Easy Fresh Summer Dishes – Light Dinner Recipes For Hot Days

Simple, healthy and fresh with the creamiest peanut sauce ever. Prep ahead of time and use up lingering veggies!

This Mango Chickpea Salad is packed with protein and fresh citrusy flavor. Served over high protein tofu rice to make this easy weeknight meal super satisfying.

BLT Chicken Salad is a great easy spin on the classic chicken salad recipe that you know and love. This easy recipe can make the perfect low carb lunch!

So saucy, so sticky, and just so darn good! The chicken is perfectly tender with chunks of fresh pineapple, pepper and onion!

This salmon with mango salsa recipe is vibrant, full of flavor, and healthy. Featuring a fruity salsa and a smoky flavor on the flaky salmon, it’s great for those who love both sweet and spicy! Perfect summer dinner!

This Miso-Glazed Salmon combines succulent salmon with rich, savory miso, creating a flavorful Japanese-inspired dish that’s both gourmet and ridiculously easy to whip up. The delicate, flaky salmon is broiled until the outside is beautifully crisp and the inside is perfectly moist. Miso salmon is your ticket to a fancy dinner in less than 30 minutes!

Sweet and tangy grilled chicken topped with melted cheese and fresh fruit pineapple is an easy and flavor-packed sandwich that is great for lunch or dinner. These Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches are a perfect summer meal the entire family will love!

Skirt steak is often the cut of choice for popular dishes like fajitas. However, its versatility and ability to take on robust flavors beg to be enjoyed with a tangy and herbaceous sauce like chimichurri.

EASY, HEALTHY, ready in 10 minutes, and perfect for summer parties, barbecues, and casual weeknight dinners!

Probably one of my favorite kebabs, these Rosemary Garlic Steak Kebabs are loaded with flavor, perfectly cooked, and a hit with the entire family! Tender and juicy steak, marinated tomatoes, and baby potatoes, grilled to absolute perfection, what is not to love!?

Grilled Cheeseburger Wraps are everything you love about a cheeseburger all wrapped up in a flour tortilla then grilled to perfection. These wraps are terrific for a simple lunch or dinner!

The PERFECT summer salad! This cilantro lime pasta salad is loaded with fresh veggies & avocado all tossed in a creamy cilantro lime dressing! Quick, flavorful & an easy potluck idea!

In keeping with my years New year tradition of sharing my favorite salads this year, I’m starting with a delicious tangy lime chicken pasta salad. This is one of my favorite pasta salads. Takes less than 30 minutes to make, and is perfect for those busy work/school nights. Bonus point because You can also make a bigger amount and save for lunch or even dinner again! Scroll down for my easy to make lime chicken pasta salad.

This Creamy Lemon Chicken features the most tasty lemon dill sauce that brings deliciously bright flavors to this light chicken recipe. The best part? You can have it on the dinner table in 20 minutes!

Boldly seasoned blackened chicken, seasoned to perfection, nestled in warm tortillas and topped with fresh toppings. These blackened chicken tacos have an explosion of flavors in each bite.

Easy avocado chicken salad recipe takes just minutes to make! This delicious salad is topped with a homemade cilantro lime dressing.

If you’re craving a lighter fare that checks all the right boxes, then you need to make this easy Grilled Salmon with Strawberry Cucumber Salsa. Flaky, flavorful salmon served with fresh and fun strawberry cucumber salsa is the perfect summertime dish!

If you love easy dinners with simple ingredients then look no further than these Chicken Burgers In The Air Fryer. With very little prep and cook time, these air fryer ground chicken burgers are a healthy meal that the whole family will enjoy.

These buffalo chicken rice bowls are full of fresh veggies, crispy buffalo chicken, and topped with a creamy ranch dressing. Nutritious, easy, AND packed with flavor!

Greek Lemon Chicken and Orzo — EASY, ready in 25 minutes, and feeds a crowd!! Juicy lemon chicken with orzo, fresh spinach, cucumbers, and tomatoes make this a dinnertime WINNER! Great for parties, picnics, and potlucks!!

This Pineapple Chicken and Rice is a delightful fusion of sweet and savory flavors, featuring tender chicken, juicy pineapple, and aromatic jasmine rice. The dish is made even more special with a touch of ginger and a hint of soy sauce, giving it a unique and satisfying taste.

Crisp lettuce, cubed mozzarella, and diced salami in a red wine vinaigrette. So colorful, so vibrant, and so so good!

This flavor-packed Lemon Chicken Pasta Recipe combines lightly breaded lemon pepper chicken breasts pan-fried in a bit of olive oil and served with spaghetti noodles in a creamy lemon sauce with Parmesan Cheese, sweet peas, and chopped fresh parsley.

This is the BEST chicken salad recipe. It could not be easier or more delicious. With chicken, cranberries, apples, and pecans, it’s full of wonderful flavors and textures.

Chicken Caesar Wrap- If you like classic Caesar Salad, you will love these Chicken Caesar Wraps. All of the traditional Caesar salad ingredients, plus chicken, get wrapped up in a tortilla to create a simple and fresh wrap that is perfect for lunch or dinner!

Strawberry Chicken! Strawberry jam, balsamic vinegar and fresh basil turn this simple dish into a unique, spring chicken recipe! Served with a salad or sautéed vegetables, it's a great way to liven up a weeknight chicken dinner.

One-pan baked Italian Chicken and Vegetables - easy and healthy family weeknight dinner. Ready in less than 1 hour. Only 10 minutes of prep, and 30 minutes to bake. Chicken Breasts are seasoned with basil and topped with veggies: artichokes, tomatoes, zucchini. Bake this Italian chicken in the casserole dish topped with the Mozzarella cheese.

Easy, make-ahead chicken gyros! You can marinate the chicken ahead of time and whip up your homemade tzatziki too! So fast, so good!

This Chicken with Avocado Sauce is exactly what I want at the end of a busy day. It has the best of everything - smoky chicken breasts, and an avocado sauce with onion, jalapeno, cilantro, and lime juice. You are going to want to make this recipe time and again. (And with just 20 minutes of hands on time, it couldn’t be easier!). This recipe is keto friendly, low-carb, and gluten-free. Make it dairy free by using dairy-free yogurt, mayonnaise or sour cream.

I use less than 10 simple ingredients, these yummy wraps come together in about 25 minutes, making them perfect for a quick lunch or easy weeknight dinner.

This Healthy Greek Yogurt Avocado Chicken Salad recipe has no mayo and is made with a handful of nutritious ingredients! It takes 5 minutes to prepare and is a great way to use leftover chicken! Perfect for a healthy lunch or light dinner!

Beautiful sheet pan lemon garlic chicken with tender potatoes, fresh herbs, and savory feta. This easy lemon garlic chicken recipe is packed with flavor and protein, and delicious served as is or over a bed of arugula or rice! The perfect weeknight meal everyone will love.

Layering fontina and prosciutto on top of butterflied chicken breasts then folding them closed gives you gooey cheesiness in every bite. A little half-and-half stirred into this one-pan dish at the end of cooking creates a creamy sauce to coat the chicken and veggies. Serve with rice and a glass of chardonnay.

Honey Garlic Butter Shrimp is quick and easy and a guaranteed hit! Only uses a few simple ingredients and comes together in under 20 minutes for an easy weeknight dinner!

Made with leftover rotisserie chicken, romaine, napa, crispy wonton strips and the best sesame ginger dressing ever!

These tender herby chicken thighs are roasted to perfection with lemons and herbs and tossed with spring veggies. A very simple meal that gets thrown together in no time. No fuss and so delicious. Easy enough for a midweek meal but just as good for Sunday lunch.

I don’t think citrus gets enough credit on how delicious, nutritious and versatile it is as a fruit. This Honey Orange Shrimp is just one way that you can use citrus to really add flavor to a dish. This makes for an easy weeknight dinner that’s perfect to add on top of rice or veggies. It feels elevated but actually so simple to make!

This easy one pan lemon chicken gnocchi recipe has tender pan-fried chicken and pillowy gnocchi nestled in a luxurious lemon cream parmesan sauce. It’s ready in about 30 minutes!

Truly the most AMAZING zesty cilantro-lime marinade ever! The chicken comes out perfectly juicy and so tender.

This Grilled Chicken Caprese recipe features juicy chicken breast topped with mozzarella cheese, tomato, basil, and a homemade balsamic reduction. It’s everything you love about caprese salad, but turned into a full, filling meal!

This Peruvian Chicken with Creamy Green Sauce packs in big flavors thanks to the easy marinade and vibrant green sauce (aji verde).

This easy recipe for Lemon Chicken Orzo Pasta is made in one skillet in less than 35 minutes! It’s the perfect dinner for busy weeknights when you want a delicious pasta dish

Try this one pot Creamy Chicken Asparagus Pasta if you need a simple dinner for spring!