Summer recipes are very easy to cook. You can have them as side dishes, dessert, snacks, or as whole meals. You can cook in your kitchen and pack your meal in a Vaya Tyffyn pack! This will ensure your food stay fresh for the rest of the day.
Health Benefits
Corn: Besides being a delicious addition to any meal, it is rich in phytochemicals and provides protection against a number of chronic diseases.
Salmon: An excellent source of vitamin B12, vitamin D, and selenium. It is a good source of niacin, omega-3 fatty acids, protein, phosphorus and vitamin B6. It is also a good source of choline, pantothenic acid, biotin, and potassium.
Fresh Corn Cakes with Summer Salsa
You can enjoy this very fast and easy to make a vegetarian starter. The meal is chock full of peak season produce that will aid in the increase of nutrition intake! Here’s a side suggestion, you can have this meal with Arugula Salad and heavy white bean.
Haricots Verts and Grape Tomato Salad with Crème Fraîche Dressing
With this meal, your kitchen or dining hall or even picnic table will be turned into a fancy French bistro. And this delicacy requires just two minutes! If cannot use real crème Fraiche, you replace it with sour cream to hasten the entire cooking process.
BBQ Chicken with Peach and Feta Slaw
This summer delicacy is a staple meal of the season. Using ripe, juicy peaches, it’s the perfect sweet-salty side dish for any number of grilled or smoked protein filled dishes.
Ingredients
cups white whole-wheat flour: 3.4
cup plain yellow cornmeal: ½
tsp baking powder: 2
tsp kosher salt, divided: 3/4
tsp freshly ground black pepper, divided: 1/2
cup light sour cream: 1
Large eggs: 2
tbsp olive oil, divided: 2
cups fresh corn kernels (2 ears): 1 ¼
tbsp minced jalapeño: 2
cup diced yellow squash: 1/2
cup chopped green onions: 1/4
cup chopped fresh basil: 1/4
tsp white wine vinegar: 1 ½
tomato—chopped: 1
Haricots verts trimmed: 450 g
cup finely chopped fresh basil: 1/4
tbsp minced shallots: 2
tbsp fresh lemon juice: 2
tbsp crème fraîche: 2
Honey: 1 tbsp
salt: ½ tsp
pint grape or cherry tomatoes halved: 1
tbsppine nuts, toasted: 1
tbsp olive oil, divided: 5
sherry vinegar: 2 tbsp
freshly ground black pepper, divided: 1/3 tsp
tsp kosher salt, divided: 3/8
cups sliced fresh peaches (2 medium): 1 1/2
broccoli slaw: 340 g
skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut crosswise into 1-inch strips: 120 g
barbecue sauce: 1/4 cup
chopped fresh chives: 1 tbsp
oz feta cheese, crumbled (about 1/4 cup): 1
center-cut bacon slices, cooked and grounded: 2
How To Make Top Summer Recipes to Spice to Your Holiday
- Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, ½ tsp. salt, and ¼ tsp. pepper in a large bowl.
- Combine sour cream, eggs, and 1 tablespoon oil in a bowl, stirring until smooth.
- Add sour cream mixture, corn, and jalapeño to flour mixture; stir just until combined.
- Heat a large nonstick griddle over medium-high heat.
- Divide corn mixture into 8 equal portions (about 1/3 cup each). Shape into patties.
- Add patties to griddle; cook 6 minutes on each side.
- Combine squash, green onions, basil, vinegar, tomato, remaining 1 tbsp. oil, ¼ tsp. salt, and ¼ tsp. pepper in a bowl.
- Toss it well.
- Place 2 corn cakes on each plate; top it evenly with salsa.
- Cook haricots verts in boiling water for 2 minutes or until crisp-tender.
- Drain and rinse with cold water.Drain again.
- Combine basil and the next 5 ingredients in a large bowl, and add salt.Keep stirring with a whisk.
- Add haricots verts and tomatoes; toss gently to coat.
- Divide mixture evenly among 6 plates.
- Sprinkle with nuts.
- Combine 4 tablespoons oil, vinegar, ¼ tsp. pepper, and ¼ teaspoon salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk.
- Add peaches and slaw to vinegar mixture and toss gently to coat.
- Sprinkle chicken evenly with remaining pepper and salt.
- Heat the remaining 1 tbsp. oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high flame.
- Add chicken to pan; cook 6 minutes or until done.
- Place chicken in a large bowl.
- Add barbecue sauce to bowl; toss.
- Divide slaw mixture evenly among 4 plates; top evenly with chicken strips.
- Sprinkle with chives, feta, and bacon.
TRIVIA:
Cornstarch is used in the manufacturing of many cosmetic products and may also be applied topically to soothe skin rashes and irritation. Corn products can be used to replace carcinogenic petroleum products which are major components of many cosmetic preparations.