4,893 summer recipes

Angelo's Milanese: thin breaded steak pan-fried golden, then simmered in a garlicky tomato sauce with dried chili, lemon peel, and rosemary. Italian-American comfort dinner.

Beef stew braised in cranberry chutney with raisins, walnuts, honey, and warm spices. Stewing beef slow-simmered until the tart cranberries melt into a rich, fruity sauce.

Beef and root vegetable soup made the slow way: a from-scratch stock from meaty soup bones, then simmered with shank meat, barley, turnip, parsnip, and tomato. Hearty, deeply savory, and better the next day.

Hearty vegetable beef soup simmered 4 hours with stewing beef, split peas, potatoes, carrots, corn, lima beans, spinach, and tomatoes. A true one-pot meal for cold days.

Indian style lentils simmer canned lentils with tomatoes, onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, and frozen spinach into a weeknight dal. Ready in about 15 minutes.

A hearty vegan chili non carne that uses TVP and crumbled veggie burgers for meaty texture, simmered with kidney beans, tomatoes, green chilis, and chili powder. A fast, high-protein, meat-free bowl.

Ground turkey simmered with crushed tomatoes, red wine, capers, and fresh herbs piled over roasted spaghetti squash strands. A hearty low-fat, low-calorie dinner that doesn't skimp on flavor.

Green chili with three meats, roasted poblano peppers, fresh cilantro, and beer. Slow-simmered for two hours and finished with beurre manie for serious richness and body.

Cuban-style navy bean soup simmered with smoked ham, salt pork, butternut squash, and potato in a sofrito-tomato base. Thick, smoky, and deeply satisfying.

Fakes xithati is the traditional Greek sour lentil soup, slow-simmered with garlic, olive oil, and coriander, then finished with a splash of vinegar for a tangy, soulful Mediterranean bowl.

Hijiki nimono simmers nutrient-rich hijiki seaweed with carrots, tofu, age, and green beans in dashi, soy, sake, and mirin. Traditional Japanese home-cooking side dish in 30 minutes.

Simple rhubarb sauce with sugar, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt simmered until thick and saucy. A versatile spring condiment for desserts, pancakes, or yogurt.

New Mexican chili with cubed round steak, garlic, and pure chili powder simmered in a simple broth. No beans, no tomatoes, just beef and red chile the way they make it in New Mexico.

Mom's brown stew with beef cubes simmered for two hours in a Worcestershire and lemon-spiked broth with potatoes, carrots, and pearl onions, finished with a flour-thickened gravy.

Classic Italian pasta sauce from Amatrice with bacon, onions, tomatoes, and red wine. Rich, savory, and deeply flavored after a long simmer.

Granny's minestrone is a hearty vegan vegetable soup packed with carrots, cabbage, zucchini, leeks and kidney beans in a tomato broth, finished with elbow macaroni. Slow-simmered for deep, comforting flavor.