Simply Summer Recipe Box

By Carole Whitaker / Photography By Melina Hammer | Last Updated June 30, 2021

Fresh ingredients and simple preparation are the signatures of summer! Whether you're planning a July 4 feast or a weeknight supper, looking for a fresh way to highlight summer fruits or seafood, dive into the summer recipe box for inspiration!

Grilled Corn with Garlicky Butter and Herbs

Keeping it simple for summer, fresh herbs, olive oil and a delicious garlic butter are all just-picked corn needs!

Eastern Shore Honey Glazed Chicken

Eastern Shore honey adds delicious flavor to this citrus-y grilled chicken marinade.

Farmer’s Market Tomato Salad

When gorgeous tomatoes flood the farmers’ markets all summer, find the ones you love to make this simple salad, a celebration of ripe summer flavor.

Highbrow Easy-Peasy Summer Snack Platter

This collection of simple gourmet snack items can be put together with whatever is fresh and available!

Steamed Chesapeake Blue Crab

Spring marks the arrival of Chesapeake Blue Crab season in Delmarva. Celebrate this local delicacy with family and friends, where everybody gets a little messy and has a lot of fun!

Peach-Blueberry Crisp

Two summer favorite fruits come together in a dish that's great as with ice cream for a dessert or with yougurt for breakfast.

Grilled Summer Artichoke Salad

Summer grilling season is here! This dish from the Platinum Dining Group's Taverna Restaurant showcases how even artichokes and lemons can become a delicious side salad with a little help from...

Salmon with Sour Cream-Dill Slather

A deliciously light sour-cream-and-dill sauce shows off the summer flavor of fresh grilled salmon.

Blueberry Goat Cheese Pie

Blueberries are the ideal fruit for pies. While other berries melt and fall apart under heat, blueberries blossom. This pie takes a savory turn with the addition of goat cheese and basil. Top the pie...

Grilled Spicy Shrimp with Lemon Vinaigrette

This dish from Platinum Dining Group's Taverna restaurant makes the most of summer flavors, with local seasonal produce, seafood on the grill, zesty lemon vinaigrette and an easy orzo pasta. &...