Summer Recipes

Discover fresh and flavorful summer recipes perfect for weeknights, weekends, and cookouts! Featuring vibrant seasonal ingredients, this collection includes everything from light mains and cocktails to refreshing ice creams and sorbets - the perfect accompaniments to those sunny days.
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Grilled Pork Burgers with Slaw & Yum Yum Sauce
These juicy grilled pork burgers are bursting with bold Asian flavors and topped with a crisp slaw and creamy homemade sauce. Whether you’re using a Big Green Egg, gas, or charcoal grill, this easy summer recipe delivers serious flavor in every bite. Fire up the grill and make these crowd pleasers for your next cookout!
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Leite's Culinaria 
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13 Refreshing Summer Drink Recipes
Sip your way through summer with these 13 refreshing drink and cocktail recipes - perfect for backyard parties, poolside lounging, or any sunny afternoon. From Raspberry Vodka Lime Soda to Frosé and Frozen Gin Fizz, there’s something here for every kind of warm-weather craving. Shake up your summer and try one today!
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Leite's Culinaria 
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Cucumber and Onion Salad Recipe
This cucumber and onion salad is a simple summer side dish composed of crunchy marinated cucumbers and onions in a tangy vinaigrette. Perfect for backyard barbecues and picnicking. Grab the healthy recipe now from Leite's Culinaria!
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Simple Lemon Pasta with Peas and Ricotta Cheese
This light and creamy lemon pasta recipe is made with pappardelle noodles that are tossed with ricotta cheese, peas, fresh mint, and lemon juice. It's an easy fresh dinner recipe that's perfect for spring and summer!
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Leite's Culinaria 
eggplant wrap with artichoke cheese on a gold plate next to peppers
Mediterranean Eggplant Wrap Recipe
These make ahead vegetarian wraps are packed with grilled veggies, creamy goat cheese, and fresh basil, all rolled in soft flatbread for a lunch or picnic that’s full of flavor. Perfect served warm or at room temp, they’re easy to prep ahead and travel beautifully. Grab the easy recipe and wrap up something delicious!
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Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler with Crackly Sugar Topping
This nostalgic peach cobbler is a true showstopper - made with simple ingredients like fresh peaches, flour, milk, and sugar, with an irresistibly crisp topping. With a soft, cake like base and sweet stone fruit filling, it’s the kind of summer dessert everyone falls in love with. A must bake for peach season, grab the easy recipe now!
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blueberry crumble with ice cream on top in a pie pan and two plates
The Very Best Blueberry Crumble Recipe
This blueberry crumble, made with blueberries covered with a buttery oat brittle cookie topping, is a simple, quick, summer dessert recipe. Utterly spectacular and perfect for the 4th of July! Better make a double batch.
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Coffee Rubbed Grilled Skirt Steak Recipe
Who knew skirt steak could taste this bold? This grilled steak with coffee spice rub combines paprika, cumin, pepper, and a touch of cayenne for deep, smoky flavor that’s anything but ordinary. A quick prep and short ingredient list make this a go-to recipe for your next cookout. Fire up the grill and give it a try!
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Pear Upside Down Cake Recipe
This spiced pear upside-down cake is laced with caramel and cardamom, making it the perfect rich dessert recipe. Try this pear cake with caramel the next time you want to truly impress someone!
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Leite's Culinaria 
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Blueberry Lemon Cake Recipe
This homemade blueberry lemon layer cake is sweet and moist, and a little tangy, thanks to swoops and swirls of lemon cream cheese frosting. It's no surprise that folks are calling it the best lemon blueberry cake they've ever tried.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Recipe
This strawberry cheesecake ice cream recipe is easy as can be. All you do is mix together cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, and cream until smooth and then freeze it. Later strawberry puree and crushed graham crackers are swirled through. No ice cream maker required.
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Leite's Culinaria 
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How to Preserve Stone Fruits
Preserve the best of summer with these quick pickled stone fruits. Perfect for cheese boards, salads, or alongside grilled meats, these vibrant fruits are as versatile as they are beautiful. Customize your jars with herbs and spices, and enjoy stone fruit season all year long!
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Leite's Culinaria 
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Honey Teriyaki Ribs Recipe
These honey teriyaki ribs are rubbed with five spice powder and brown sugar, smoked low and slow until tender, and then slathered with a sweet honey teriyaki glaze. The most sweetly irresistible ribs we’ve tried. Give them a shot and see for yourself!
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How to Make Rhubarb Vodka
This easy rhubarb vodka recipe uses fresh stalks and a simple steeping method to create a vibrant, sweet tart spirit perfect for cocktails. From crisp spritzers to bold summer cocktails, this homemade infusion will be your new sunny day staple. Visit the post now for the full recipe, helpful tips, and fun serving ideas!
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Leite's Culinaria 
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Fresh Peach Iced Tea with Mint – Perfect Summer Drink Recipe
Cool off with this refreshing peach iced tea made with real peaches, mint leaves, and a touch of simple syrup. It’s the ultimate summer sipper - fresh, fruity, and made for porch lounging. Want to make it a cocktail? Just add a splash of vodka! Get the easy recipe now and start brewing.
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