These easy family summer dinner ideas are ideal for hot summer nights – light, fresh-flavored meals that’ll keep you cool!
The warm weather calls for simple, flavorful meals. These dishes will make mealtime easier so you can still have time splashing around in the pool or pouring drinks with friends on the patio.
Whether using seasonal food (we love tomatoes, zucchini, and strawberries) or firing the grill for an alfresco family dinner, these easy summer dinner ideas will make your weeknights fun and exciting!
Without further ado, here’s our fabulous collection of summer dinner recipes!
They’re bursting with freshness, flavors, and all the summery goodness you’ll love!
Easy Family Summer Dinner Ideas
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1. Pan-Seared Halibut With Lemony Zucchini Noodles
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A simple, healthy Halibut recipe. It’s topped with summer tomatoes and served over Lemony Zucchini Noodles with olive oil, garlic, and Italian parsley.
A low-carb supper that is quick and easy to prepare!
2. Spicy Corn Zucchini Noodle Carbonara (easy summer dinner ideas)
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With this summer-friendly variation of spaghetti carbonara including zucchini noodles and corn, we’re taking it to the next level!
This vegetable-packed and spicy carbonara satisfies all pasta needs healthily and conveniently.
3. Summer Chipotle Chicken Cobb Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette
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This tangy salad screams summer! Chipotle chicken, sweet corn, avocado, cilantro vinaigrette, bacon crumbles, and fresh strawberries add sweetness to this salad.
4. Lemon Chicken Rice Skillet (easy summer dinner ideas)
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The Lemon Chicken Rice Skillet is a one-pan meal that my entire family enjoys.
The chicken is extremely tender, and the rice is light, fluffy, and fragrant with lemon!
5. Lemony Chicken Arugula Quinoa Salad
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Lemony Chicken Arugula Quinoa Salad with Avocado and Creamy Basil Dressing is a delicious low-carb salad.
It’s high in protein and taste. Chickpeas can be substituted for chicken. Vegan-friendly!
6. Skillet Moroccan Chicken with Tomatoes, Peaches, and Feta. (easy summer dinner ideas)
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Moroccan Chicken in a Skillet Pan-seared spice-rubbed chicken with peaches, tomatoes, and plenty of salty feta.
This recipe is colorful and flavorful, attractive, and delicious! It’s also quick, simple, and a terrific way to use up any leftover peaches and tomatoes on your counter.
7. Easy Sesame Ginger Baked Salmon
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This Easy Sesame Ginger Baked Salmon is filling, sweet, and savory!
An Asian cuisine that’s perfect for a midweek dinner or a filling lunch.
8. Skillet Chicken Caprese (easy dinner ideas for hot summer days)
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For your next family dinner, try Skillet Chicken Caprese.
This 30-minute meal has only a few simple ingredients and is full of bright, fresh flavor!
9. Steak and Potato Kabobs
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Summertime’s most popular dish! With the fresh garlicky-herb combo, the meat comes out incredibly soft and tasty!
You don’t have to marinate this recipe. All you’ll need is some olive oil, garlic, and fresh herbs like rosemary, thyme, or any herbs you want.
10. Moroccan Carrot Ribbon Salad With & Orange-Tahini Dressing (easy summer dinner ideas)
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The bright zingy aromas of orange-tahini dressing remind me of summer.
Oh, how I love the freshness of herbs and everything in this salad!
11. Grilled Garden Pizza
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The best summer meal is garden pizza! For a fun, fresh dinner, use fresh vegetables from the garden or farmer’s market and bake on the grill.
12. Fried Chicken Wings (easy summer dinner ideas)
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These buttermilk-marinated fried chicken wings are covered with seasoned flour and deep-fried to golden-brown perfection.
For an easy and enjoyable appetizer or main meal, serve your fried wings with a side of ranch.
13. Avocado Salad with Tomatoes, Mozzarella, Basil Pesto
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Salad for the Spring and Summer Seasons! In this simple salad with red and yellow cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and red onions, small fresh Mozzarella cheese balls pair well with avocado.
Simply combine fresh basil pesto and lemon juice to make the dressing for this avocado salad.
Basil pesto is an excellent salad dressing due to its high olive oil content.
14. No-Cook Tomato Garlic Sauce (easy dinner ideas for hot summer days)
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This Tomato Garlic Sauce is great because it doesn’t require any cooking.
It’s light, breezy, and tasty. We’ll demonstrate how to prepare this fantastic no-cook sauce.
15. Chicken Caprese
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This grilled chicken caprese recipe features a delicious chicken breast covered with mozzarella cheese, tomato, basil, and a homemade balsamic reduction.
It’s everything you love about Caprese salad, but bigger and better!
16. Creamy Tuscan Salmon (easy summer dinner ideas)
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This Creamy Tuscan Salmon recipe tastes as it came from a restaurant, but it is incredibly simple to prepare!
Pan-seared salmon with garlic, cherry tomatoes, spinach, and fresh basil in a creamy parmesan sauce.
It’s the ideal summer meal and only takes 30 minutes to prepare!
17. Poblano and Mushroom Tacos with Tomatoes and Goat Cheese
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Tacos with poblano and mushrooms, tomatoes, and goat cheese
They’re colorful, flavorful, vegetarian, and, best of all, ready in 30 minutes. (In other words, they’re perfect in every way.)
17 Easy Summer Dinner Ideas That'll Leave You Cool
Ingredients
- Salmon
- garlic
- zucchini
- pepper
- lemon zest
- Italian parsley
- lemon juice
- sweet cherry tomatoes, chili flakes
- cheese
Instructions
- Select your choice of easy summer dinner ideas from the article.
- Click on the link to get the full recipes and instructions.
- Get ready to prep, cook, and enjoy!
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I hope you enjoy this article! Tell me, which one of these easy family summer dinner ideas are you going to try?
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