84 Easy Summer Weeknight Dinner Recipes & Ideas | Recipes, Dinners and Easy Meal Ideas
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Caprese Chicken Breasts Pan-Fried from Frozen
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Garlic Butter Shrimp and Corn Sheet Pan Dinner
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Grilled Halibut with Charred Tomato Vinaigrette
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Steak and Potato Kebabs
Aida Mollenkamp’s fish tacos are authentically deep fried, flaked and served with avocado, salsa and sour cream.
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Fish Tacos
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Grilled Shrimp with Walnut Pesto
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Spicy Cocoa Steak Rub
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Penne with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
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Tofu Lettuce Wraps
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Gina’s Shrimp Scampi with Angel Hair Pasta
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Sheet Pan Baked Feta with Summer Vegetables
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Barbecue Chicken Pan Pizza
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Roasted Veggie Grain Bowl
Add some spice to weeknight meals with a Cajun-style one-pot wonder.
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Cajun Shrimp and Rice
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Chicken-Watermelon Tacos
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Penne with Shrimp and Herbed Cream Sauce
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Grilled Shrimp-Pineapple Fajitas
Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a comforting bowl of chili. Incorporate summer veggies like corn to keep it seasonal.
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Summer Vegetable Chili
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Healthy One-Skillet Shrimp and Quinoa
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Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken Kebabs
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Chilled Zucchini Soup with Chicken
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Instant Pot Greek Chicken Bowls
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Rigatoni with Summer Bolognese
Satisfying, fast-cooking shrimp are the ultimate weeknight salad topper.
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Shrimp and Avocado Salad
Try using panko instead of classic breadcrumbs to coat your chicken for this 30-minute dinner.
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Crispy Chicken Strips With Salad
Chipotle chili powder is the key to great Mexican-inspired flavor in these tacos that are ready in just 30 minutes.
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Chipotle Beef Tostadas
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Thin-Crust Caprese Pizza
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Curried Scallop Kebabs with Squash
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Steak, Corn and Potatoes with Garlic Butter
In lieu of ketchup and mustard, whip up an easy yogurt sauce for a new take on the turkey burger.
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Mediterranean Turkey Burgers
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Capellini with Tomatoes and Basil
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Fish Tacos
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Skillet Rice and Black-Eyed Peas with Okra
Simply grill store-bought lavash and top it with fresh ingredients like fennel, red onion and blue cheese.
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Arugula-Prosciutto Flatbread Pizzas
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Turkey Sausage and Broccoli Pasta
Instead of ordering in pizza, make these easy calzones using refrigerated pizza dough.
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Salami-Mozzarella Calzone
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Greek Grilled Chicken with Green Beans
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Abruzzo Summer Minestrone
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Orecchiette with Mixed Greens and Goat Cheese
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Greek Pork Chops with Potatoes
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Lemon Chicken and Shishito Pepper Kebabs
For a summertime twist on an Italian standby, fire up the grill to cook the chicken and toast the bread for these open-face chicken Parmesan sandwiches.
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Grilled Chicken Parmesan
Thinly shaved carrots get tossed with ginger-lime vinaigrette for a refreshing accompaniment to curry-roasted chicken.
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Thai Chicken with Carrot-Ginger Salad
An Asian-inspired mixture, with rice vinegar, soy sauce and ginger, does double duty as a marinade and a salad dressing.
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Grilled Chicken and Chopped Veggie Salad with Sesame-Ginger Vinaigrette
Scallops are poached in the simmering tomato sauce that gets tossed with multigrain spaghetti. Dress up this easy pasta dinner with a fragrant drizzle of olive oil and a garnish of fresh basil.
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Spaghetti With Spicy Scallop Marinara Sauce
For a hearty vegetarian dinner, char fresh bell peppers, summer squash and shiitake mushrooms on the grill and serve on a bed of couscous with cool red pepper-yogurt sauce.
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Grilled Vegetables With Couscous and Yogurt Sauce
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Pork Satay
Pasta is a weeknight dinner standby. Try a new one sauced with salty capers and olives, fresh summer tomatoes and mozzarella.
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Bucatini With Olive-Caper Sauce
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Grilled Flatbread with Pork and Pineapple
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Monkfish “Lobster” Rolls
Chicken is marinated in an Asian-inspired mixture of cherry juice, soy sauce and ginger before taking a spin on the grill. Serve it with an array of fresh vegetables for a crisp summer salad.
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Asian-Style Grilled Chicken Salad With Cherry-Peanut Dressing
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Grilled Pork Chops
This well-rounded pasta dish is all about timing. Boil the sugar snap peas in the pasta water while the salmon cooks in a skillet to cut time.
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Fettuccine with Salmon and Snap Peas
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Grilled Za’atar Chicken with Cucumber-Watermelon Salad
Pounded pork and thin-sliced zucchini, as well as quick-cooking orzo, make it easy to serve a three-part meal in no time.
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Pork and Zucchini with Orzo
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Pulled Chicken Tostadas
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Creamy Orzo with Prosciutto and Peas
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Tomato Soup 2.0
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Steak-and-Potato Salad
Toss canned cannellini beans and albacore tuna together with Kalamata olives, grape tomatoes, celery and other veggies for a quick and easy shortcut dinner.
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Tuscan Beans With Tuna
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Provencal Tuna Sandwiches
Quick on the grill and full of flavor, skirt steak is a weeknight no-brainer.
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Thai Noodle-Steak Salad
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Mango Summer Rolls with Ginger-Peanut Sauce
In this satisfying 20-minute dinner salad, a zesty herb mayo is used two ways: slathered on a slice of crusty toasted bread served on the side, and mixed with vinegar to create a quick, flavorful dressing.
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Tuna Salad with Herb Toast
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Rose Lemon Caper Salmon
Use a grill pan or head outdoors to make juicy grilled chicken that’s served over a refreshing summer salad of arugula and cherry tomatoes.
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Grilled Chicken Salad With Gazpacho Dressing
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Pork Chops with Charred Corn and Arugula
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California Salad with Hard-Boiled Eggs
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Grilled Shrimp and Escarole
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Falafel
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Grilled Striped Bass with Oranges and Watercress
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Tomato-Cauliflower Curry with Corn
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Pineapple Chicken Tacos
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Rigatoni with No-Cook Tomato Sauce
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Grilled White Pizza with Fennel Salad
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Grilled Salmon and Polenta
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Garlic & Herb Roasted Shrimp
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Ricotta, Squash and Honey Flatbread
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Chicken and Summer Vegetable Stew with Couscous
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Lemon Fusilli with Arugula
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Grilled Steak with Greek Corn Salad
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Grilled Radicchio and Shrimp Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
This one-dish meal comes together in a flash. Juicy chicken and grilled red onion complete this simple and satisfying weeknight dinner salad.
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Warm Chicken and Butter Bean Salad
It doesn’t get much easier than this pasta salad, which is full of shredded rotisserie chicken, fresh chives and dill.
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Creamy Chicken and Pasta Salad