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Recipes tagged with: summer

Baby Back Ribs with Sweet and Spicy Sauce
  • Complexity: medium

Baby Back Ribs with Sweet and Spicy Sauce

These ribs are covered in a hoisin, honey and chili sauce that adds just the right amount of spice and sweetness.

Blistered Tomato Pasta
  • Complexity: easy

Blistered Tomato Pasta

Roasting tomatoes at a high temp not only intensifies their flavor but also adds a subtle char and caramelization. Leaving them whole helps keep them from breaking down too much in the oven which results in a more rustic, less “saucy” tomato sauce.

Bourbon Peach Crostata
  • Complexity: medium

Bourbon Peach Crostata

This freeform rustic pie is filled with ripe peaches tossed in brown sugar and bourbon

Brined Grilled Chicken Breasts
  • Complexity: easy

Brined Grilled Chicken Breasts

This simple brine helps tenderize and keep the chicken breasts moist and juicy. 

Caprese Pasta Salad with Creamy Pesto
  • Complexity: easy

Caprese Pasta Salad with Creamy Pesto

Baby tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and basil are tossed with pasta in a creamy pesto sauce for this simple, summer dish

Cherry Smash Cold Brew Iced Tea
  • Complexity: easy

Cherry Smash Cold Brew Iced Tea

This light and refreshing tea with tart cherries, fresh thyme and lemon is perfect for the summer. 

Cucumber Salad with Mint and Salted Peanuts
  • Complexity: easy

Cucumber Salad with Mint and Salted Peanuts

Thinly sliced cucumbers with fresh mint and salted peanuts drizzled in a tangy, salty sweet sauce. 

Gin Soaked Cherry Crostata
  • Complexity: medium

Gin Soaked Cherry Crostata

Sweet cherries are tossed with gin then folded up in a flaky, free-form pie crust. Less work than other pie recipes but just as impressive. 

Grilled Baby Peppers with Lemon and Feta
  • Complexity: easy

Grilled Baby Peppers with Lemon and Feta

Sweet baby bell peppers are grilled until charred and then tossed with feta, lemon and basil. 

Grilled Chicken Paillard with Greek Salad
  • Complexity: medium

Grilled Chicken Paillard with Greek Salad

Chicken breasts are pounded thin and then grilled to perfection. A light and tangy Greek inspired salad tops it all off for a perfect summer meal. 

Grilled Halloumi and Sweet Corn Tacos
  • Complexity: medium

Grilled Halloumi and Sweet Corn Tacos

These vegetarian tacos are filled with salty halloumi cheese, sliced avocado and grilled sweet corn

Grilled Pizza with Zucchini, Ricotta and Fresh Herbs
  • Complexity: medium

Grilled Pizza with Zucchini, Ricotta and Fresh Herbs

This sauce-less grilled pizza is topped with thinly sliced zucchini, creamy ricotta, fresh herbs and finished with a drizzle of honey

Grilled Shrimp, Corn and Snap Pea Salad with Feta
  • Complexity: medium

Grilled Shrimp, Corn and Snap Pea Salad with Feta

This summer salad consists of grilled shrimp and corn tossed with radishes, snap peas, feta and mint in a lemony dressing

Grilled Stone Fruit with Grilled Biscotti and Whipped Cream
  • Complexity: easy

Grilled Stone Fruit with Grilled Biscotti and Whipped Cream

If you've never grilled peaches you're missing out. They get slightly smoky and somehow even sweeter.

Grilled Summer Panzanella Salad
  • Complexity: easy

Grilled Summer Panzanella Salad

This summer salad features heirloom tomatoes, Persian cucumbers and sweet corn all tossed with sourdough bread

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