Summer Dinner Ideas are Your Friend!
In the summer, most of my friends and clients are looking for the most simple dinner ideas they can find. And, it makes perfect sense. Who wouldn’t rather be at the pool, the park or fitting in some fun exercise? Without a huge amount of effort, summer dinner meals can bring good nutrition to your plate and wow flavors of the season to your tongue. And, even when summer’s over, these go-to meals can be your quick solution.
Summer Dinner Ideas are Easy to Plan!
Here are 3 of my favorite easy meals for summer at the dinner table.
1. Sandwich & Salad: Make a ham/Mozzarella sandwich with a big slice of fresh summer tomato. Add a side salad of lettuce or spinach, summer cucumbers and light dressing. Finish with a wedge of summer watermelon for dessert.
2. Sandwich & Smoothie: Make a summer tomato/cucumber/sweet Bell pepper sandwich with hummus as your spread. Add a summer smoothie of vanilla or plain yogurt, orange juice, summer blueberries and summer raspberries (use fresh or frozen fruit). Finish with a fruit juice popsicle for dessert.
3. Stuffed Tomato & Crackers: Cut a large summer tomato into fourths, without cutting through to the very bottom, and stuff it with tuna salad, chicken salad or low fat cottage cheese. Add whole grain crackers with a spread of light cream cheese or hummus. Finish with a summer fruit salad of blueberries, peaches, plums and cantaloupe for dessert. *See photo at left.
Summer Dinner Ideas are Part of Your Healthy Lifestyle!
New ideas for light and healthy dinners are valuable for many reasons. First of all, they give you a healthy plan; second, the plan gives you a shopping list; third, the shopping list helps you manage your food budget. It all fits together into a system of taking care of yourself with thoughtful choices that taste great. For ongoing dinner ideas, be sure to like my facebook page and visit often. Let’s have a conversation about affordable, tasty meals to fuel your body right!