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31 Summer Dinner Recipes

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Summer nights are all about simple, fresh dinners that highlight your garden or farmer's market haul! These are our favorite summer dinner recipes to keep your table seasonal, colorful and delicious! From grilled kabobs to light pasta dishes, these meals celebrate the summer tomatoes, zucchini, corn, peaches and herbs, perfect for quick weeknights or backyard gatherings.

31 Summer Dinner Recipes including pasta, tacos and steak kabobs.

This collection has something for everyone, each made simple, homemade and from scratch, and with the freshest summer ingredients!

Pair these dinners with my 35 Summer BBQ Side Dish Recipes or these 24 Summer Salad Recipes! Or add an easy garden side dish like my Simple Green Beans and Carrots with Butter!

And gets lots of summer inspiration with my 50 Farmer's Market Recipes!

31 Summer Dinner Recipes

Grilled steak and pepper kabobs on a cutting board.

Grilled Steak Kabobs Recipe

A soft taco with blackened chicken, corn, Cotija cheese, avocado slices, cilantro and pickled red onions.

Blackened Chicken Tacos Recipe

Garden BLT's with pesto aioli and extra veggies on ciabatta bread.

Garden BLT's with Pesto Aioli Recipe

The arranged grilled peach and burrata salad on a white platter.

Grilled Peach Burrata Salad with Chicken Recipe

Sliced flank steak on a cutting board with taco toppings like pico de gallo, guacamole, limes and cilantro.

Flank Steak Taco Recipe

Salmon filets over orzo pasta with zucchini, corn and basil in a skillet.

Salmon Zucchini Orzo Pasta Recipe

A wedge of steak sandwich with goat cheese and arugula.

Ciabatta Steak Sandwich with Balsamic Onions Recipe

Garden harvest pasta in a skillet with bacon and basil.

Garden Harvest Pasta Recipe

A rice bowl with seasoned salmon, mango salsa, avocado and feta cheese.

Salmon Rice Bowls with Mango Salsa Recipe

Pan fried gnocchi with spinach, tomato, peppers and Italian sausage links with a wooden spoon.

Italian Sausage Gnocchi Skillet Recipe

A green salad with roasted potatoes on a white platter for dinner.

Chopped Dinner Salad with Roasted Potatoes Recipe

Spaghetti with garden green beans in a creamy mushroom sauce.

Bacon Mushroom Green Bean Pasta Recipe

A large sub on ciabatta bread with prosciutto, lettuce, and homemade giardiniera on a cutting board.

Italian Sub Giardiniara Sandwich Recipe

Zucchini soup in a bowl with Parmesan cheese and chopped bacon.

Garden Zucchini Soup Recipe

Simple Roasted Wild Caught Salmon with mashed potatoes and green beans.

Simple Roasted Salmon Recipe

Avocado Salmon Bagel platter with tomato, red onion, capers, lemon and cucumber.

Salmon Avocado Bagels Recipe

A sheet pan of sliced steak, peppers, onions, and charred corn cut off the cob.

Grilled Steak Fajita Tacos Recipe

A bowl of orecchiette pasta with Italian sausage, red peppers, and herbs.

Sausage Orecchiette Pasta with Spinach and Peppers Recipe

A bowl of garden tomato soup on a dark wooden cutting board with grilled cheese triangles.

Roasted Tomato Basil Soup Recipe

Baked tater tot casserole with fresh herbs and a salad.

Garden Harvest Tater Tot Casserole Recipe

A wooden platter with 3 grilled Italian sausages in buns topped with giardiniera and a small bowl of grainy dijon mustard.

Grilled Split Italian Sausages with Giardiniera Recipe

A serving bowl of spaghetti with prosciutto tomato sauce with olives and feta cheese.

Prosciutto Spaghetti with Olives and Artichokes Recipe

A bowl of Zucchini Corn Chowder with corn kernels, bacon, cheese and basil.

Zucchini Corn Chowder Recipe

Dry rub ribs that have been baked and then grilled with a bowl of extra bbq sauce.

Honey Mustard Dry Rub Ribs Recipe

The finished Bacon Kale Spaghetti with basil and Parmesan cheese.

Bacon Kale Spaghetti Recipe

Scratch made pizza with tomato, bell pepper, sausage and basil.

Homemade Pizza Recipe - The Complete Guide

A skillet of the finished Pesto Alfredo Pasta with sliced chicken and Parmesan cheese.

Pesto Alfredo Pasta with Chicken Recipe

A skillet of ground beef taco meat, black beans and sautéd peppers and onions.

Ground Beef Fajita Tacos Recipe

Creamy Farfalle Pasta with prosciutto and peas with a wooden spoon.

Creamy Farfalle Pasta Recipe

A white platter of grilled vegetables with pita and a bowl of yogurt sauce.

Grilled Vegetables with Yogurt Sauce Recipe

Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta in an Italian pink sauce.

Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta Recipe

A baking dish of panko coated baked salmon with tomato, olives and feta.

Mediterranean Baked Salmon with Lemon Orzo Recipe

BLT's being prepared with extra veggies like tomato and cucumber slices, avocado and a plate of bacon.

BLT's with Avocado and Cheese Recipe

White bean tomato sausage cassoulet in a skillet with a wooden spoon.

Garden Tomato White Bean Cassoulet Recipe

Zucchini mushroom pasta with crispy prosciutto and shaved Parmesan cheese.

Creamy Zucchini Mushroom Pasta with Crispy Prosciutto Recipe

Roasted tomato sauce tossed with spaghetti and topped with shrimp.

Roasted Tomato Pasta Sauce Recipe

Chopped Salad with Blackened Chicken, bacon, tomato, feta and basil.

Blackened Chicken Chopped Salad Recipe

An almond crusted filet of salmon with crispy potatoes on a sheet pan with lemon.

Almond Crusted Salmon with Crispy Potatoes Recipe

Sweet potato tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches.

Garden Tomato Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

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