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Quick and easy summer dinner ideas

Celebrate the months of sun-kissed summer dining, when cooking on the barbecue and preparing vibrant salads are custom, with these summer dinner ideas.
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It’s time to usher in the season of sun-kissed summer dining, when cooking on the barbecue and preparing fresh, fast and vibrant salads are custom. It’s also the season where the art of entertaining most comes into play, from regular summer evening soirées and easy summer dinners to Christmas Day feasts and New Year’s Eve celebrations. Even midweek cooking is a joy, thanks to the bounty of seasonal summer produce.

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To celebrate the season, we’ve collated our favorite summer dinner recipes to bring you the best summer dinner ideas, ranging from speedy salads to quick and easy barbecue dishes.

You’ll find many quick and easy dinner ideas here, as well as our most popular summer recipes and recipes that hero summer fruit and vegetables. We have fast summer recipes that seamlessly fuse efficiency with opulence – think quick, tangy salads and barbecued meat recipes alongside fast and fresh seafood recipes. Because summertime dining can be sophisticated, too – even on a weeknight. Whether you’re throwing a big blow-out dinner party, a more casual alfresco feast or simply just looking for a new dinner idea for a summery meal, these are the summer recipes to turn to.

Here are our best summer dinner ideas.

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Fast summer salads

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Quick recipes for the barbecue

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Popular summer recipes

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Fast seafood recipes

seafood barbecue recipes

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Quick and easy fish recipes

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Poke bowl recipes

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Noodle salad recipes

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Satay recipes

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Best zucchini recipes

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Best tomato recipes

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