Quick and Easy Summer Recipes

Summer recipes should be fast and easy, so that you can go back to all of the great outdoor activities that you should be spending your time on.  It is also important to keep yourself cool and refreshed, so that you do not get overheated or dehydrated in the hot summer.

These recipes are designed to be easy for even the most basic cook, and many of them can be taken along to picnics or cooked on a grill.

I will continue adding to this article all summer, as I gather up new recipes from gatherings and parties.  You are also welcome to add your own recipes or variations in the comments section of this page. Happy summer cooking!

Corn and Black Bean Salad

This salad is one of my personal favorites.  It is simple to make, and you can make it a day ahead of time.  It is also easy to put together from items on your cupboard shelf, or with fresh ingredients from your garden.  Perfect for summer, it also makes a great autumn meal addition.

Smoked New Potato Salad

Grilled Eggplant and Bread Salad

Easy Recipe For Caesar Salad Dressing And Caesar Salad

There is nothing better than a homemade dessert.  Here are some great summer dessert recipes, and some that can be made all year.

My Favorite Biscotti Recipe

My Favorite Biscotte Recipe is a recipe that I developed from numerous biscotti recipes, using trial and error, and a taste testing family as guinea pigs.  These biscotti are extremely easy to make, travel well, and last without refrigeration in a sealed container for several weeks.

Nectarine and Blueberry Crumble

Quick And Easy Recipe For Bisquick Baking Mix

Easy Dessert Recipe: Cranberry Hazelnut Biscotti

Brew Toddy Cold Brew Coffee At Home for Iced Coffee Drinks

If you are a coffee lover, then toddy is the right drink for you during the summer.  You cold brew the coffee which takes off the bitterness, yet leaves the coffee flavor.  Toddy makes the best iced coffee that I have ever had, and I have had a lot of coffees.

Lemonade Made From Scratch