Summer Recipes
The weather is heating up which calls for less cooking and less fuss. Below you’ll find 50 delicious and easy Summer Recipes, perfect for all the fun the warmer weather brings. Find ideas for your summer cookouts, BBQ’s, get-togethers as well as lighter dinner fare.
1. Air Fryer Corn on the Cob
Air Fryer Corn on the Cob has such a delicious flavor, almost like a smoky, grilled taste, without the hassle of a grill. It’s so good all by itself, but turning it into Mexican Street Corn takes air fryer corn to a whole new level!
Air Fryer Corn on the Cob Recipe
2. Peach Winesicles
A delicious, boozy adult summer treat, Peach Winesicles are so refreshing you’ll want to make these popsicles and sit poolside all summer long.
3. Creamy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
Creamy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad combines crisp bacon, cheddar cheese, tender pasta with peas for a juicy bite with a creamy ranch dressing. A great summer pasta salad for any occasion.
Creamy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Recipe
4. Greek Pasta Salad
If you love the flavors of the Mediterranean, you’ll love this Greek Pasta Salad with tender pasta, kalamata olives, red peppers, cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, tangy red onion, and creamy feta cheese all tossed in an herby olive oil dressing.
5. Lemonies
These lemon flavored dessert bar, or Lemonies, are chewy and soft and the perfect dessert for lemon lovers.
6. Boat Dip
TikTok’s famous four ingredient Boat Dip and it does not disappoint! This easy party dip takes only 5 minutes to prepare and will be your new favorite summertime snack.
7. The Best Pasta Salad of all Time
THE BEST Pasta Salad! I might be a little biased because this is my mom’s recipe and I’ve been eating it for more than 30 years. This pasta salad is filled with cheese, veggies, seasonings, pasta and is tossed in a zesty Italian dressing. So easy and superbly delicious!
8. Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles
Strawberries and lemonade are a perfect match; tart lemons and sweet strawberries, I just love it! Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles scream summer! They are flavorful and refreshing and a cinch to make.
9. Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas
Sheet pan shrimp fajitas are probably the easiest, quickest, yummiest dinner ever! These fajitas have minimal ingredients, healthy, are easy to customize, and are ready for the table in 20 minutes! I just love sheet pan dinners; don’t you!?
10. Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Wings
If you haven’t made wings in the air fryer yet, this might change your life! Air Fryer Buffalo Wings are crispy, saucy, spicy, super delicious and so easy to prepare.
Air Fryer Buffalo and Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings Recipes
11. Crock Pot Shredded BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
When you don’t want to turn on the oven, use the crock pot!
Crock Pot BBQ Shredded Chicken Recipe
12. Patriotic Cupcakes
Red, white and blue cupcakes are the perfect patriotic addition to any Fourth of July or Memorial Day party! They are soft and moist and always a big hit!
Patriotic Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes
13. Dill Pickle Potato Salad
Pickles are the star of the show in this delicious Dill Pickle Potato Salad. It’s perfect for any summer party!
Delicious Dill Pickle Potato Salad
14. Waldorf Pasta Salad
Love the classic Waldorf Salad? You’ll love this Waldorf Pasta Salad made with chicken in a tangy and creamy dressing, perfect for brunch, lunch or a potluck.
15. Broccoli Pasta Salad
Loaded with fresh broccoli, tender pasta, and tons of flavor, this Broccoli Pasta Salad is perfect for any occasion and is so easy to make.
16. American Flag S’mores Dip
American flag s’mores dip is the ultimate dessert! It combines the 4th of July and a summertime favorite, s’mores! It’s the perfect party sharing dessert!
17. Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
Street Corn Pasta Salad is a take on delicious Mexican street corn and is the perfect side dish for taco night, a party, or a summer cookout.
Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
18. 1905 Salad
If you’ve ever visited the Columbia Restaurant in Florida then you know how incredible their 1905 Salad is! The Columbia Restaurant’s 1905 Salad is fresh, hearty and super easy to prepare at home. It’s full of juicy tomatoes, salty baked ham, Swiss cheese, crisp lettuce, and a delicious vinaigrette dressing.
19. Peach Salsa
You’ll love this sweet and spicy peach salsa. A little sweet, a little heat, it’s the perfect combination! Enjoy with tortilla chips, on tacos, or on top of grilled chicken, tofu, or fish.
20. Nectarine Caprese Salad
Nectarine Prosciutto Caprese Salad is the perfect balance of savory and sweet in a fresh summer salad. Sweet nectarines with salty prosciutto and creamy mozzarella is the most delicious combination!
Nectarine Caprese Prosciutto Salad
21. Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake
Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake is so delicious, you won’t believe it’s just 3 main ingredients! The perfect cake of the summer.
Strawberry Shortcake Poke Cake
22. Classic Macaroni Salad
Classic Macaroni Salad is the ultimate side dish of the summer and is invited to all the BBQ’s! It’s creamy, crunchy, and so simple to prepare.
23. Cherry Slab Pie
Cherry Slab Pie is the perfect summer dessert to feed a crowd and with only 3 ingredients, it’s so easy! Try different fruit pie fillings like blueberry, strawberry, or apple!
24. Orzo Salad with Chickpeas
Orzo Salad is light and refreshing, but healthy and still delicious. It’s full of protein from the chickpeas and feta cheese, crunch from cucumbers, has healthy fat and is super flavorful from the zesty lemon vinaigrette dressing. This salad is perfect for lunch, a side dish or a summer potluck.
25. Cucumber Tomato Salad
This Cucumber Tomato Salad is the most refreshing summer salad with crisp cucumbers, juicy cherry tomatoes, red onions and a deliciously tangy vinaigrette dressing.
Cucumber and Tomato Salad Recipe
26. Cold Brew Popsicles
Cold Brew Coffee Popsicles are only 2 simple ingredients and so quick to whip up a batch. They are the perfect afternoon pick me up treat on a hot, sunny summer afternoon! You’ll be making these all summer long.
27. Greek Pasta Salad
If you love the flavors of the Mediterranean, you’ll love this Greek Pasta Salad with tender pasta, kalamata olives, red peppers, cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, tangy red onion, and creamy feta cheese all tossed in an herby olive oil dressing.
28. Italian Sub Tortellini Salad
Italian Sub Pasta Salad is made with Italian meats, mozzarella cheese, tortellini, and veggies in a zesty Italian vinaigrette. This pasta salad will make you the star of any get-together.
29. S’more’s Poke Cake
S’mores Poke Cake is a decadent treat of chocolate cake covered with marshmallow fluff, topped with more marshmallows, crunchy graham crackers, mini marshmallows and chocolate. It’s everything you love in the campfire dessert, but in a cake!
30. Creamy Shrimp Pasta Salad
This quick and easy Creamy Shrimp Pasta Salad, with juicy shrimp, bright veggies, pasta, and an avocado based dressing, is the perfect pairing for any occasion.
Creamy Avocado Shrimp Pasta Salad
31. Avocado Caprese Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is one of my favorites! I really could eat it every day in the summer. Tender pasta, juicy tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, zesty red onion, and basil are coated in a creamy avocado vinaigrette. This pasta salad has all the flavors of summer.
32. Crescent Dough Veggie Pizza
Crescent Dough Veggie Pizza is the perfect appetizer for any occasion! It starts with a roll of crescent dough with seasoned cream cheese spread across the baked dough and topped with fresh vegetables. It’s easy, flavorful, and a crowd pleaser!
33. Spiked Lemonade Punch
Spiked Lemonade Punch is the perfect summer cocktail for a crowd! It’s simple to whip up with just 3 ingredients, it’s refreshing, and it’s easily doubled or tripled to stretch it for a large group. Make this for your guests before your next BBQ or summer party!
34. Fresh Peach Crisp
This Peach Crisp is a cinch to put together, the hardest part is peeling the peaches. It has a crunchy, sweet, but not too sweet, cinnamon crumble topping that just warms the soul. It’s the perfect summer dessert! Peach Crisp is delicious by itself, topped with vanilla ice cream, or for breakfast with coffee. (it is made with fruit, after all!)
35. Berry Angel Food Cake
If you need a last minute dessert, this Easy Berry Angel Food Cake is for you! Just 3 ingredients; angel food cake, fresh berries, and whipped cream.
36. Watermelon Salsa
Salsa is already amazing, but add in some fresh, ripe, juicy watermelon and now it’s a party! The Best Watermelon Salsa starts with sweet watermelon, spicy poblano peppers, and tart red onion, this is the best combination! We make it every time we get a watermelon because it’s so easy and quick and the best summer snack!
37. Caprese Pasta Salad
Caprese pasta salad is perfect for a BBQ, family get togethers, picnics, potluck, or as a side dish. Pretty much perfect for any occasion! It’s so popular, I guarantee it will disappear fast. (Probably should make a double recipe!)
38. Roasted Garlic Hummus
Roasted garlic hummus is everything you want in a delicious dip! It’s creamy, earthy, and bursting with flavor! It starts with roasting whole garlic bulbs until they have a sweet garlic flavor then the garlic cloves are blended with chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, and seasonings until its smooth. It’s the perfect party dip or for any day of the week.
39. Chocolate Chip Raisin Oatmeal Cookies
These oatmeal raisin chocolate chip cookies are chewy, soft and sweet. They are easy to make and so delicious! And since there’s oats involved, that makes them healthy, right?! 😉
Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies
40. Baba Ganoush
This easy Baba Ganoush recipe is a creamy, smokey, roasted eggplant dip that sounds fancy but is super simple to make! It’s just 7 ingredients and tastes so much better than store bought. This will be your new go to dip recipe!
41. Crock Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches
There are a lot of variations to Crock Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches, but this recipe is the western Pennsylvania version; and in my opinion, THE BEST version. I promise your family will love it! Crockpot Italian Beef Sandwiches are so easy, you just dump and go! The meat is so juicy and flavorful. It’s the perfect recipe for a weeknight dinner and a large party.
Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwiches (Pennsylvania version)
42. Loaded Chip Dip
This Loaded Chip Dip is just that- a delicious dip loaded with cheese, bacon, and ranch seasoning, perfect for a party and ready in just 10 minutes.
43. Crock Pot Spinach Artichoke Dip
This Easy Crock Pot Spinach Artichoke Dip is the ultimate party dip! It’s a warm, flavorful spread that slow cooks to delicious creamy perfection in just two hours!
Crock Pot Spinach Artichoke Dip
44. Alabama Firecrackers
Alabama Fire Crackers are a spicy and savory snack made with red pepper flakes, ranch seasoning, and oil, baked on saltine crackers. It’s the perfect party snack and a cinch to make.
45. Cheez-Its Snack Mix
Mix a batch of your own Homemade Cheez-It Snack Mix for your next party. This crowd pleasing party mix includes Cheez-Its, oyster crackers, and pretzel snaps in a savory ranch dill seasoning. Be warned, it’s addictive!
46. Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad
Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad is spicy and cool with a creamy buffalo ranch sauce mixed with crunchy carrots and celery with a bite of blue cheese. Perfect for any summer occasion.
47. Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad
This Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad is everything you love in a Caesar salad but with pasta!
Grab the Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad here
48. Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes
Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes are a childhood favorite and this recipe makes a big batch to feed a crowd.
49. Seasoned Baked Pretzels
If you love the Dot’s brand pretzels, you will love these Seasoned Baked Pretzels made easily at home.
50. No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
I think one of the best food combinations is peanut butter and chocolate. They are a match made in Heaven! If you also love the pairing, this silky, no bake, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie is out of this world delicious!
No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
I hope you found some recipes that will be just the thing for your summer parties!
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