Summer Main Dish Recipes

100+ Easy Summer Main Dish Recipes are all you need for making a Delicious Meal. Find the best Summer Main Dish Recipes for sharing with family and friends. Browse our Summer Main Dish Recipes collection to find the comfort foods and the classic dishes you love to make.

Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

Cooking Time: 50m

These Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers are so delicious I love to make them as a main dish or as a delicious side, depending on how hungry I am! If you use large peppers, you should have just the right amount of filling in this recipe but if you have extra filling,...

July 30, 2021

Squash Blossom Pizza

Cooking Time: 18m

This Squash Blossom Pizza is an easy and delicious white pizza recipe to enjoy during the summertime. It uses a store-bought pizza dough and just requires 20 minutes to make. But if you feel more ambitious to make your own pizza dough, then try this simple 1-Hour Pizza Dough. It’s...

July 30, 2021

Pork Chops with Raspberry Sauce

Cooking Time: 20m

I absolutely adore the combination of fruit or berries with pork, and this Pork Chops with Raspberry Sauce recipe is a favorite of mine. There is something about the tangy raspberry sauce that works so well with the tender pork chops. To make this dish, start by combining crushed thyme,...

July 29, 2021

Eggplant Parmesan with Crisp Crumb Topping

Cooking Time: 2h

I love this Eggplant Parmesan with Crisp Crumb Topping as it is the ultimate Italian comfort food. The beauty of this dish is that once it is assembled, the dish can be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 24 hours. I love to serve this eggplant Parm...

July 28, 2021

Chilled Zucchini Basil Soup

This Chilled Zucchini Basil Soup is not only paleo and vegan but also delicious. Light and creamy, it is perfect for the warm-weather months. Zucchini, garlic, celery, and basil: simple seasonal ingredients for an epic summer soup experience. The most important thing here is to chill the soup before serving...

July 21, 2021

Summer Salmon Niçoise

Cooking Time: 37m

I love making this Summer Salmon Niçoise recipe for a lighter take on Niçoise salad using butter lettuce instead of traditional frisée to bring more sweetness and buttery texture. This filling and refreshing salad is a perfect main-dish salad that will satisfy your summer cravings. The traditional Niçoise salad recipe...

July 16, 2021

Speedy Summer Gazpacho

This Speedy Summer Gazpacho recipe is perfect for those days when you don’t want to fuss around the kitchen. It takes summer’s best vegetables – sweet and juicy tomatoes, cool cucumbers, succulent celery, flavorful bell pepper, and zingy garlic – and blends them up into a classic summer soup. I...

July 8, 2021

Almond Salmorejo Soup

Cooking Time: 23m

This Almond Salmorejo Soup is one of the best cold soup recipes for summer! It is almost a no-cook dish for busy weeknights and sweltering days. This cold and creamy Spanish tomato soup brings the refreshment we all crave in summer. Top this satisfying bowl of soup with chopped boiled...

July 2, 2021

Grilled Chicken Mango Salad

Cooking Time: 35m

This Grilled Chicken Mango Salad is one of my all-time favorite summer meals. It is full of healthy ingredients like avocado, cucumber, pepper, and grilled chicken. The mango in the recipe name refers to my Creamy mango cilantro salad dressing which is the perfect dressing for this flavorful salad. This...

June 27, 2021

Cherry Greek Yogurt Curry Chicken Salad

Cooking Time: 5m

The Cherry Pistachio Greek Yogurt Curry Chicken Salad recipe is a flavorful spin on a traditional chicken salad. If you are on the hunt for a new recipe to get you out of your lunch rut, look no further! This recipe is packed with spiced-up flavors and textures. The warm...

June 18, 2021

Balsamic Grilled Chicken Strawberry Caprese Salad

Cooking Time: 2h 20m

This Balsamic Grilled Chicken Strawberry Caprese Salad is a delicious twist on a classic Italian salad – the caprese. I love the combination of strawberry with creamy mozzarella and sweet yet tangy balsamic grilled chicken. You will love this recipe if you try it! It’s so easy to prepare too....

June 14, 2021

One-Pot Italian Eggplant Noodle Parmesan

Cooking Time: 42m

One-Pot Italian Eggplant Noodle Parmesan – is a fresh summer meatless dish inspired by the Italian eggplant Parmesan recipe. If you are on the hunt for a new delicious weeknight recipe, look no further than this one! I absolutely love quick and easy recipes, so this Italian-style one-pot dish is...

June 9, 2021

Keto Strawberry Chicken Poppyseed Salad

Cooking Time: 7m

Enter the Keto Strawberry Chicken Poppyseed Salad with fresh greens, red onions, and microgreens! It is so filling and healthy. This salad recipe takes inspiration from Panera’s strawberry poppyseed salad with chicken. It, too, combines chicken, fresh berries, lettuce leaves, and poppyseed dressing, but it’s keto and has no mayo....

June 7, 2021

Creamy Borracho Beans

Cooking Time: 2h 35m

This Creamy Borracho Beans recipe is perfect for your next family summer cookout. The soft and creamy pinto beans are slowly simmered in a delicious sauce made from beer, bacon, and spices. These beans get their name from the addition of Mexican beer (“borracho” translates to “drunk” in Spanish!) To...

June 3, 2021

Bell Pepper Mini Meatloaf

Cooking Time: 50m

Bell Pepper Mini Meatloaf is a twist on the classic American staple. In this recipe, bell pepper rings are stuffed with a delicious meatloaf mixture, and then baked to perfection. This mixture is packed with peppers and onions, flavored with thyme, garlic, and Worcestershire sauce, and topped with gooey cheese....

May 31, 2021

Turkey Salad with Grapes & Cashews

Cooking Time: 10m

Turkey Salad with Grapes & Cashews is one of my favorite summer salads and the only way to use up leftover turkey when the weather is warm! Cashew nuts are the secret ingredient to this salad giving a slight crunch with every bite. Texture is everything in a salad! To...

October 5, 2020

Buttermilk Chicken with Peach Salsa

Cooking Time: 20m

This Buttermilk Chicken with Peach-Tomato Salsa is a delicious summer meal. I love the combination of chicken with fruit so this fruity salsa ticks all my boxes! It’s really versatile too – you can serve this with a fresh green salad or a baked potato if you’re feeling hungry. Start...

September 9, 2020

Easy Chicken Pesto Stuffed Peppers

Cooking Time: 20m

I’m all for these stuffed pepper recipes and so I had to add this Easy Chicken Pesto Stuffed Peppers to the list, naturally! Best made with medium, sweet yellow or orange peppers and stuffed with a hearty filling made from shredded rotisserie chicken, cooked brown rice, premade pesto and shredded...

August 25, 2020

No-Fry Sheet-Pan Eggplant Parmesan

Cooking Time: 1h 10m

I made this No-Fry Sheet-Pan Eggplant Parmesan recently and let me tell you – it is a revelation! I never realised that you could get perfectly crisp and golden eggplant without frying. I am here today to share this amazing recipe with you! Start by preparing a tomato sauce for...

August 20, 2020

Romanian Stuffed Peppers (Ardei Umpluti)

Cooking Time: 2h 15m

Originating in Romania and enjoyed all across the Mediterranean and Middle East, these Romanian Stuffed Peppers (Ardei Umpluti) are, in one word, unbelievable. Preferably use medium, colorful peppers to stuff with ground pork, uncooked rice, chopped onion, some egg, fresh dill, fresh parsley, salt and pepper. Over a low heat,...

August 11, 2020

Garlic-Parmesan Zucchini Squash & Tomatoes

Cooking Time: 12m

Garlic-Parmesan Zucchini Squash & Tomatoes is one of those side dishes that I love to make when the tomatoes and zucchinis I grow in my vegetable patch ripen. It’s full of Mediterranean flavors thanks to garlic and Parmesan. It is super simple to make too. Start by sautéing zucchini and...

August 11, 2020

Italian Stuffed Peppers

Cooking Time: 46m

These Italian Stuffed Peppers are a super recipe to have on stand by. They are very versatile too. You can use cooked brown rice for the filling or if you prefer, you could use farro, quinoa or low carb cauliflower rice. I use ground chicken or turkey but you could...

August 7, 2020

Classic Apricot Chicken

Cooking Time: 45m

This Classic Apricot Chicken brings me back to a memorable trip to Morocco a few years ago. Part of the trip was spent in the Atlas Mountains where the food was rustic and wholesome and the air was fresh and clean. This sweet apricot stew was one of my favorite...

July 27, 2020

Summer Squash Soup

Cooking Time: 30m

I love to make this Summer Squash Soup for two on a special and romantic date night with the extra effort and additional love that goes into making this pot. Just describing this soup makes me hungry! With puréed vegetables of onions, summer squash, Yukon Gold potatoes, carrots and garlic...

July 23, 2020

Zucchini Gratin with Yellow Squash

Cooking Time: 33m

I love to make this Zucchini Gratin with Yellow Squash for a meat free Monday meal. The secret to this gratin recipe is smoked Gouda cheese which I use to top this baked gratin. My family loves this dish and I am sure yours will too! To make this gratin,...

July 23, 2020

Parmesan Zucchini Tomato Chicken Spaghetti

Cooking Time: 25m

This Parmesan Zucchini Tomato Chicken Spaghetti recipe is a delicious midweek meal that you can have on the table in under 25 minutes. It combines chicken with one of my favorite herbs (basil in the pesto) and zucchini and tomatoes. Can you think of a dish which screams summer more?...

July 22, 2020

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