25 Summer Dinner Ideas

This grilled pork chop recipe with lemon, garlic, and rosemary is an effortless summertime dinner that only takes 45 minutes! I served them with a simple arugula salad with Pecorino cheese and lemon.

If Summertime needed an official pasta dish, I vote for this Cherry Tomato Penne Pasta Caprese with pearl mozzarella balls, blistered cherry tomatoes, lots of garlic, basil, and fresh arugula. And the best part is that it only takes 30 minutes to get it on the table!

These low-carb spiralized zucchini noodles with pesto is a no-cook vegetarian meal you’ll just love this summer! The pesto adds so much flavor, yet the garden fresh noodles and tomatoes are super light. And the best part is you don’t even have to turn on the stove! (That and that this recipe is low-carb and vegetarian!)

No summer dinner menu is complete without a meal-worthy salad packed with good-for-you ingredients. The viral Jen Aniston salad is just that! It is made by combining cooked bulgur (or quinoa) with chickpeas, cucumbers, red onion, fresh herbs, feta cheese, and pistachios. Comes together in just about 30 minutes, and its leftovers make the best work lunch the next day.

If you have 30 minutes, then you have enough time to throw together this simple Veggie Pesto Pasta recipe. It is made with fresh cooked vegetables, tender pasta, and tossed with basil pesto. It is great for a weeknight meal and can be adapted for whichever veggies you have on hand.

This Grilled Date and Steak Kabobs with Spinach Blue Cheese Salad is full of big bold flavors. The skewers have meaty steak, grilled onions, and candy-like Medjool dates. Serve the beef kebabs atop a spinach and arugula salad with crumbled blue cheese and an orange vinaigrette dressing.

These Grilled Steaks with Kale Pesto are juicy and flavorful. The steaks are seasoned with garlic and salt before grilling, then you top them with a fresh, vibrant kale pesto made with fresh kale leaves, a little basil, walnuts and Pecorino cheese.

Here’s an easy 25-minute recipe for ratatouille, which is a simple French vegetable stew, made with eggplant, zucchini, peppers and tomatoes. This stove-top version is topped with fresh goat cheese and pine nuts. Just omit the goat cheese to make it vegan!

Nothing says summer like these Shrimp Kebabs! Fire up the grill and enjoy these savory, low-carb skewers with rosemary, garlic and cherry tomatoes. And the clean-up is quick and easy! Great for weeknights with your family.

Roasted Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner, an easy healthy weeknight meal ready in 30 minutes and less than 300 calories! 

Enjoy this flavorful chicken salad with lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, red onions, baked chicken breast, boiled egg, and a delicious spicy mayo dressing!  

This Lemon Garlic Marinated Grilled Pork Tenderloin recipe with rosemary is super simple, but full of flavor. It is an easy dinner recipe to make and the pork takes on so much great taste from the marinade in only 1 hour! 

Here’s a recipe for simple Grilled Lamb Kofta Kebabs made with onion and spices and then shaped and skewered. They are a grain-free and paleo entree for the spring grilling season.

This Strawberry Avocado Spinach Salad with Shrimp is zesty and full of fresh ingredients. This summer salad is tossed in a creamy avocado dressing to pull it all together. 

Here is a delicious Roasted Eggplant Salad with chickpeas, parsley and feta mixed in. It has a rich and savory lemon and roasted garlic dressing. Made with Mediterranean-style flavors and tossed with protein-rich chickpeas and feta cheese. It is hearty enough to serve as an entree salad, plus gluten-free and vegetarian.

These 4-ingredient pork and peach kebabs made with teriyaki marinade are super easy and kid-friendly. They are simple and perfect to grill up on a hot summer night while stone fruit in season.

With just 3 ingredients this Cajun Flank Steak needs to be on your summer grilling menu! The incredible flavor from this super simple recipe will blow your mind! It takes less than 20 minutes to cook to perfection.

This Pasta with Corn and Smoked Mozzarella is inspired by my absolute devotion to sweet corn. The sauce is made with loads of fresh corn. You add vegetable broth, thicken it with a couple of tablespoons of flour, and toss with pasta, basil and chunks of smoked mozzarella for a creamy and delicious pasta dish. It’s the perfect vegetarian summer entree that you can get on the table in just 30 minutes!

This Grilled Corn and Peach Cobb Salad is a super yummy power salad! It includes classic Cobb goodies such as blue cheese, hard-boiled eggs and bacon plus two favorite summer produce superstars: peaches and corn on the cob.

These 20 Minute Zucchini Pita Pizzas are an easy vegetarian meal your whole family will love. You simply top whole-wheat pitas with marinara sauce, thin ribbons of zucchini, mozzarella, feta and a sprinkling of oregano and then bake. A vegetable peeler is all you need to make those pretty zucchini ribbons!

Meet our Grilled Chicken Fajita Salad. It is seriously crave-worthy delicious. It is so easy because the chicken and vegetables are cooked on the grill and then loaded onto the salad, which is tossed with a creamy avocado dressing. I’ve also included a couple of handy marinating and grilling techniques that are going to knock your socks off!

Also known as Middle Eastern Chicken Skewers, this easy grilled chicken recipe is the ideal summertime dinner if you are open to trying something new. Chicken thighs (or breasts) marinated in a yogurt-based chicken marinade, threaded onto skewers, and grilled to perfection.

This chicken couscous salad is the perfect summer lunch or light dinner. It’s packed with protein and nutrient-dense veggies. It’s then topped with a homemade dressing featuring a burst of fresh citrus. 

Bust out your steak knives, and tuck your napkin into your shirt collars my fine friends because today I have the world’s juiciest Grilled Sirloin Steak with Chimichurri Sauce. It is off-the-chain delicious!

This Baked Fish-in-Foil with Vegetables is made in individual packets for easy serving. This method yields super moist fish and a mixture of fresh summer vegetables.