Make these recipes before summer ends.
Can you believe it's already August? It feels like just yesterday we were first lighting our grills for Memorial Day weekend, and now summer is almost fleeting. There's no better time to take advantage of the sunshine and fresh seasonal produce — so here are 31 recipes to make every day this August.
Here's what's in season this month:
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Clean Plate Mama / Via cleanplatemama.com
You know it's going to be a good day when breakfast tastes more like dessert.
Recipe: Peaches and Cream Overnight Oats
2. Blackberry Popovers
Savory Experiments / Via savoryexperiments.com
Serve these with crème fraîche or butter and jam for a little piece of heaven on a plate.
Recipe: Blackberry Popovers
Alexandra Cooks / Via alexandracooks.com
If you're feeling lazy, you can always opt for a store bought dressing. If you have the time though, this orange-infused shallot dressing is next-level delicious.
Recipe: Salt Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese and Toasted Walnuts
4. Tomato Basil Bruschetta
Aberdeen's Kitchen / Via aberdeenskitchen.com
Grab some ripe and juicy heirloom tomatoes, then turn them into summer's most crowd pleasing appetizer.
Recipe:Tomato Basil Bruschetta
5. Roasted Fennel Tomatoes and White Beans
Panning The Globe / Via panningtheglobe.com
A hearty side dish or vegetarian main, fennel is roasted in olive oil with cherry tomatoes and garlic until it's fork tender. Finish it all off with canned white beans for a satisfying dish.
6. Lemongrass Chicken With Scallion Oil
Tiffy Cooks / Via tiffycooks.com
This southeast Asian inspired chicken gets marinated for about an hour in a mixture of lemongrass, scallions, fish sauce, sugar, and chili flakes. The result is a savory, sweet, and slightly spicy dish that you'll want to make on repeat.
7. Mexican Street Corn Salad With Chipotle Crema
The Modern Proper / Via themodernproper.com
This corn salad boasts all the best flavors of Mexican esquites in a single picnic- ready bowl.
How Sweet Eats / Via howsweeteats.com
It's summer squash season, and the produce really shines through in this simple yet delicate pasta salad garnished with silky goat cheese and brown butter.
Recipe: 20-Minute Summer Squash Pasta
9. Burrata With Balsamic Cherries
Fox and Briar / Via foxandbriar.com
There's no bad way to eat burrata, but this recipe, which is served with sweet-meets-savory balsamic glazed cherries is simply spectacular.
10. Chipotle Steak and Rice Bowls
The Recipe Critic / Via therecipecritic.com
This steak gets marinatedin a basic mixture ofolive oil, lime juice, soy sauce and fajita seasoning. If you're partial to cooking outdoors in the summer months, throw it on the grill.
11. Roasted Eggplant Lasagna With Arugula Pesto
Feasting At Home / Via feastingathome.com
A light and bright arugula pesto makes this roasted eggplant lasagna perfectly appropriate for warmer weather.
A Saucy Kitchen / Via asaucykitchen.com
This delicious rice noodle medley comes together in just about 20 minutes, and it tastes just as good as your favorite Thai take-out.
Yes to Yolks / Via yestoyolks.com
There aren't many things better than a bagel...but this everything-inspired bagel pull-apart bread might just take the cake.
Recipe: Everything Bagel Scallion Cream Cheese Pull-Apart Bread
Diethood / Via diethood.com
Your summer BBQ prayers have been answered with these glazed sweet and savory chicken thighs.
Recipe: Barbecue Apricot Chicken
15. Grilled Pineapple Pizza With Prosciutto and Jalapeños
Cascade Crews / Via casadecrews.com
Say what you will about pineapples on pizza, but this recipe proves that it's straight up delicious, especially when paired with salty prosciuttoand bitter arugula.
Recipe:Grilled Pineapple Pizza With Prosciutto and Jalapeños
Bowl of Delicious / Via bowlofdelicious.com
The best thing about one-pot recipes is that they require very minimal clean-up. So you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying the summer sun.
17. Shrimp and Corn Chowder With Bacon
Le Creme de la Crumb / Via lecremedelacrumb.com
When the temperatures start to dip on chilly summer nights, this thick and decadent seafood chowder never disappoints.
18. Sweet and Savory Plum and Prosciutto Galette
AZ Grab a Plate / Via azgrabaplate.com
How I can possibly describe the delectable duo that is plums and prosciuttonestled into flaky galette pastry dough? Well, you'll just have to try it for yourself.
19. Chinese-Inspired Smashed Cucumber Salad
Zestful Kitchen / Via zestfulkitchen.com
A delicious sauce has the power to turn ordinary ingredients into something completely delicious. In this case, cucumbergets taken to the next level thanks to a dressing made ofvinegar, oil, soy sauce, honey, ginger, garlic, and pepper flakes.
Evolving Table / Via evolvingtable.com
You can make these crispy fritters just about any time of day. No one would scoff at a savory, buttery vegetable pancake for breakfast, dinner, or any time in between.
Recipe: Crispy Corn Fritters
How Sweet Eats / Via howsweeteats.com
During the summer months, halloumi should be your favorite ingredient. Thanks to its high melting point, you can throw it on the grill and it'll get golden brown and crispy.
22. Cucumber and Tomato Salad With Basil Pesto
Julia's Album / Via juliasalbum.com
A little pesto goes a long way. While the homemade version is wildly delicious, even store-bought pesto has the power to transform simple vegetables into a treat.
23. Easy Plum Cobbler Recipe
Saving Dessert / Via savingdessert.com
Turn your fresh plums into a sweet-meets-tart cobbler. The recipe calls for apples, but you can really use any ripe fruit you've got like peaches, pears, or strawberries.
Recipe:Easy Plum Cobbler Recipe
Cooking for Keeps / Via cookingforkeeps.com
Is there anything that screams summer like fresh peaches caramelizing on the grill? That's a rhetorical question, of course.
Recipe: Brown Sugar Grilled Peaches With Ricotta, Honey, and Prosciutto
Mel's Kitchen Cafe / Via melskitchencafe.com
As light as a cloud with little pockets of sweet blueberry bliss, this jazzed up angel food cake is the perfect sweet ending to any summer cook-out.
Recipe: Blueberry Angel Food Cake
Coley Cooks / Via coleycooks.com
This French-inspired dessert may sound fancy, but anyone can make it at home. In fact, it only calls for a handful of simple ingredients like butter, eggs, flour, vanilla extract, and of course, plums.
Recipe: Brown Sugar Plum Clafoutis
Amy In The Kitchen / Via amyinthekitchen.com
Vanilla ice cream meets blueberry pie filling and crushed graham crackers in this irresistible dessert that'll cool you down and satisfy your sweet tooth.
Recipe: Blueberry Pie Ice Cream
28. Strawberry Cheesecake Popsicles
A Magical Mess / Via amagicalmess.com
These homemade popsicles will stay good in the freezer for months, so make a big batch and you'll always be just a few seconds away from a refreshing treat.
29. Mango Sunrise Piña Colada
The Sweetest Occasion / Via thesweetestoccasion.com
Recipe:Mango Sunrise Piña Colada
30. Cucumber Lemonade Vodka Cocktail
The Clean Eating Couple / Via thecleaneatingcouple.com
Slightly vegetal, citrusy, sweet, and refreshing, this cucumber-infused vodka lemonade is an ideal patio-sipper.
No Spoon Necessary / Via nospoonnecessary.com
You only need six ingredients to whip up these eye-catching cocktails: fresh fruit, vodka, elderflower liqueur or syrup, and mint leaves. Feel free to add agave for sweetness and Sprite for a little bubble, or leave them out all together.
