These are our favorite summer weeknight meals! Fresh and delicious dinner ideas that come together quickly and are huge crowdpleasers. These are the ones we love the most!
I’ve got the best summer weeknight meals for you!
These are our favorite summer meals – the ones I find myself making constantly over the season. We all love these dishes and they are mostly easy to throw together. Plus, they utilize the best of the summer produce.
I also take into account some of my favorite sauces and dressings – vinaigrettes, pesto and chimichurri – things that I can prepare ahead of time and use in other meals too. I find that condiments like that are a staple in my fridge over the summer and help to elevate any meal, even breakfast.
I have a few methods for our summer dinner routine. One is to make something on the grill – a meat or fish, and serve it with a grain salad of sorts. Another is to make a big clean-out-the-fridge pasta with lots of fresh ingredients. You’ll see these methods used in the dishes below and I find that it’s so helpful to have an idea of what to make.
What are some of your favorite summer dinners?!
20 Summer Weeknight Meals
Grilled chimichurri chicken with couscous salad
Slow roasted tomato farro salad
20 minute summer squash pasta
Grilled honey mustard chicken and broccoli
Grilled romaine salads
Summer grilled chicken rice bowls
Cheesy pesto lovers pasta
Pesto caprese puff pastry pizza
Jalapeño peach grilled chicken
Summer grilled salmon with chimichurri
Burst tomato burrata pasta
Marinated tomato BLTs
Melted zucchini baked ziti
Italian chopped salad on grilled garlic baguettes
Burst tomato pasta with chickpeas
Summer risotto stuffed peppers
Mini pesto chicken meatball soup
Summer BBQ chicken grilled pizza
Grilled hot honey chicken with corn salad
Cheeseburger salad with pickle vinaigrette
BBQ hot honey chicken with citrus salad