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!

Latest Summer Recipes » Page: 24

These easy Grilled Pesto Shrimp Skewers are made with homemade basil pesto, you'll want to make them all summer long!
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Grilled Pesto Shrimp Skewers

30 mins
4

Mustard Herb Crusted Chicken Breasts

20 mins
These delicious, healthy Healthy Salmon Quinoa Burgers, made with wild salmon, quinoa, and kale are loaded with good-for-you omegas and tons of protein!
3

Healthy Salmon Quinoa Burgers

30 mins
This beautiful apple and cabbage slaw is sweet, bright and crisp, the perfect side dish to any meal and great to bring to a potluck.
3

Spiralized Apple Cabbage Slaw

20 mins
Not your ordinary tacos – these Thai chicken lettuce tacos are spicy and exotic, made with my light peanut sauce which I make with PB2 (powdered peanut butter) sriracha, ginger and spices. To balance out the spice, I chose to serve these in crisp cool lettuce wraps but tortillas would work great too!
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Thai Chicken Peanut Lettuce Tacos

40 mins
Chia Watermelon Fresca is a refreshing summer beverage made with watermelon and chia seeds.
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Chia Watermelon Fresca

5 mins
Grilled Vegetable Towers with Mozzarella are layered with grilled, marinated eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, red onion and bell peppers topped with fresh mozzarella.
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Grilled Vegetable Towers with Mozzarella

30 mins
Raw Spiralized Zucchini Noodles with Tomatoes and Pesto is my favorite easy, end-of-summer vegetarian dish made with raw, garden vegetables and homemade pesto.
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Raw Spiralized Zucchini Noodles with Tomatoes and Pesto

30 mins
Coconut Lime Raspberry Chia Pudding is the ultimate guiltless dessert, you can even have this for breakfast – if you're into that sort of thing!
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Coconut Lime Raspberry Chia Pudding

6 hrs
Kung Pao Chicken Zoodles For Two – I swapped the noodles with zucchini noodles and the results were fantastic!! (under 300 calories).
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Kung Pao Chicken Zoodles For Two

15 mins
Chilled Lobster Salad with Sweet Summer Corn and Tomatoes, the perfect light summer salad made with sweet summer corn, grape tomatoes, garden herbs and chilled steamed lobster.
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Chilled Lobster Salad with Sweet Summer Corn and Tomatoes

15 mins
Grilled steak, arugula and pasta salad is topped with sweet balsamic caramelized onions and fresh shaved Parmesan. I'm a sucker for a good steak salad, and this one is AWESOME!
5

Steak & Caramelized Onions with Arugula and Pasta

45 mins
Mediterranean Boneless Pork Chops with Julienned Vegetables, a delicious, weeknight meal! Made with pan seared thin sliced boneless pork chops and served topped with sauteed julienned summer squash, roasted tomatoes, lemon juice, olives and Feta cheese. So much flavor and color in this dish!
3

Mediterranean Boneless Pork Chops with Summer Veggies

35 mins
Italian tuna and brown rice salad is wonderful, easy lunch using basic pantry items such as tuna, brown rice, capers and good quality chopped olives plus some frozen mixed vegetables and fresh lemon juice.
5

Italian Tuna and Brown Rice Salad (Riso e Tonno)

15 mins
Red, White and Blue fruit "pizza" is more like a cookie bar, topped with cream cheese frosting and fruit – The perfect 4th of July dessert!
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Red White + Blue Fruit Pizza

1 hr
Cream of Zucchini Soup
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Cream of Zucchini Soup

25 mins
These sweet 'n spicy Asian glazed grilled drumsticks are finger licking good! An inexpensive, weeknight dish you'll want to make all summer long!
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Sweet ‘n Spicy Asian Glazed Grilled Drumsticks

2 hrs 30 mins