30 Perfect Recipes for Hot, Summer Nights

Delicious food, easy food.

That’s my ‘feed-the-food-monsters’ motto. (Seriously, why are kids so much hungrier during the summer??)

So it’s time for a new crop of recipes, as well as a few returning favorites.

Some of the recipes below, like the Brown Sugar Pineapple Chicken & Garlic Herb Bread, are newer recipes for us.  Others, like Grilled Buffalo chicken & warm bacon potato salad, are long-time family favorites. 

All of them are on our summer menu!

Freezer meals are more of a summer staple in the winter.  I love grabbing something out in the morning before we head to the pool and having it thawed & ready to be thrown on the grill that night.  Toss a salad and put out some fresh veggies and fruit, maybe some bread, and dinner is ready to go.

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Main Dish Recipes

• Chicken Caesar Wraps
• Shrimp Fajita Bowls
• Greek Chicken Bowls
• Baja Fish Tacos
• Honey Soy Salmon
• BBQ Chicken Quesadillas

Summer Grill Recipes

• Cilantro-lime Fajita Kabobs {Good with pork, steak or chicken}
• Bacon Ranch Chicken Skewers
• Grilled Jerk Pork Skewers
• Chile-Lime Chicken Kabobs {A decade-long family favorite}

• Chipotle Crusted Pork Tenderloin
• Grilled Buffalo Chicken
• Smoky Grilled Pork Chops
• Brown Sugar Pineapple Grilled Chicken

• Grilled Chicken & Lemon Orzo Salad
• Grilled Pizza
• BBQ Ranch Chicken Wraps

Bread & Side Dish Summer Recipes

• Buttered Soft Pretzels {Combined with fruit, this is a favorite summer lunch}
• 40-Minute Hamburger Buns
• Grilled Vegetable Couscous Salad
• Confetti Brown Rice

• Naan {Cooks on the grill, so it’s a perfect summer accompaniment.  Top it with pizza toppings for an easy grilled pizza!}
• Grilled Garlic Herb Bread
• Warm Bacon Potato Salad
• Honey-Citrus Vinagerette {This makes a great marinade, too.}

Summer Dessert & Drink Recipes

• Strawberry Sorbet {No ice cream machine needed!}
• Perfect Iced Coffee
• Pineapple Margaritas
• Strawberry Summer Cake
• Angel Food Cake

Do you have a favorite summer recipe? Leave me a link in the comments!