- Grilled Bruschetta Chicken - This is such an easy and fresh chicken dish, and we love using tomatoes and basil from our garden.
- Salmon with soy sauce – My mom brought this over for dinner right after Nell was born and it was so easy and so tasty. Just drizzle a little bit of soy sauce on top of salmon filets, throw them in the oven in a glass dish (at about 350 degrees) and dinner’s ready in about 12 minutes.
- Chipotle Hamburgers with Chipotle Lime yogurt – Derived from this recipe, I just chop up 1 1/2 chipotle peppers and add 1 Tablespoon adobo sauce (that the chipotles come in) to ground beef. Mix it all together, grill and serve with the yogurt: a single serving plain greek yogurt container, 1 tablespoon adobo sauce, and the juice of one lime. It’s such a fun and fresh take on burgers. (PS – we’ve followed the linked recipe with ground turkey too, and it’s delicious as well).
- Chicken Caesar Salads – So easy to make and a light (depending on how you dress it) option. We had this a few times when it was over 100 degrees here in June and July and the thought of cooking was too much – just buy a rotisserie chicken and call it good!
- Pizza Quesadillas – Thomas and I had these several nights this summer Mr. B was at class and it was too hot (and too hectic) to really cook. So good, so easy.
- Caprese Paninis – I like these on sourdough bread, but any good bread will be great. We just buy a hunk of fresh mozzarella, use tomatoes and basil out of the garden, layer the ingredients and grill them on a skillet, pressing them down with a pot lid to make them panini like. Mr. B likes his drizzled with olive oil, I like balsamic on mine.
- Pesto Pasta – Another summer staple because of my basil supply. I use my mom’s pesto recipe. This is one of my favorite foods.
- And of course, pizzas on the grill.
What have been your go-to recipes this summer? We’ve still got some warm days left (and if the Colorado weather forecasters are correct – that would be new – we’re looking at 80-90 degree days until the end of October).
I wish we lived near each other so I could invite you over for dinner. Lots of these are very similar to our go to recipes
I love Bruschetta Chicken. it’s one of our favorites. We eat a lot of black beans and rice, and lately, we’ve been doing Chicfila nuggets a lot. Oooo… and stuffed peppers.