Vegetable and legume salad
Vegetable and legume salad
Super easy to prepare and very light. For this recipe you need cooked lentils, carrots, onions, ham, cherry tomatoes and endive. If you feel like it, prepare a vinaigrette with oil, vinegar, salt, herbs to your liking and mustard
Cold vegetable Ratatuille terrine
Cold vegetable Ratatuille terrine
If you have trouble eating vegetables at home, this cold terrine will be an ideal option. Its ingredients are simple: onion, red and green peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, eggs, grated Parmesan, thyme and basil. 45 minutes of baking and voila!
Russian salad with crab
Russian salad with crab
If we tell you that you only need 20 minutes, do you believe it? You only need to boil the potatoes, green beans, peas and carrots and cook the eggs. Mix the vegetables with chopped olives, surimi and mayonnaise. If you want to look like a queen, serve the salad in timpani and decorate with chives.
Multicolored macaroni timbale
Multicolored macaroni timbale
Ok, we all like pasta, but if we present it in the form of a timbale with spinach, cottage cheese and tomato sauce and a light parmesan gratin, the result will be memorable. Super easy to prepare and also very fast.
Spiral salad
Spiral salad
One of the favorite dishes of the little ones in the house. You can add "new" ingredients like mini ears of corn or fresh beans. Make it a unique dish by adding a little tuna in olive oil.
Tuna with potato salad
Tuna with potato salad
The key to this dish lies in frying the tuna and shrimp tails with very little oil and pouring a few drops of wine on top. Cut the potatoes -cooked with the skin-, into not very thick slices and make a salad with cherry tomatoes, spring onion and green pepper. Prepare a dressing with salt, pepper, paprika, minced garlic, and oil.
Tricks with almonds
Tricks with almonds
Trout is a healthy blue fish, also very economical. Add a slice of ham inside, fry the fish lightly and place it in a saucepan with onion, minced garlic, and water. Sprinkle chopped almonds and pistachios and bake until golden brown. You will see that the result will be unbelievable.
Tuna skewers with tartar sauce
Tuna skewers with tartar sauce
If you have never prepared a tartar sauce, you need mayonnaise to which you will add chopped egg, parsley, capers, pickles, onions and mustard. Once you have it, prepare the skewers alternating the tuna tacos with vegetables to taste and that's it.
Carpaccio of salmon
Carpaccio of salmon
To cut the salmon into thin slices here is a trick: wrap it (without bones) in plastic wrap and leave it in the freezer for 20 minutes. When you have the salmon slices prepare a sauce with yogurt, chopped chives, salt and pepper and serve. It is super colorful and delicious.
Stuffed mussels
Stuffed mussels
The humble mussels admit a thousand and one preparations, do not miss it on your table this summer! These have, in addition to mussels obviously, shrimp prawn. They are ideal as a tapas or as a starter. A trick: accompany them with an American sauce made with shrimp shells.
Grilled sardines with roasted zucchini
Grilled sardines with roasted zucchini
In just over half an hour you can prepare this delight. You need sardines, zucchini, capers, and black olives. Also, if you want to give it a professional touch, prepare some aioli to serve alongside a plate.
Skewers Marineras
Skewers Marineras
The skewer format is super summer, especially if it is accompanied by a salad. Although you can make it however you want, we propose a very marinera with prawns and cuttlefish marinated in orange juice, red onion and cherry tomato.
Round of minced meat with mustard
Round of minced meat with mustard
This round of beef is stuffed with egg, piquillo peppers and stuffed olives. The key so that the meat is not dry is the baking time. Leave it for about 35 minutes at 180 degrees. Mark yourself a bit by accompanying the round with a sauce based on mustard, lemon juice, onion, whipping cream, salt and pepper.
Beef carpaccio
Beef carpaccio
Once you have the meat cut into thin slices, serve it on a plate with slices of Parmesan, a splash of lemon and dried tomatoes. Add a little arugula on top to give a "Ferran Adrià" touch to your creation. Treat yourself and prepare a sauce with light mayonnaise, mustard and a few drops of Worcester sauce.
Rack of lamb with potatoes and sour cream
Rack of lamb with potatoes and sour cream
Ok, to prepare this dish you may need a little more time but we assure you that the result will be so delicious that it will have been worth it. Make a mash of garlic, thyme, parsley, pepper, lemon and oil and spread the carré with it. Once you've got the roast beef, serve it up with halved kicks and sour cream for a hit.
Pancakes with veal
Pancakes with veal
This typical dish of Mexican cuisine admits infinite varieties of vegetables and meat. Our favorite option is the one with onion, red and green pepper, tomato, minced meat and cooked corn, but you can prepare them with whatever you want. Come along!
Bacon & Cheese Sandwich
Bacon & Cheese Sandwich
One of the most useful solutions to save an improvised dinner or lunch is to make some simple sandwiches. If you don't want to make the typical mixed ham and cheese sandwich, try one with bacon strips, sliced cheese, and piquillo peppers or cured ham, green asparagus, and goat cheese.
Peaches Pie
Peaches Pie
Whether as a dessert after a summer dinner, a breakfast or as a snack, this cake is wonderful. The base has ground almonds, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla sugar, flour and a splash of rum. Arrange the peach halves beautifully on top, bake the cake, and prepare to receive all the flattery in the world.
Vanilla ice cream with banana and chocolate
Vanilla ice cream with banana and chocolate
For the ice cream you have to bring milk, sugar, vanilla beans and their seeds to a boil. Mix it with beaten yolks until slightly thickened. Combine this ice cream (which you have previously cooled, of course), with roasted banana, melted chocolate and some mint leaves. We can't promise you don't want to eat it all!
Caramelized pineapple with chantilly
Caramelized pineapple with chantilly
On the one hand, prepare the chantilly and on the other, make a caramel syrup. Grill the pineapple (don't be shy, you'll see how you like it) and, when you go to serve, put a spoonful of chantilly on each piece and pour over the syrup. Yum!
Melon and pineapple with grated ginger
Melon and pineapple with grated ginger
Most refreshing to finish a dinner or lunch, it also supports many other fruits to combine. Besides melon and pineapple, you will need grated ginger, sugar, sesame seeds, and mint leaves. If you also add some nuts, you will have your new favorite dessert.
If you are a fan of cooking, you are probably not too interested in this article because you enjoy like no one in the kitchen. Although if on the contrary, putting dishes to work is not your thing or in summer you prefer to opt for light dishes that do not require much preparation, you should continue reading …
In the gallery we give you more than 20 ideas that can be used for your summer dinners but also for lunch. Ideal for the tupper (if you have to spend the summer at the office) or for a picnic on the beach. In addition, they are so attractive that you can prepare them even if you have a visitor.
Legume salads, the classic pasta, traditional tapas with a "pro" touch, fish dishes, meat dishes, delicious desserts … In short, most are perfect light dishes if you don't want to spend hours and hours in the kitchen .
Also, if you want to become a real hostess, you should not miss our ideas to organize an outdoor party. Nothing feels like more than being in the water all day, so … why not set up a makeshift dining room and organize a light and refreshing meal by the pool or outside? We tell you how to get it.
