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7 Summer Dinner Salads

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Updated: Mar 14, 2023

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When summer temps are high, we need quick, easy recipes that are tasty but won’t heat up the kitchen! These 7 light, but oh-so-filling, dinner salads are the perfect answer to the summer time cooking blues.

7 light but filling dinner salads perfect for summer.  Quick, easy and cool.

Summer is heating up, and no one wants to stand in the kitchen cooking a big meal! So what to do at dinner time? Toss together a big salad. Grab a fork and enjoy.

But not just any ol’ salad will do. We’re talking summer time superstars that not only showcase fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, but have plenty of protein so they eat like a meal, a meal you really love!

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From shrimp to pork tenderloin, steak, chicken, tacos and muffulettas, these 7 summer dinner salads have what it takes to satisfy. Drizzled with light & easy dressings and popping with all your favorite farmer’s market fruit & veggies, these handy recipes are truly what good summer eating is all about.

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When summer temps are high, we need quick, easy recipes that are tasty but won't heat up the kitchen!  These 7 light, but oh-so-filling, dinner salads are the perfect answer to the summer time cooking blues.

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