Our Favourite Summer Recipes Including Starters, Mains & Sides

As much as the weather's not quite playing fair right now, we're crossing our fingers for a summer filled with warm weather, beach picnics, and garden get-togethers — all rightfully brimming with great-tasting summer food. Yep! With summer comes a selection of delightful summer recipes. From Aloha Grilled Chicken to Couscous & Pomegranate Salad, and Classic Salsa to Grilled Courgette, we've got 60 summer recipes for you to drool over.

A good, simple salsa is easy to make, but full of flavour. To make ours the most flavourful salsa ever, we use both cherry tomatoes and fresh off-the-vine tomatoes. We also roast some of the ingredients to intensify their flavours and make this salsa POP!

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Get your air fryer ready and put the oil away! This falafel is beyond easy to make and most of the time is simply spent on working in batches (the worst, we know!) in the air fryer. Well spiced and tender, this is our favourite way to make falafel.

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This recipe is a no brainer and will give you sweet, fall apart tender cod on your table in no time

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To spice things up a bit, these chicken patties are seasoned with smoked paprika and loaded with crunchy, bright coleslaw to really give beef burgers a run for their money.

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We truly believe that pomegranate seeds are welcome on any salad (especially when partnered with feta or goat's cheese), but on this one, they're integral.

Get the Giant Couscous And Pomegranate Salad With Orange Dressing recipe.

We've fried our chicken wings and we've baked our chicken wings, but there's a special place in our heart for these super easy grilled chicken wings. They cook up fast (like, 15 to 20 minutes fast), they're coated in a seriously delicious spice rub, and they've got a zingy dipping sauce you'll want to eat with everything.

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Upgrade your regular potato salad, for this roast potato salad, served with a tangy chimichurri dressing.

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We love this salad served on top of greens as much as we love it between two slices of Sourdough Bread. If you can't find a good ripe mango, pineapple would be delicious as well!

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This tropical grilled chicken is your new go-to summer dinner.

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Don't confuse this with guac—there's way more depth of flavour, which makes it one of our favourite summer sides of all time. But the real beauty? You're totally welcome to eat it with tortilla crisps. (Just know it tastes amazing without 'em.)

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Caprese salad is the ultimate example of simple preparation with fresh ingredients making amazing food, not just to eat but look at. It is also the best way to show off any tomatoes you saw at the farmer's market or have in your back garden.

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Lettuce wraps are the one of the best ways to eat healthy (and low carb). These wraps are stuffed with our new favourite twist on prawn salad: basil avocado.

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This recipe was inspired by our all-time fave, Primavera Stuffed Chicken. The trick to both is cutting the veggies SUPER thin. If you've got a mandoline, now's the time to use it!

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Halloumi, aubergine, harissa and pomegranate seeds are a match-made in heaven. We love this halloumi salad, it's healthy, filling and perfect for lunch, dinner or as part of a feast.

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This salad is the epitome of summer in a bowl.

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This super versatile lentil salad is a meal-preppers dream. It's healthy, it's flexible, it keeps for a full week, and it tastes better the longer it sits! Have we convinced you yet?!

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You're going to be making this satisfying prawn pasta all summer long.

Get the Bruschetta Prawn Pasta recipe.

This prawn salad is one of our favourite things to throw together. It takes literally 10 minutes to put together but thanks to the zingy dressing and fresh ingredients, it feels like so much love and attention has gone into it.

Get the Prawn, Avocado And Courgette Salad recipe.

Go ca-prazay!

Get the Caprese Chicken Pasta recipe.

It's like the best of hummus and guacamole combined.

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Nothing screams summer quite like bruschetta. Toasted bread gets rubbed with garlic (don't skip it, it's the best part) and topped with simply marinated tomatoes. The brighter and juicier your tomatoes, the better your bruschetta will be.

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Courgettes, tomatoes, mozzarella balls and basil. These ingredients make one hell of a tasty salad!

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This carrot-and-raisin salad gets an upgrade with a slightly spicy, slightly sweet, and very addicting sauce. It brings out the sweet freshness of the carrots and makes the whole dish sing. We are tempted to pour it over all of our salads from here on out.

Get the Moroccan Carrot Salad recipe.

There's nothing worse than a pasta salad with mushy pasta. Learn how to cook pasta (it's trickier than you think!) and get your fusilli perfectly al dente.

Get the Chicken Pasta Salad recipe.

Satay is a popular Southeast Asian street food that usually involves a marinated meat being skewered and grilled, then served with a simple saucy dip. We're using flavourful chicken thigh meat here, but you can substitute anything from breast meat, to pork or beef, to even tofu and vegetables, though cooking times will vary. And that peanut sauce? It's the ultimate wingman to satay, containing all the fragrant notes of lemongrass, coconut, fish sauce, and fresh lime zest.

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Corn Salad makes the perfect summer dish for picnics or BBQs. So easy to make with no cooking involved!

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Also known as courgette fritters, these easy courgette cakes are a summertime favourite. They're the perfect way to use up an abundance of courgette, along with making Courgette Chocolate Chip Cookies, of course. These simple fritters are quickly shallow-fried and make a great side dish for dinner or a light lunch. They can even be easily adapted to fit whatever you're looking for!

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This courgette salad is so easy to throw together, and best of all, there's no cooking required! Yep, those courgette ribbons are served raw, tossed with sundried toms and goat's cheese, and a pumpkin seed dressing which although optional is a MUST in our opinion.

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This easy side is the most delicious way to use up your summer vegetables.

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Few things are more delicious than fried shallots. They're packed with flavour, and add a much-needed crunch to your grain salad. Not only that, but they infuse the oil that's used for the dressing! That infused shallot oil teams up with apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, and honey to create a super flavourful dressing we would put on literally anything.

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This grilled flank steak wrap sandwich gets a healthy Greek-style flavour from tangy garlic-mint yoghurt sauce.

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Though it looks a bit like rice, orzo isn't a grain. It's pasta! This easy make-ahead salad is filled with all your favourite bright Mediterranean flavours and mix-ins, like tomatoes, olives, and cucumbers. Don't skip the homemade lemon-and-dill dressing—it's SO much better than anything you can buy in a bottle!

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Known as horiatiki, this traditional Greek salad is made with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, kalamata olives, thinly sliced red onion, and feta. The easy dressing is a mixture of red wine vinegar, fresh lemon juice, dried oregano, and extra-virgin olive oil. Simply said, it's the best. Especially considering this Mediterranean side dish only takes 15 minutes to prepare.

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When it comes to pasta we want something simple and fast. Pasta Pomodoro is a step above from Spaghetti and Meatballs and highlights the freshness of tomatoes — pomodoro means 'tomato' in Italian. You're cooking down the tomatoes just enough to form a light sauce but keeping most of them intact. It's the freshest pasta and is best enjoyed outside with a mound of grated Parmesan.

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When we're looking for something light yet satisfying, we tend to turn to a classic Greek salad. These stuffed avocados make the classic salad a little more hearty, as well as perfectly portable. They make the BEST take-to-work lunch, just make sure to squeeze a lemon over the cut avocados to prevent browning.

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When it's nice out, always grill your vegetables. Those grill marks add SO. MUCH. FLAVOUR. And can make pretty much any green vegetable feel like less of a chore.

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Get your grill ready because this is my all-time-favourite grilled vegetable recipe. Aubergine is infinitely better grilled, and this one comes with a simple but addicting tahini dressing. The Mediterranean vibes will have you feeling like you're relaxing along the coast, and we are always up for that.

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Summer is here and we just want to grill EVERYTHING. If you're looking to throw some veggies on alongside those burgers and hot dogs, we highly recommend these nice broccoli "trees". Seasoned with a little soy sauce, honey, Worcestershire, and ketchup, it's guaranteed to satisfy even the most carnivorous of eaters.

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Courgette is one of our favourite vegetables to grill in the summer. Why? It's healthy, it's easy, and it cooks SO FAST.

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These potatoes are the perfect summer side. Throw 'em on the grill next to your burgers for a smokey, summer take on burgers & chips. Take it from us, though, and don't skip step 1. It's pretty much impossible to get potatoes tender and cooked through on the grill alone; parboiling the potatoes guarantees creamy centres and crisp, charred outsides.

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Scallops will make you feel fancy no matter what—and they're so easy to grill. When seasoned with some salt, pepper, and chilli flakes, they're pure gold. Oh, and did we mention they take 5 minutes? And they taste great in this Seafood Spaghetti recipe we have.

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Pesto is great for a quick meal, but the jarred version never quite seems to retain the vibrant green colour and aroma of freshly blitzed, homemade pesto. Traditional pesto usually uses basil, pine nuts and heaps of Parmesan, so we've tried to make our version a little bit healthier, incorporating pumpkin seeds, kale and avocado instead (sorry to the Italians reading this!)

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A classic potato salad generally consists of lashings of mayonnaise, but if you're looking to eliminate that mayonnaise for a healthier version, or in need of a vegan potato salad, then this recipe is for you. Simply combining a few ingredients to make a gorgeous salad dressing, we've added dill, parsley and radish to stir through with the potatoes. Perfect in the summer with some BBQ grilled salmon, or steak.

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Marinate the chicken in a quick savoury mixture of tomato paste, olive oil, lots of garlic, and fresh parsley for the perfect accompaniment to grilled bread.

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Grilled courgette and aubergine make this pasta into a hearty meal.

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When it comes to summer salads, this one takes the cake. The mandarin oranges give it a burst of freshness while the Parmesan gives it a bite of sharpness and nuttiness. Its homemade poppy seed vinaigrette (super-simple!) is unbelievably addicting and takes this salad to the next level. Keep the extra vinaigrette in the fridge and use it on everything! Add some simple grilled chicken to turn this salad into a meal.

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Thanks to the chickpeas, this salad will keep you full for hours. It's satisfying in a way that leafy greens never could be. Sorry not sorry, kale.

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These *classy* skewers are the easy summer app you've been searching for.

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Panzan-HELL-YEA!

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Pineapple and salmon are a match made in heaven. Smoky, sweet, and just a little spicy, these skewers are a major crowd-pleaser. Make them for your next barbecue, and watch them disappear.

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This is everything we want in a summer meal: Fast, easy and super fresh.

Get the Roasted Salmon with Strawberry-Rocket Salad recipe.

Even so-called spinach haters will love this recipe. The combination of sweet strawberries, herb chicken, creamy goat cheese, and spicy red onions make you forget the fact that you're eating salad. It's a miracle!

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The beauty of this frittata: The leftovers make for a delicious breakfast.

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This Lebanese (or Syrian, depending who you ask 😉) salad is sure to improve whatever it's paired with. Bright, fresh herbs get friendly with sweet tomatoes and a sharp lemon dressing to create the salad equivalent of a breath of fresh air.

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We cannot get enough of this Thai Beef Salad recipe. It's the perfect combination of sweet, sour and salty, and it uses gorgeously cooked rump steak as its main ingredient.

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When a recipe is this good, it doesn't matter what your desk neighbours think.

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Watermelon + cucumbers is one of the most refreshing combos of all time. Throw in some mint, red onion, and feta and toss it all with a very simple vinaigrette (just olive oil + red wine vinegar), and you've got yourself a mean summer salad. It's the perfect summer side to go along grilled chicken or even a hamburger—beef, chicken, or veggie!

Get the Watermelon Feta Salad recipe.