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Summer Recipes Worth Waiting All Year For

July 25, 2017 by Susan Leave a Comment

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A collection of favorite summer recipes. Words like fresh, grilled, cheesy, smoky, crisp, fruity, & cool come to mind. Find something new to try this summer

Do you eat seasonally?  Whether you really try to or not, you probably do more than you even know.  We are naturally drawn to warm, hearty meals in the colder months.  I know I pretty much never make things like stroganoff or stew or hot, gooey apple desserts until there’s a chill in the air.

But summer….

Summer recipes are for veggies and grilling.  Think… fresh.

Main event summer recipes

 

This fresh, vegetable lasagna is like summer on a plate. Yum!

Vegetable Lasagna

Cheesy, fresh, and perfect to customize with whatever veggies you have in abundance.  This recipe freezes beautifully, too.

 

These easy gyros are equally good grilled or cooked in a skillet inside.

Grilled Chicken Gyros

This is one of my all time favorites for leftovers.  The homemade tzatziki sauce is just so yum!

 

Sweet chili chicken. This is our new favorite marinade/glaze. SO Yummy!!

Sweet Chili Grilled Chicken

An incredibly easy marinade for grilled chicken. A little sweet, a little spicy, moist and yummy! If you’re looking to try some other new chicken marinades –> check these out.  

 

Sides that scream summer

Fresh summer corn hot from the grill. So easy!

Grilled Corn

I know that corn on the cob kind of screams, “Summer!”  But this grilled corn is so much more flavorful.  Cut from the cob and grilled, then topped with butter and salt.  It’s a little smokey, a little fresh, a little buttery.

 

Cheesy, fresh tomato pie is a treat you'll want to make again and again!

Tomato Pie

Cheesy goodness anyone?  I’ll be honest, I’m not a huge fan of hunks of cooked tomato in my food.  But I cannot get enough of this fresh and cheesy pie.  I am counting the days to be able to make this summer recipe with fresh picked tomatoes from my garden!

 

Grilled Stuffed Jalapenos

Grilling these peppers really seems to mellow the heat.  Add a cheesy filling and bacon, and they make for a smoky summer treat.

 

These simple roasted vegetables are an easy and impressive side dish

Roasted Veggies

I actually make these year round, but fresh-from-the-farmer’s-market-just-picked veggies are like nothing else.  This is such an easy preparation, I know you’ll make them all the time like I do.

 

Sweet summer treats

Old-Fashioned Peach Cream Pie: A Fresh and Decadent Bite of Summer

Creamy Peach Pie

This simple, classic peach pie recipe is made rich with cream. It’s bursting with summer flavor and is easy to make using just a handful of ingredients.

 

Easy Homemade Ice Cream. Would you make ice cream more often if you didn't need any special equipment?

Homemade No-Churn Ice Cream

Made without a churn or any other special equipment, this homemade ice cream is easier than you might think.  Open to customizing with your favorite flavors, too.  Summer in a spoon!

 

Make this berry crumble with any berries you like!

Berry Crumble

Use any berries you’ve got.  When they’re paired with this sort of chewy, crumbly, topping you will agree that this is the perfect summer dessert.  Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to really take it over the top!

 

Making summer last

 

Freezing basil to add to recipes year round is so easy! It's my favorite way to preserve summer.

Preserving Basil

I’m a terrible gardener, except for basil.  Basil loves me.  And I love basil!  After trying several methods to preserve it, this is the one I’ve settled on.  This allows you to have fresh from the garden tasting basil year round.

 

If you are interested in canning tomatoes without all the fuss...this is perfect!

Canning Tomatoes

This is an unusual method for canning tomatoes, but it’s how I’ve canned my excess tomatoes for years.  It works especially great if you like to can a few jars here and there throughout tomato season, like I do.

 

These refrigerator pickles are a little bit sweet, a little bit tart and a lot easy!

Quick Refrigerator Pickles

These are not the kind of pickle that you process and are shelf stable.  They’re light and refreshing and zingy.  I think that’s a word, zingy?  Perfect for using up those piles of cucumbers.

 

And the perfect summer beverage…

This is the easiest and most delicious recipe for homemade lemonade. I stock my fridge with it all summer long!

Lemonade

This lemonade is so easy, and it is pretty consistently in our fridge all summer.  We also love our Southern Sweet Tea around here, but nothing completes a summer meal like a cold glass of lemonade.

 

Every summer I look forward to trying new recipes that capture the season. Tell me…

What are your favorite summer recipes?

 

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