Summer Eats Must Make List

Two weeks ago I shared my summer bucket list, last week I shared my summer staples and today I'm continuing with the summer theme and sharing my summer eats and drinks lust list.  This is the first summer Derek and I are spending settled in our house {last year we were living with my parents, trying to set this place up and up} and throughout this first year of marriage, I've loved learning new recipes and trying to learn how to cook.  We're all trying to eat light in the summer to beat the heat and perfect those beach bodies but there are also some delicious eats to go along with this season! I don't know that we'll get around to all of these this summer, but I'd like to at least try as many as we can.  If you follow me on Pinterest then you've probably already seen a lot of these on my boards.

Appetizers
We could do appetizers for dinner every. single. night.  In fact every once in a while we do.  We always have too many appetizers and spoil our appetites so we've learned our lesson and on occasion just do these for dinner if it's just the two of us.  If we're having a big group over or going to a get together with a big group then the more the merrier!

Caprese garlic bread {via}

Greek salad on a stick {via}

Fruit salsa {via}
Deviled egg spread {via}

Entrees
We have our grilling favorites - marinating chicken in an assortment of flavors, burgers/turkery burgers, pork chops with the usual summer light sides and for the most part that's what we're making if we're eating at home - it's easy, we know what we like, it's usually pretty quick and we spend more time enjoying the summer night than working on the meal.  It's still fun to try out some new things every once in a while.  I'm also not opposed to using my crockpot in the summer because - easiest meals ever and I'm happy to have at least one recipe to try.

Homemade flatbread pizzas {via} or pizza on the grill 

Sausage, green beans & potatoes on the grill {via}

Stuffed peppers {via}
Slow cooker chicken caesar sandwiches {via}

Sides
Again, let's go back to the fact that this is for the most part my first summer cooking our actual dinners {last summer and all those before, we left that job up to Mom} so these might seem simple but perfecting a great potato salad recipe is a lust list item because I've never done it even though it may be simple.  I could try endless variations of different types of pasta salad/potato salad/side salad/etc.  and I'd keep searching - they are the ultimate summer sides in our house.

Grilled potato salad {via}
Mexican grilled corn {via}
Strawberry caprese pasta salad {via}
Sriracha potato salad {via}

Check back soon for my summer treats list…

What summer recipes are on your must make list???

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