summer side dishes

Hello!

How has your weekend been? We’ve had a little bit of everything going on. Hadley’s been at the lake with her friends, Hayden had a race yesterday morning, I’ve been working on school stuff, but I also enjoyed a bit of time at the pool yesterday. We all have been watching the Olympics. I’m sad to see it end!

Anyway, I had time to throw together another Summer Sunday post, and I’m sharing a few side dish ideas for summer.

I know I’ve been acting like summer is over, but that’s just because we’re back to school. We’ll still have warm summer weather through September, so there will be lots of time to keep enjoying summer foods.

We grill out from time to time, and I always enjoy making side dishes while Travis is in charge of the grilling.

Here are a few ideas:

Pasta Salad:

I use the Betty Crocker pasta salad from the box quite often, but this pasta salad with cucumbers, mozzarella, and more is a favorite that I make a few times in the spring and summer months.

Baked Beans:

I love baked beans, and usually “cheat” and just warm up some of the canned baked beans as a side dish for dinner.

This slow cooker recipe looks delish!

Asparagus Fries:

I’ve shared this recipe before, and it’s one that my kids request during the summer months. These asparagus fries are SO good.

Salad:

Like all of these other recipe ideas, I usually “cheat” which means I often buy bagged salad. I haven’t made this arugula salad recipe, but it looks delish! I hope to make it soon.

Watermelon:

One thing I love about summer is using fruit as an easy side dish. We always have strawberries, cantaloupe, pineapple and other fruit on hand. I take advantage of watermelon being so good during the summer months and often have it for lunch or dinner as a side.