Summer

It’s summertime, and the living is easy. Especially with the help of healthy feel-good recipes! These are my best summer recipes to fuel your body and satisfy your taste buds, and even cool you down on a hot day. My orzo pasta salad with grilled veggies and these baked corn and crab cakes are perfect for summer BBQs and picnics. And what better way to celebrate summer than with desserts like these red, white, and blue fruit skewers with low-fat cheesecake dip? Find your new favorite warm-weather recipes for years to come!

Easy Summer Dinner Ideas

Whether we’re entertaining friends or simply cooking for the family in the summer, we always turn to our grill for easy dinners! These grilling ideas are made for warm-weather cookouts.

Grilled Chicken Chickpea Salad
6

Grilled Chicken Chickpea Salad

5 mins
My trick to making the juiciest turkey burgers EVER is by adding grated zucchini! A huge bonus if you want your kids to eat more veggies – they'll never know!
1

Juicy Turkey Burgers with Zucchini

15 mins
Grilled Steak With Tomatoes, Red Onion and Balsamic
1

Grilled Steak With Tomatoes, Red Onion and Balsamic

30 mins
Grilled Chicken Caesar Skewers
3

Caesar-Marinated Chicken Kabobs with Zucchini and Grilled Romaine

1 hr 10 mins

Latest Summer Recipes

I have hundreds of healthy ideas whether you’re looking for fresh summer salad recipes, appetizers, summer desserts, cocktails, and more! It’s never been easier to have fun in the sun.

Charcuterie and cheese board with fruit, olives, and spreads.

How to Make a Charcuterie and Cheese Board

30 mins
Drunken Style Noodles on a plate with chopsticks
9

Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao)

50 mins
Roasted Zucchini Dip
1

Roasted Zucchini Dip

30 mins
Zucchini Cake
8

Zucchini Cake

1 hr 5 mins
Fresh tomato sauce with pasta
1

Fresh Tomato Sauce

1 hr
Peach Yogurt Bowl
7

Warm Peach Crisp Yogurt Bowl

15 mins
Sheet Pan Chicken with Zucchini Corn Feta
8

Sheet Pan Chicken Drumsticks with Zucchini and Corn

52 mins
Shrimp Summer Rolls
3

Summer Rolls with Shrimp and Peanut Hoisin Sauce

30 mins
Shrimp Piccata Foil Packets
3

Shrimp Piccata Foil Packets

21 mins
Cucumber Tomato Salad
3

Cucumber Tomato Salad

15 mins
Swordfish Kabobs
2

Thai Red Curry Swordfish Kabobs

45 mins
Roasted Zucchini Soup
6

Roasted Zucchini Soup with Feta

50 mins
Flourless Zucchini Brownies piled on parchment paper
7

Flourless Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

1 hr 15 mins
Garlic Parmesan Chicken Foil Packets with Couscous in foil
10

Creamy Chicken Foil Packets with Couscous

35 mins
Overhead view of heirloom tomato salad on platter with serving spoons
3

Heirloom Tomato Salad (With Kalamata Olives & Fresh Basil)

15 mins
Fresh Tomato Pasta
5

Fresh Tomato Pasta

1 hr 25 mins
Sliced Chocolate Zucchini Bread loaf on white marble
8

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

1 hr 15 mins
Overhead view of seafood boil arranged on newspaper-lined sheet pan
3

Seafood Boil (One Pot)

45 mins
Grilled Jerk Chicken Thighs
2

Grilled Jerk Chicken with Mango Avocado Salsa

45 mins