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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 jar of rich blueberry syrup being poured with a ladle, surrounded by fresh blueberries on a rustic wooden surface.

Blueberry Syrup

A bowl of crock pot baked beans in tomato sauce placed on a blue and white checkered cloth with a spoon beside it.

Crock Pot Baked Beans

Grilled corn ribs with charred kernels and a touch of garlic butter, sprinkled with green herbs and served on a red plate.

Corn Ribs with Garlic Butter

A glass bowl filled with bacon pasta salad featuring rotini, cherry tomatoes, peas, cubed cheese, and parsley, all coated in a creamy ranch dressing. A wooden spoon and striped cloth are in the background.

Bacon Pasta Salad with Ranch Dressing

A juicy pizza burger on a bun.

Pizza Burgers

Close-up of several slices of grilled, smoked brisket, seasoned and well-cooked, on a white plate.

Smoked Brisket

Air Fryer Corn with Herb Butter

Air Fryer Corn on the Cob with Herb Butter

Best Seasoned Burgers in a finished burger.

Best Baked Hamburgers

A white bowl filled with peach cobbler with cake mix topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Peach Cobbler with Cake Mix

A plate with six chicken on a stick skewers garnished with herbs, accompanied by a small dish of red sauce and a small bowl of chopped green herbs.

Sticky Chicken on a Stick

Jack Daniels Burger on a white plate.

Jack Daniels Whisky Burger

Several skewers of teriyaki chicken on a stick are placed on a wooden board, with a leafy green garnish blurred in the background.

Teriyaki Chicken on a Stick

Rodeo Burger on a wooden cutting board.

Rodeo Burger

Sliced honey lime chicken.

Honey Lime Chicken

A mason jar filled with Apple Cider Slush, topped with a red and white striped straw.

Apple Cider Slush

A bowl filled with California Spaghetti Salad, a delightful mix of spaghetti squash, black olives, broccoli, tomatoes, red onions, and garnished with chopped parsley.

California Spaghetti Squash Salad

A bowl of creamy dill pickle noodle salad with chunks of cheese, diced pickles, and herbs, garnished with a whole pickle on top.

Dill Pickle Noodle Salad

Best Burger Sauce

A refreshing lime and coconut mojito smoothie in a mason jar with a white and green striped straw, garnished with lime slices and mint leaves, surrounded by whole and halved limes

Coconut Mojito

A plate of the side dish on the table with grilled chicken.

Loaded Baked Potato Salad

A spoonful of colorful bowl.

Frito Salad

Sliced medium-rare grilled London broil on a wooden cutting board.

Grilled London Broil

A white bowl of the chickpea and cucumber salad.

Chickpea and Cucumber Salad

A colorful selection of fresh fruits with a bowl of marshmallow fluff fruit dip.

Marshmallow Fluff Fruit Dip

Mojito Flavored Moonshine

Mojito Moonshine Drink

A slice of Limoncello Tiramisu with cream topping and lemon zest on a plate.

Limoncello Tiramisu

Delicious lemon bars dusted with powdered sugar served on a plate.

2 Ingredient Lemon Bars

A plate of pork burnt ends.

Pork Burnt Ends

Blueberry pineapple smoothie in mason jars with mint leaves.

Blueberry Pineapple Smoothie

A slice of creamy Orange Cream Pie topped with a dollop of whipped cream and a small orange segment, served on a white plate with a fork.

No Bake Orange Pie

A glass dish of the lemon curd with lemons on the side.

Lemon Curd (Lemon Filling)

Copycat Starbucks Blueberry Scones.

Copycat Starbucks Blueberry Scones

Air fryer peaches on a white plate with whipped cream.

Air Fryer Peaches

A plate of amaretto strawberry pastry stacks.

Amaretto Strawberry Pastry Stacks

A white plate of air fryer zucchini fries with dipping sauce.

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

Delicious Raspberry chocolate cupcakes.

Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes

A collection of fun outdoor summer toys.

Outdoor Summer Toys that are Crazy Fun

A large bowl of the salad with a serving bowl.

Broccoli Almond Salad

Instant Pot peach cobbler with peaches surrounding it and a fork on a clear plate.

Instant Pot Peach Cobbler

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

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