15 Best Recipes to Make in July
Published: Jul 01, 2026
🍅🌽🍓 July is the season for firing up the grill, using gorgeous seasonal summer produce, and making EASY low-effort recipes with big, fresh flavor! I’m sharing my 15 Best Recipes to Make in July including Mains, Sides, and Desserts! Now you know what to make for Fourth of July cookouts, easy weeknight dinners, casual backyard entertaining, and a few sweet summer treats!
Summer Mains
Sheet Pan Summer Vegetables and Chicken
🍗🥒 A fast, EASY, one pan dinner loaded with seasonal zucchini, squash, and juicy tomatoes. Everything cooks together on one sheet pan for a healthy meal with almost no cleanup. It’s perfect for lazy summer days or busy weeknights when you want dinner on the table without much fuss!
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Grilled Balsamic Chicken
🍗🎉 Common pantry ingredients for this all-purpose chicken marinade that ensures super flavorful, juicy, and moist chicken! AMAZING tasting chicken doesn't get any easier than this! Makes for a quick, healthy, weeknight dinner or serve this at your next summer barbeque! See Notes below for Grill Pan or Oven-Baking Techniques.
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Grilled Chicken and Corn Salad
🌽🍗 An EASY 15 minute meal loaded with tender grilled chicken, juicy corn, crisp bell peppers and tomatoes, creamy avocado, cilantro, and fresh lime juice. It’s light yet satisfying and packed with fresh summer flavor. When it’s too hot to turn on the oven, this is a great way to make the most of seasonal produce!
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Grilled Mango Pineapple Chicken
🥭🍍🍗 EASY, ready in 10 minutes, and the flavor of the juicy chicken makes you feel like you're on a TROPICAL island! Grilled peppers on the side makes for the PERFECT summer meal!
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Sausage Rigatoni Pasta Skillet
🍅🌿👏🏻 An EASY comfort food pasta recipe complete with al dente cooked rigatoni, juicy Italian sausage, tomatoes, fresh basil, Parmesan cheese and more! So much saucy FLAVOR, ready in 30 minutes, and makes a big batch for planned leftovers that you can enjoy during the week or freeze for later!
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Sides and Salads
Mango Pineapple Shrimp Salad
🥑🥭🍍🍤 With tropical fruit, avocado, red onion, lime juice, cilantro, and plump JUICY shrimp, this EASY 15-minute recipe will become a new FAVORITE! Healthy and light with an assortment of wonderful flavors in every bite that's perfect for a snack, quick lunch, or casual summer dinner!
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Grilled Mexican Corn and Black Bean Salad
🌽🫘🎉 An EASY corn salad with black beans, zucchini, red onions, cilantro, lime juice, and more! So much Mexican-inspired FLAVOR in every bite of this family favorite recipe that's sure to be a hit!
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Skillet Zucchini, Corn, and Peppers (Calabacitas)
🍅🌽🫑 An EASY Mexican-inspired recipe ready in 15 minutes with zucchini, corn, bell peppers, tomatoes, and green chiles! HEALTHY, vegan, and naturally gluten-free! When there's an abundance of summer produce, this recipe is PERFECT!
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Lemon Basil Greek Orzo Salad
🍋🌿🍅 EASY, ready in 25 minutes, and lemon and basil give it such a FRESH taste! It’s a great meal prep recipe for make-ahead weekday lunches or serve it as a healthy side at dinner! Also a winner at parties, picnics, and potlucks because people love this easy and healthy salad recipe!
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Lime Cilantro Shrimp and Black Bean Salad
Lime Cilantro Shrimp and Black Bean Salad – Tender juicy shrimp, black beans, avocado, cilantro, and more coated in a lime sauce that’s a FIESTA in your mouth!! An EASY and HEALTHY Mexican-inspired salad that’s ready in 10 minutes!!
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Summer Desserts
Blueberry Zucchini Bread
🫐🙌🏻😋🍞This blueberry zucchini bread is a quick, no-mixer recipe that's sweet, but not too sweet. Each bite is bursting with fresh blueberries! This is a fan favorite EVERY summer! Especially when the markets or your garden is overflowing with zucchini!
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Crustless Fresh Strawberry Pie
🍓🍓 FAST, super EASY, no-mixer dessert that’s perfect for summer entertaining, picnics, or potlucks!! Somewhere in between pie, cake, and blondies is what you get with this FABULOUS recipe! Take advantage of those FRESH strawberries!
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Zucchini Brownies
🍫🥒 are the BEST soft and fudgy chocolate brownies with the rich texture of chocolate cake. This EASY one bowl recipe requires no mixer and is filled and topped with mini chocolate chips for even more chocolate flavor. You cannot taste the zucchini at all, promise!
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Strawberry Banana Bread Recipe
🍓🍌🍞 This strawberry banana bread is packed with fresh strawberries! This is an easy, no-mixer quick bread recipe you're going to love!
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Blueberry Banana Zucchini Bread
🫐🍌 An EASY, no mixer quick bread packed with ripe bananas, juicy blueberries, and grated zucchini. The fruit and zucchini keep every slice incredibly soft, moist, and tender. It’s a great way to use up summer zucchini and is the kind of homemade bread everyone will want seconds of!
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