Hi, I'm Marcie! I'm a culinary school graduate sharing easy, healthy recipes rich in seasonal, sustainable ingredients. You'll also find produce guides, cooking tips and techniques and both healthy and decadent desserts because life is about balance!
Quick & Easy Summer Dinners
Quick & Easy Summer Dinners
I love to cook, but I don't like slaving over a complicated meal that requires washing a multitude of dishes. Dinner just doesn't need to be complicated!
If you feel the same way, I've rounded up 20 easy summer dinners and linked them below. They include minimal prep (most of which can be done in advance), and they take 30 minutes to prepare from start to finish.
And I promise that clean-up will be kept to a minimum!
Are you interested in a weekly meal plan? If so, hit reply and let me know!
Quick & Easy Summer Dinners
- Air fryer chicken breast
- Air fryer pork chops
- Broiled salmon
- Burger bowls
- Chicken Cobb salad
- Chicken vegetable stir fry
- Grilled fish tacos
- Grilled pork tenderloin
- Greek quinoa salad
- Ground beef tacos
- Italian chopped salad
- Jerk pineapple shrimp skewers
- Mexican rice casserole
- One pot pasta primavera
- One pot Thai pasta
- Pork chops with creamy mushroom sauce
- Santa fe chicken salad
- Shrimp ceviche (serve as tacos with guacamole!)
- Shrimp fried rice
- Strawberry fields salad
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Hi, I'm Marcie! I'm a culinary school graduate sharing easy, healthy recipes rich in seasonal, sustainable ingredients. You'll also find produce guides, cooking tips and techniques and both healthy and decadent desserts because life is about balance!
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