Summer Dinner Recipes

Healthy meal planning for June

There are lots of inspiring summer dinner recipes here.

Enjoy a range heart healthy recipes with the focus on summer picnic recipes, healthy breakfast recipes and summer dessert recipes. If you are after easy ground beef recipes, look no further than the Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe. Leftovers make a very good gourmet Meatball Sub recipe. Be sure to see all the clever meal planning options below each recipe.

	WEEK 1	WEEK 2	WEEK 3	WEEK 4
SOMETHING SPECIAL	Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe	Roast Chicken with Garlic, Orange and Rosemary Rub Garlic Mash Potato Recipe	Basic Beef Stroganoff	Chicken Kebabs Recipe
CLEVER LEFTOVERS	Meatball Sub Recipe	Chicken a la King Recipe	Beef Noodle Recipe (Beef Stir Fry Recipe)	Chicken and Pasta Bake
MAIN MEAL	Pasta alla Puttanesca	Salmon Patties Recipe Tzatziki Sauce	Fried Fish with Mango Salsa	Baked Fish with Mushroom and Cream Sauce
MEATLESS MEALS	Vegetarian Moussaka	Veggie pizza Recipe	Roast Vegetable Quiche Recipe	Cheese Souffle Recipe
HEALTHY BREAKFAST RECIPES/ PICNIC RECIPES	Raspberry Smoothie Recipe	Chicken Liver Pate Recipe	Corn Muffin Recipe	Baked Scottish Eggs
SOUP/ SALADS/ LIGHT MEALS	Spinach Salad with Feta, Beetroot and Toasted Almonds and Basil Dressing	Phyllo Triangles filled with Chicken and Nuts	Tomato Basil Soup Recipe	Warm Spinach Salad with Slivered Lamb and Roasted Butternut with Balsamic Dressing
BAKING / DESSERTS	Cassata Cake	Easy Fruit Salad Recipe	Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin Recipe	Easy Apple Crisp Recipe

Research shows that over 70 percent of shoppers enter a store with at least a third of their weekly meals planned. The challenge, of course, is coming up with new ideas and recipes, finding quick, easy recipes that are reliable and meal planning which stays within the budget.

There is no doubt that it is easier to control your weight if you meal plan: it is not as easy to deviate if you have printed off a meal plan and written out a grocery list. In addition, you don't get "cooking fatigue" with this plan as there are fresh ideas. Everything is cooked from scratch but keeping in mind that people's time is limited. Enjoy our ideas and inspiration.

If you are really wanting to save time, it is worth batch cooking. Double up on the Meatball Recipe and you can use if for either the Meatball Sub Recipe or get adventurous and try the Albondigas Soup Recipe, Meatball Soup Recipe or Homemade Meatball Recipe with Tomato Sauce.

The same goes for the Roast Chicken with Garlic, Orange and Rosemary Rub. Instead of roasting one chicken, it is just as easy to pop two chickens in the oven. You then have boundless meal planning options: Chicken and Broccoli Casserole, Easy Chicken Enchiladas, Chicken Pasta Bake, Easy Chicken Pot Pie Recipe or Easy Chicken Salad.

Remember too, that most of these meal planning recipes freeze well. This is a life-saver in our household. There is nothing better than getting in from work or school late and being able to defrost a nutritious meal. Just be sure to label the container correctly and write on it the number of portions that it will yield.

If you are in the Southern Hemisphere, refer to Late Autumn Meals, Early Winter Meals or Winter Meals.

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