all season long. I hope you love them too.
Slow-roasted tomatoes are the star ingredient in this elegant recipe. They add rich, savory flavor to the simple combination of linguine, arugula, herbs, and fresh mozzarella cheese.
I’m obsessed with all summer dinner ideas that use sweet corn, but this one is really something special. I blend some corn kernels into the creamy, silky sauce and leave the rest whole for crunch!
One Pot Lemon Broccoli Pasta With Parmesan
The summer recipes I love the most are the ones I can play with. Take this pasta – I call for summer squash, cherry tomatoes, and carrots in the recipe, but it works just as nicely with eggplant, peppers, or fennel instead. Swap in whatever sounds good to you!
Pssst! That creamy pasta sauce is totally dairy-free. A simple blend of cashews, tomato paste, and marinara sauce, it’s healthy, fresh, and easy to make on a weeknight.
Summer dinner ideas don’t get simpler than this one! If you have an abundance of fresh basil on hand, feel free to make your own pesto, but if you don’t, the store bought kind works too.
Fresh & Easy Summer Recipes
Is it pasta? Uh…no. Is it delicious? Heck yes! Olives, capers, and sun-dried tomatoes fill these zucchini noodles with bright and briny flavor. Even pasta purists will love this dish.
In summer, simple grilled veggies are my idea of the perfect weeknight dinner. I serve them with a hearty, flavorful sauce like tzatziki or romesco and round out the meal with fresh pita. It’s so easy, healthy, and delicious!
Tip: Cook off a batch of these veggie burgers, and store them in the freezer. They reheat perfectly, so I love keeping them on hand for quick and easy dinners throughout the summer. Just add a side of fries or corn on the cob to make them a meal!
Light Vegan Summer Recipes For Hot Days
A veggie burger that’s quick enough to make on a weeknight? Yes, please! These smoky, spicy black bean burgers come together in 30 minutes flat.
Tamari and balsamic vinegar infuse these juicy mushroom caps with tangy, savory flavor. We love to eat them on homemade buns with lettuce, tomato, onion, and a slather of vegan mayo.
When I’m in the mood for a really fun summer night, I make tacos for dinner. I serve cilantro lime rice and refried beans on the side and (of course) make margaritas to drink.
Sweet Potato Summer Time Veggie Boats
If you’re someone who loves to get ahead on dinner, this recipe is for you. You can cook the bold, spicy jackfruit filling up to 2 days in advance and store it in the fridge. When you’re ready to eat, warm the filling, whip up the refreshing mango salsa, and dig in!
These veggie tacos are SO simple to make, but that doesn’t mean they skimp on flavor. The roasted cauliflower and cabbage filling is richly spiced with cumin and coriander, and a bright, creamy avocado sauce takes them over the top.
It’s impossible for me to decide what I love most about these tacos. It could be the mango’s surprising sweetness, the kick of heat from the sriracha mayo…or the fact that they come together in under 20 minutes. Try them once, and you’ll make them for Taco Tuesdays all summer long.
Summer Dinner Party
I start making these tacos as soon as sweet corn shows up at the farmers market. They’re so fresh and summery, filled with juicy cherry tomatoes, charred green beans, and oodles of cilantro.
We’re all familiar with stuffed peppers, but they’re not the only vegetable that you can stuff and serve for dinner. Stuffed zucchini and eggplant make delicious entrees too.
You can make these stuffed peppers two ways: with cheese, or without it. Jack would pick the cheese every time, but I like the vegan variation. Instead of using cheese, I top the peppers with a scoop of guac and a generous drizzle of chipotle sauce. You really can’t go wrong!
Light And Tasty Summer Dinner Ideas
We can never have enough summer dinner ideas for zucchini season, right? This recipe is one of my favorites. A flavorful mixture of tomatoes, bread crumbs, and Parmesan cheese fills juicy, tender zucchini boats. Dollops of pesto take it all over the top.
This summer dinner recipe is easy enough to make on a weeknight, but it’s elegant enough for special occasions, too. Smoky grilled eggplant halves overflow with an herb-flecked bulgur and lentil salad.
Spice up your rotation of summer dinner ideas with these veggie-packed peppers! I mean “spice up” literally – the poblanos fill this recipe with a delicious heat.
Light Summer Meals Perfect For Al Fresco Dining
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