Simple summer entertaining

Spending time outdoors and with friends is easy with these crowd-pleasing recipes

Updated November 2, 2012

Simple summer entertaining

Compiled by Adrienne Zander

Recipes

• 5-minute summer stir-fry

• Caesar sirloin steak

• Cheese and Tomato Melt

• Fiery Asian burgers

• Grilled sausage & summer vegetable kebabs

• Grilled trout topped with tomatoes and basil

• Grilled-Vegetable Sandwich

• Herbed balsamic salmon

• Indian-summer tomato pasta toss

• Mediterranean grilled chicken & zucchini

• Moroccan-style lamb kebabs

• Spicy Thai steak

• Summer berry flan

• Summer burrito

• Summer roast pesto chicken

• Summer salad platter

• Superbly herbed grilled chicken

• Three-ingredient lemon cream

• Toasted almonds with mango chicken

• Tomato-peach gazpacho

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