https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 23:09:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571997 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:12:10 +0000 looch 2571997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Yeah, he's meticulous, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571975 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:41:31 +0000 regberadaisy 2571975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: 😮An hour?! Some of that gunk is what makes grilled food so yum! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571943 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:06:28 +0000 looch 2571943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: haha, fair enough. When my husband grills, he has to clean it before he cooks on it, then he cleans it again after he cooks. It's a process, takes him at least an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571527 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:38:13 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2571527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I grill chicken breasts. Then cut them into slices and throw onto a wrap with lettuce, cheese and whatever sauce. Then an easy side. DS has the same but kind of deconstructed version. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571520 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:29:50 +0000 Smurfette 2571520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: I'm with you! DH handles the grill. I don't even know how to turn it on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571504 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:04:04 +0000 travellingbee 2571504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I think it's easy because you don't have as much clean up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571466 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:43:54 +0000 Truth Bombs 2571466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I just think grilling is easy because it means my husband is doing the cooking :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571454 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:26:39 +0000 lovehoneybee 2571454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last night I made (pan-cooked) brats with peppers and onions and rice. The night before it was a big BLT salad with a lime honey vinaigrette. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571450 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:24:10 +0000 gingerbebe 2571450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pizza quesadillas - sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni or sausage or chopped up meatballs. With salad and fresh fruit. </p> <p>Fresh tortellini with pesto, a splash of cream (or blob of cream cheese or sour cream), cooked chicken or fully cooked chicken sausage, and peas or cherry tomatoes or baby spinach tossed in at the end.</p> <p>Tapas style dinner is easy - good bread, cheese, ham or salami, fresh melon or other fruit, hummus or other dips, crudités,<br /> steam a bag of edamame pods, sparkling lemonade for the kiddos, wine for the adults.</p> <p>On the side, this time of year I like to pre-make hearty salads that last a few days like cherry tomato, cuke, garbanzo beans and parsley tossed in lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. You can take the base and add other stuff to it (pasta, quinoa, olives, chicken, salami, feta), or just dump it on greens or eat as is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571333 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:00:22 +0000 pwnstar 2571333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Something cold and fresh like chicken salad and an edamame salad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571330 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:56:10 +0000 looch 2571330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I am the only person in the world that thinks grilling during the week is a PITA...</p> <p>I would do baked chicken thighs and vegetables. Prep the whole thing in a pan, bake at 400 for 20 minutes. Side of rice (Veetee is great and takes 2 mins in the microwave). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571322 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:48:29 +0000 Mamaof2 2571322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>spaghetti and meatballs - pre cook and then heat up quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571318 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:41:16 +0000 Charm54 2571318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last night we threw together grilled chicken and an apple pecan salad after the pool. It was really good and easy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571315 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:38:03 +0000 Truth Bombs 2571315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anything on the grill (burgers, chicken, salmon) or pasta salads! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571314 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:33:57 +0000 Silva 2571314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Big salads or something grilled! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-summer-dinners#post-2571309 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:27:41 +0000 mediagirl 2571309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Family dinners in the summer. Say you want to go to the pool when you get home from work/school and you need a quick and easy dinner to prep for post swimming dinner. What do you prepare? Last night we had chicken fried rice. Tonight we are having chicken quesadillas - we are trying to use up some shredded chicken. :) </p>