Summer Recipes -

Pesto-Rubbed Butterflied Grilled Chicken

Chicken, pesto and a hot grill add up to a perfect simple summer dinner. Butterflying the bird makes this a quick whole grilled chicken recipe.

Grilled Eggplant Steaks with Crazy Easy Tomato Sauce

Come summertime, a fast, healthy dinner is as easy as grilled eggplant and a speedy tomato sauce. It's a perfect vegetarian supper.

Slow-Cooked Molasses-Honey Baked Beans

This molasses- and honey-spiked baked beans recipe can be made in a slow cooker or a Dutch oven. Either way, it's perfect.

Steamed Fresh Potatoes with Lime Zest and Sea Salt

Steaming showcases the subtle flavor and creamy texture of fresh new potatoes. Add a simple dressing with lime zest and coarse sea salt, and tuck in.

Beautifully Basic Bruschetta

When you use fresh summer heirloom tomatoes, a simple, basic bruschetta recipe like this is absolutely sublime.

Double Decker Portobello Burgers

Looking for a satisfying veggie burger recipe? These portobello burgers will win you over from beef burgers ... they're that good.

Melone e Limone (Melon and Lemon)

I fell in love with this simple, stunning Melone e Limone (Melon and Lemon) appetizer recently as a simple way to showcase fresh, ripe, peak-season fruit.

Pasta with Summer Squash, Sausage and Pesto

Sitting on a bumper crop of zucchini and other summer squash? This easy pasta recipe helps you put it to delicious use for a healthy dinner.

“Melted” Summer Squash

This is one of my favorite ways to serve summer squash. You can use any type of squash, but I prefer the denser, green-fleshed varieties, such as zucchini.

Smoky-Sweet Tri Tip

With a tender tri tip steak, wood chips and a hot grill, you can enjoy lip-smacking smoked barbecue any night.

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