Fried chicken
Corn bread
Watermelon

Grilled corn and avocado salad.

Summer cookout - burgers and dogs
Summer dinner party - grilled salmon, cilantro-lime shrimp skewers, cucumber salad with cherry tomatoes feta and mint, caprese skewers, orzo salad with spinach parmesan and lemon vinaigrette

Anonymous wrote:Cold couscous based salads, there's a good one with pistachios and dried apricots.

Flank steak- marinate for a day and throw on the grill in a large piece, then slice.

Kebabs- make yourself or purchase at Whole Foods.

panzanella, Italian bread salad with fresh tomatoes

Zucchini gratin

orzo pasta salad with shrimp

I’m a big fan of couscous-bases salads. There’s one in Ina Garten’s make ahead cookbook that people always love. There’s also a great zucchini tart recipe in there that is so good

Sesame noodles. I use the NYT recipe but leave out the sugar.

Corn salad with grilled corn, sliced cherry tomatoes, feta, basil, balsamic.

I also love real cooked baked beans. I throw a mix of beans - black, kidney, pinto, garbanzo into my ceramic bakeware with homemade bbq, and bake for several hours. So good.

I also love the chicken sausages flavored in various ways (in every major store). They cook up brilliantly in my air fryer.

I really like Half Baked Harvest’s salads. For a summer party, I choose one with grilled meat and then have all of the components separate so people can build their own. We also grill slices of bread on the side. Easy for entertaining because you can prep a lot in advance.

Vietnamese summer rolls.

Grilled shrimp

An extremely easy marinade for grilled chicken. I don't use measurements, so I'll just give you an estimate.

Get chicken THIGHS. Boneless and skinless are best, but not a must. Let's say you have 8. Pat them dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Toss in a Ziploc bag with maybe 3 Tbsp. of olive oil, the juice of half a lemon, and some fresh thyme. Seal the bag and massage it. Put in the refrigerator for 8 hours if possible, but 2 is fine.

Grill as you would any chicken. Simple and delicious.

Anonymous wrote:Gazpacho
Grilled marinated portobello
Corn on the cob

I’d be eating corn for dinner.

Gazpacho
Grilled marinated portobello
Corn on the cob

Jean George's crab toast with lemon aioli
Emril's Corn, Tomato, Lobster salad (also good with scallops)
So many good ceviche/crudo dishes in Rick Martinez's new cookbook Mi Cocina
lemon bars
key lime pie

if you invite me to your home, i would NOT look down on a sandwich station. easy for you and everyone makes their own to their liking.

Anonymous wrote:Watermelon feta salad
Cold spicy sesame peanut noodles
Tofu lettuce wraps

Every summer I make a big batch of watermelon rind chutney and it's so good with cheese, kebabs, paneer, halloumi, chicken, etc.

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/watermelon-rind-chutney-109655

Watermelon and feta gets super gross unless eaten immediately once assembled