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Best Summer Recipes

Summer is my favorite time to keep meals simple and let fresh ingredients do the heavy lifting. Whether we're firing up the grill, heading to a potluck, or enjoying dinner on the patio, these are the Best Summer Recipes I come back to year after year.

From my Papa's Homemade Baked Beans that belong on everyย summer cookout menu and juicyย Grilled Shrimp Skewers to seasonal favorites likeย  Grilled Peaches, Fresh Tomato Pizza, and Sour Cream Cucumber Salad, these recipes make the most of summer's best flavors. Perfect for barbecues, potlucks, family dinners, and everything in between.

Bowl of Bacon Ranch Potato Salad topped with chives.

Bacon Ranch Potato Salad

Italian potato salad in bowl topped with fresh parsley with tomatoes in background.

Italian Potato Salad

Hellmann's Potato Salad dished in large bowl topped with crushed pepper and parsley.

Hellmann's Potato Salad

Cast Iron Skillet with Succotash topped with cherry tomatoes and basil.

Southern Succotash Recipe

Pasta salad made with rotini noodles, Italian dressing, and summer veggies in white bowl.

Easy Pasta Salad with Italian Dressing

Collage of photos of classic summer BBQ recipes with text overlay that reads the ultimate summer cookout menu.

Summer Cookout Menu Ideas

Cucumber and Onion Salad in a blue bowl

Sour Cream Cucumber Salad

BBQ Pizza topped with BBQ sauce, shredded chicken, and cheese.

BBQ Pizza

Mini Cheesecakes with nilla wafer crust on plate topped with assorted fresh berries.

Mini Cheesecakes

Saucy brown sugar baked beans in large white casserole dish.

Homemade Baked Beans From Scratch

Close up of bowl of pasta salad with tomatoes and basil.

Caprese Pasta Salad

Crockpot BBQ chicken legs on platter.

Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

Shredded BBQ chicken breasts made in slow cooker piled on bun with potato chips in background.

Crockpot BBQ Pulled Chicken

Grilled Shrimp Skewers basted with honey garlic glaze on wooden platter.

Easy Grilled Shrimp Skewers

Close up of bowl of creamy BLT pasta Salad.

BLT Pasta Salad

Bowl for Texas Caviar next to fresh peppers and tomatoes.

Texas Caviar

Platter with bed of lettuce topped with BBQ Chicken, shredded cheese, corn chips, and BBQ Ranch Dressing.

BBQ Chicken Salad

Grilled BBQ Chicken on white platter topped with parsley.

Grilled BBQ Chicken Breast

Homemade salsa made with fresh tomatoes in a blender in blue dish served with corn tortilla chips.

Easy Blender Salsa

Pina Colada with fresh pineapple on rim of glass.

Pina Colada Smoothie

Fresh Spring Roll Cut Open showing fresh ingredients.

Fresh Spring Rolls

Summer fruit tossed together in serving dish topped with mint.

Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

Slice of blueberry Coffee Cake on a gray plate drizzled with lemon glaze.

Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Sliced blueberry pie bars on wooden cutting board showing shortbread crumble.

Blueberry Pie Bars

Tray of bacon wrapped dates stuffed with goat cheese and almonds.

Easy Bacon Wrapped Dates Recipe

Close up of BBQ Chicken Thighs on white platter.

Crockpot BBQ Chicken Thighs

Bowl of pineapple mango salsa topped with cilantro and tortilla chips to the side.

Pineapple Mango Salsa

Homemade Ice Cream Drumstick Cone in small glass jar.

Homemade Drumsticks Ice Cream Cones

Child's hand holding homemade Fudgesicle with green handle.

Homemade Fudgesicles

Watermelon Feta Salsa in white bowl topped with feta and cilantro.

Watermelon Salsa

Watermelon Sangria in glass with watermelon stars garnished with blueberries.

Watermelon Sangria

Vanilla Ice Cream in base of ice cream maker.

Vanilla Ice Cream For Ice Cream Maker

Broken frozen yogurt bark topped with berries on light gray plate surrounded by fresh berries.

Frozen Yogurt Bark

Black bean and grilled corn tossed with tomatoes, peppers, jalapenos, and lime dressing in white bowl next to tortilla chips.

Black Bean and Corn Salsa

Fresh corn and tomato salad with basil in blue bowl with corn on the cob and grape tomatoes on the counter.

Corn and Tomato Salad

Glass of mint lemonade garnished with sliced lemon and fresh mint.

Homemade Mint Lemonade

Baked tomato pizza topped with freshly grated parmesan cheese and fresh basil leaves on pizza pan topped with parchment paper.

Tomato Pizza

Grilled Cinnamon Sugar peaches on wooden cutting board.

Grilled Peaches

Watermelon Granita in Glass Dish topped with fresh mint and fresh watermelon in background.

Watermelon Granita

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