Look outside. Do you really want to spend tonight cooking in a hot kitchen? (Nope, we didn’t think so.) These 30 quick summer dinners will be on the table in 30 minutes or less. Done. Any other problems you’d like us to solve?
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40 Quick Summer Dinners You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less
By: Lindsay Champion
Published: May 17, 2020
14. Zoodles with Tomato Sauce and Mozzarella
Let’s get your spiralizer in on the action.
16. Mediterranean Quinoa Bowls with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Save the extra sauce for a salad tomorrow.
17. Quinoa Spring Rolls with Cashew Dipping Sauce
Vegan, but packed with protein. Win-win.
19. Basil Cashew Chicken
Surprise: this gorgeous bowl is actually ready in 20 minutes.
22. Buddha Bowl with Kale, Avocado, Orange and Wild Ride
Healthy, filling and totally Instagrammable.
23. 20-Minute Shrimp Scampi Zoodles
Pretty much just like the original, only minus the carbs.
29. Saucy Pineapple Bbq Chicken Bowls
Proof that that you can actually create summer in a bowl.
30. Blackened Salmon Caprese Skewers
Because everything tastes better when you eat it on a skewer.
31. Mediterranean Couscous with Tuna and Pepperoncini
Ready and on the table in just 15 minutes.
32. Sweet Potato Noodles with Almond Sauce
Swoodles may be our favorite pasta alternative.
34. Quinoa and Vegetable-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
This chimichurri sauce is ridiculously good.
35. Cold Lemon Zoodles
Just one of the million amazing things your spiralizer can do.
36. Mediterranean Baked Sweet Potatoes
Basically all of our favorite foods in one dish.
38. One-Pot Greek Oregano Chicken and Orzo with Tomatoes in Garlic Oil
Giving “winner winner, chicken dinner” a whole new meaning.
40. Easy Three-Cup Chicken with Zucchini
This one’s about to enter your weekly rotation.
Lindsay Champion
Freelance Editor
From 2015-2020 Lindsay Champion held the role of Food and Wellness Director. She continues to write for PureWow as a Freelance Editor.
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