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Need summer food recipes for dinner, lunch, and more? You’re sure to find something delicious here!

You’ll find the best easy summer recipes from the best chicken marinade to Garlic Parmesan Corn on the Cob and summer cocktails. There are even slow cooker summer recipes.

And, if you’re hosting a party, you’ll find all sorts of games, the best summer pool toys, and an easy summer recipes crowd.

A glass filled with a blended Mixed Berry Smoothie, topped with whole raspberries, blueberries, and a fresh mint leaf.

Mixed Berry Smoothie (2 Ingredients)

A plate of Chicken and Pesto Pasta Salad with rotini, grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes, spinach, zucchini, pine nuts, and shredded cheese.

Chicken and Pesto Pasta Salad

Three Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins sit on a white plate, with one split open to reveal its moist interior filled with chocolate chips and green zucchini pieces.

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

A metal bowl filled with stewed tomatoes.

Stewed Tomatoes

A slice of No Bake Cherry Cheesecake with a creamy layer sits on a white marbled plate, topped with cherries and placed next to a blue-striped cloth.

No Bake Cherry Cheesecake

Sprigs of herbs on top of the sweet potato rounds.

Sweet Potatoes on the Grill

A jar of the sweet and spicy bbq sauce with a spoon inside.

Sweet and Spicy BBQ Sauce

A plate with grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes, leafy greens, red onions, red peppers, and crumbled feta cheese.

Chicken Orzo Pasta Salad

A bowl of crock pot peach cobbler topped with two scoops of vanilla ice cream sits next to a slow cooker and a box of fresh peaches on a white kitchen counter.

Crock Pot Peach Cobbler

A slice of raspberry cream pie with a graham cracker crust and chocolate cookie crumbs on top, served on a white plate.

Raspberry Cream Pie

A glass with a salted rim, ice cubes, and a lime wedge garnish sits on a dark surface, surrounded by scattered lime slices and salt.

Classic Margarita

A tall round Strawberry Crunch Cake, made from our delicious Strawberry Crunch Cake Recipe, is covered in red strawberry crumbs, topped with swirls of white frosting and whole strawberries, and displayed on a white scalloped cake stand.

Strawberry Crunch Cake

A side view of the delicious side.

Cucumber Pepper Salad

A white plate with the finished side dish o it.

Baked Beans with Ground Beef

A white plate with several round Air Fryer Zucchini Fritters, accompanied by a bowl of white sauce and a bowl of red sauce on the side. More fritters are on a blue plate in the background.

Air Fryer Zucchini Fritters

A white bowl filled with shredded cabbage and carrots sits on a white cloth, creating a fresh Carrot Slaw, with a cabbage, salt container, pepper mill, and carrot in the background.

Apple Carrot Slaw

A close-up of a basting brush dipped in Chipotle BBQ Sauce, with an open jar of sauce and a sandwich bun in the background.

Spicy Chipotle BBQ Sauce (Easy Homemade Recipe)

A fork holding grilled steak, onion, red pepper, and green pepper above a vibrant dish with avocado, sour cream, and lime wedges.

Fajita Steak and Rice Bowl

Tarts with golden crusts are arranged on a black serving tray atop a red and white checkered surface, alongside the appetizer.

Blueberry Mini Brie Bites

A white bowl of the dish with the vegetables in the background.

Easy Potato Salad

A white bowl of the breakfast fruit salad with honey lime dressing.

Berry Breakfast Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

A stack of three with visible chocolate chips and green pieces, one with a bite taken out, sits on a white plate with more in the background.

Grandma’s Zucchini Cookies

A glass jar filled with vegetables in liquid, surrounded by whole and sliced red bell peppers.

Homemade Roasted Red Bell Peppers

Two glass jars filled with sliced cucumbers in brine, garnished with dill, seeds, and garlic, create the perfect Garlic Dill Pickles, set against a white background.

Refrigerator Garlic Dill Pickles

A plate of recipe filled with fruit, dusted with powdered sugar, and topped with a fresh strawberry. A bowl of strawberries and a dipping sauce are in the background.

Strawberry Stuffed French Toast

A bowl of Deviled Egg Macaroni Salad with chopped celery and egg, topped with half a boiled egg, sits on a table with an onion and whole eggs in the background.

Deviled Egg Macaroni Salad

A blue bowl filled with creamy pasta and vegetables, inspired by California Roll Cucumber Salad, sits on a cloth next to a jar, a pepper grinder, and a wooden salt container.

California Roll Cucumber Salad

A small bowl of pink strawberry pudding reminiscent of strawberry pudding, is topped with two halved fresh strawberries and placed on a light cloth.

Strawberry Pudding

A wooden bowl filled with chunky tomato sauce, reminiscent of savory tomato jam, surrounded by whole grape tomatoes on a wooden tray.

Tomato Jam

A square of lemon on a dish with nuts on top.

Lemon Lush

A clear glass bowl filled with thick, smooth, yellow Dole Pineapple Whip sits on a striped yellow and white cloth.

Dole Pineapple Whip

A glass dish filled with dried tomatoes.

Dried Tomatoes in the Oven

A white dish with the asian spicy cucumber salad.

Asian Spicy Cucumber Salad

Two small glass jars filled with smooth Mango Pudding sit beside gold-colored spoons on a dark surface.

Mango Pudding

A glass dish of the strawberry poppyseed salad.

Strawberry Poppyseed Salad

A jar of Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles in brine, featuring sliced pickles with visible mustard seeds, spices, and onion slices.

Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles

Corn on the cob bathed in asian seasoning.

Grilled Asian Corn

Slices of lemon loaf cake with white icing are artfully stacked on a plate, surrounded by whole lemons.

Iced Lemon Loaf Cake (Copycat Starbucks)

A vibrant Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad is presented, bursting with beans, tomatoes, and fresh herbs alongside lime halves and cilantro on a checked napkin.

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

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Christina Hitchcock NY Times Best Selling Author and recipe developer behind It Is a Keeper

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A glass jar filled with apple pie moonshine, surrounded by fresh apples and spices, sits on a countertop.

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A mason jar of peach moonshine.

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Two cheese enchiladas topped with melted cheese and garnished with cilantro on a white plate, placed on a wooden board next to a fork and a bunch of fresh cilantro, reminiscent of our delectable Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas.

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A bowl of Sheetz Boom Boom Sauce, rich and creamy, is garnished with parsley in the foreground. In the background, crinkle-cut fries are partially visible, ready to be dipped into this delicious blend.

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