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14 relaxed summer dinners to cook this week (and one ‘uncommonly good’ bonus dessert)

Simple, fresh, colour- and flavourful dinner ideas for those summer nights.

15 recipes
Zucchini and halloumi fritters with garlic yoghurt.

Monday: Zucchini and halloumi fritters

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Pecorino romano and parmigiano reggiano is a great substitute for the typical provolone del monaco cheese.
EASY

... or spaghetti alla nerano (Spaghetti with zucchini)

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
RecipeTin Eats’ prawn cocktail salad
EASY

Tuesday: Prawn cocktail salad

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Sticky chicken edamame lettuce cups.
EASY

... or sticky chicken and edamame lettuce cups

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Miso-marinated pork cutlets with buttery corn.
EASY

Wednesday: Miso pork cutlets with buttered sesame corn

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Tandoori butter corn with cheat's raita.
EASY

... or charred tandoori buttered corn on lazy person’s raita

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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RecipeTin Eats: Italian marinated chicken with grilled vegetables and smushed potatoes.
EASY

Thursday: Italian marinated chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Chargrilled buffalo chicken with grilled cabbage and ranch dressing.
EASY

... or chargrilled buffalo chicken with grilled cabbage and ranch dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Salmon and salad rice bowl.
EASY

Friday: Salmon and salad rice bowls

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Rice bowls with caramelised pork sausage.
EASY

... or sticky pork sausage rice bowls

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Melon, ham and burrata salad.
EASY

Saturday: Melon ‘n’ ham, but not as you know it

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Karen Martini chops the tomatoes into different sizes for textural variety.
EASY

... or tomato salad with buffalo mozzarella, pickled onions and peppers

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
This zucchini tart is easy and cheesy.
EASY

Sunday: Zucchini and cheese tart with honey and pistachio

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
This savoury tart is inspired by the pantry staple pasta sauce.

... or a tart inspired by puttanesca pasta sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Spring crumble with pineapple, pecan and strawberry
EASY

Bonus dessert: Pineapple, pecan and strawberry crumble

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh