July 20-Minute Dinners: What to Cook (June 27)
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These July 20-Minute Dinners are super fast, healthy, and filled with fresh summer flavors. Quick and easy dinners that will give you more time for summer fun!
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From a summer pasta packed with vegetables for a meatless option to healthy chimichangas, an Asian-inspired summer salad, a simple stir-fry, and quick and easy fish tacos round out the week.
Because after all, summer only comes once a year. Dinners should be quick and healthy, but give you plenty of time for outdoor fun!
7 Food Items to Stock This Summer
With sometimes illusive summer schedules, eating healthy can take a backseat to convenience. Stocking your pantry ahead of time with quick, simple options for meals is a smart choice.
- Healthy Condiments: For quick snacks or alongside easy meals, condiments are super convenient to have stocked. Think mustards, hot sauce, salsa (unless you’re making your own), chickpeas for quick hummus, etc. I always have Greek yogurt on hand for quick dips and healthy baking.
- Eggs: Perfect for quick meals from frittatas to quiches, shakshuka, boiled eggs for snacks, egg muffins, and more.
- Fresh Veggies: If you have a garden, I’m sure you have plenty, if you’re not growing think about summer fresh produce like cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash, corn, peppers, chilies, and cherry tomatoes. They are especially handy and versatile!
- Fresh Fruit: All the berries, and be sure to freeze some for quick smoothies, overnight oats or breakfast quinoa, baked goods, and more. But peaches, plums, and apricots are also a summer requirement!
- Herbs: I grow an herb garden, but if I didn’t, I would stock fresh parsley, cilantro, basil, and thyme.
- Aromatics: Onions, celery, and garlic are convenient for so many recipes, but I also like to stock leeks and green onions too. Think pizza, flatbread, quick pasta, risotto, and summer soups.
- Dairy: For quick snacks, I like to keep yogurt, milk (both dairy and oat), and cheeses (like goat, cheddar, Parmesan, and mozzarella) on hand.
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July 20-Minute Dinners: What to Cook (June 27)
- Monday: Summer Cavatelli with Corn, Tomatoes and Zucchini
- Tuesday: Chicken and Black Bean Chimichangas
- Wednesday: Peanut Zucchini Noodle Salad with Chicken
- Thursday: Shrimp and Corn Stir Fry
- Friday: 10 Minute Fish Tacos with Slaw
- Treat: Strawberry Shortcakes
July 20-Minute Dinners (What to Cook) July 27
Monday: Summer Cavatelli with Corn, Tomatoes and Zucchini
"This summer pasta dish is fresh and delicious, made with sweet summer corn, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, basil and cavatelli."
Tuesday: Chicken-and-Black Bean Chimichangas
Upgrade your burritos by crisping them in a skillet. This easy and healthy burrito is ready in 20 minutes!
Wednesday: Peanut Zucchini Noodle Salad with Chicken
You'll end up with more peanut sauce than you need in this zucchini noodle recipe, and that's a good thing! It makes a great dip or stir-fry sauce.
Thursday: Shrimp and Corn Stir-Fry
A quick healthy stir-fry made with fresh garden vegetables is served over rice.
Friday: 10 Minute No Cook Fish Tacos with Taco Slaw
When summer sun sizzles, these No-Cook Salmon Tacos will be your answer to quick, 10-minute healthy, and delicious meals. Not only does the oven stay off, but so does the stovetop. Simple, rustic, packed with flavor fish tacos!
Treat: A Classic Strawberry Shortcake
As soon as the strawberries begin to ripen in the fields near my home, I'm planning this Classic Strawberry Shortcake. It just somehow seems to herald in the warm, long, fun days of summer ahead.
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