30 Easy Summer Meals That Don’t Heat Up Your Home

You’ll love this list of easy summer meals that are quick to prepare and won’t heat up your house! Try this recipe all summer (or all year long)!

This recipe saves me every summer Not only is this recipe a recipe that utilizes cooking methods other than turning on the oven when the heat threatens to destroy us all (I don’t know how our Arizona friends do it!), but it’s also light, fresh, and flavorful!

We hope this list helps you beat the heat and find a delicious dinner that will benefit your family. Enjoy summer! ☀️

1

Burger bowl with special house sauce

These easy burger bowls are filled with golden, crispy pieces of ground beef and chopped vegetables. The creamy house sauce drizzled on top is absolutely fantastic!

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2

Crispy Chicken Enchilada Wrap

These Crispy Chicken Enchilada Wraps are a fantastic weeknight dinner (or lunch!) solution. It’s quick, easy, customizable, and super delicious!

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3

Instant Pot Smokey Honey Cilantro Chicken

This Instant Pot Smokey Honey Chicken is tender, flavorful, and perfect for salads, enchiladas, and tacos. {Slow cooker instructions included too!}

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4

Asian Chicken Salad with the Most Delicious Dressing

This Asian Chicken Salad is loaded with crunchy cabbage, fresh vegetables, tender chicken, and dressed in the most delicious dressing. It lasts well for several days!

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5

Chicken Souvlaki Bowl

This delicious chicken souvlaki bowl is loaded with lemon chicken skewers, roasted vegetables, tzatziki, hummus, feta, and garlic rice!

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6

Skillet Garlic Butter Shrimp and Sausage

This one pan skillet garlic butter shrimp and sausage meal is so simple and delicious. It’s done in less than 20 minutes!

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7

Thai Ground Turkey and Green Beans {20-Minute Meal}

Delicious and super quick, Thai Ground Turkey with Green Beans is a super easy and delicious weeknight meal!

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8

Crispy Beef and Bean Wrap

These crispy beef and bean wraps are one of my go-to weeknight dinners! The crispy tortillas (not fried!) and flavorful filling are delicious.

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9

Easy Chicken Gyro {Newly Developed and Improved}

This easy chicken gyro recipe is simple and delicious! The yogurt-lemon marinade adds flavor and goes perfectly with tzatziki, flatbreads, and toppings!

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10

Türkiye Avocado Vegetable Wrap

These simple turkey avocado veggie wraps are so delicious! Shredded turkey, tons of fresh vegetables, creamy avocado spread – delicious!

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11

Skillet Lemon Parmesan Chicken and Zucchini

This quick and light skillet lemon parmesan chicken and zucchini is fantastic! It’s so delicious. The refreshing lemon and deeper flavor are perfect!

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12

Grilled Teriyaki Chicken

Easy Grilled Teriyaki Chicken with Super Delicious and Super Simple Homemade Teriyaki Sauce! This chicken is perfect for main dishes, salads and more!

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13

Vineyard Chicken and Pasta Salad

The perfect light and fresh dinner, this Vineyard Chicken and Pasta Salad is so delicious! There are so many delicious ingredients and the dressing…yum!

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14

Best Chicken Quesadilla

This is truly the best chicken quesadilla recipe! It’s so easy. These fajita style quesadillas taste as good or better than any restaurant!

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15

Kale and Wild Rice Salad

This awesome kale and wild rice salad is packed with lots of delicious ingredients, including chicken, avocado, feta cheese, almonds, apples, and more! I really like it!

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16

One-Pot Easy Chicken Lasagna

This easy one-pot chicken lasagna will be a weeknight favorite. Made from pantry staples, it’s quick, simple, and delicious!

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17

Easy Shrimp Pesto Pasta with Sun-dried Tomatoes

This easy shrimp pesto pasta tastes better than the restaurant version, but is simple enough for a quick weeknight dinner. It’s fantastic!

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18

My Fried Rice Recipe {Easy Ham Fried Rice}

Everyone needs a fried rice recipe! This easy ham fried rice is endlessly customizable and a fantastic way to use up leftovers. It’s so simple and tastes so good!

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19

Chicken Cordon Bleu Panini Sandwich

Chicken Cordon Bleu Panini Sandwich. The super simple sauce (3 ingredients) that wraps all the flavor of Chicken Cordon Bleu in bread will bring you to tears. Yum!

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20

frying pan summer vegetable lasagna

This skillet vegetable lasagna is packed with summer vegetables and can be made in no time. You can make it from start to finish in just one skillet, making it a summer dinner staple… Wow, is it delicious!

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21

Chicken BLT Burrito with Creamy Southwest Dipping Sauce

These amazingly delicious Chicken BLT Burritos (and avocado if you want!) are super easy to make. Perfect for busy weeknights or on-the-go meals!

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22

Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Orzo Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

Packed with flavor… and veggies, this Roasted Chicken Orzo Salad is so delicious (and so pretty!) with a simple homemade honey lime dressing.

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23

Instant Pot Spaghetti

Dinner will be on the table in no time with this super easy Instant Pot Spaghetti! Everything is cooked together for a simple and flavorful spaghetti dinner.

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24

Cuban Sandwich {Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker}

The pork in this slow cooker or pressure cooker Cuban sandwich recipe is super tender and delicious. Plus, the unique and delicious combination of sandwich ingredients makes this sandwich one of my favorites!

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25

Cheesy Chicken, Kale, and Sweet Potato Skillet Meal

Amazing in just one skillet, this Cheesy Chicken, Kale, and Sweet Potato Skillet Meal is just as nutritious and delicious as any weeknight meal!

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26

Cheesy Tex-Mex Zucchini Skillet

This Cheesy Tex-Mex Zucchini Skillet is a fantastic way to use up zucchini! Quick and easy, full of flavor and hearty ingredients. It’s really delicious!

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