1,213 summer recipes

A simple French-style onion soup for two: one big onion browned in butter, simmered in broth, and topped with toasted bread and melted cheese. Comfort food in 30 minutes with just 4 ingredients.

A thick, tomato-based Southern Brunswick stew with diced chicken, lima beans, corn, and okra simmered in broth with Worcestershire and a splash of hot sauce. Hearty, no-fuss comfort food that feeds six.

Maryland-style crab soup simmered with beef shin, tomatoes, mixed vegetables, and a pound and a half of crab meat. A slow-cooked Chesapeake Bay classic loaded with briny sweetness and deep beefy broth.

This old-timey Southern bean recipe simmers all day with a ham bone, canned tomatoes, and garlic until thick and soul-warming. Serve over cornbread with chopped onions for a cheap, filling weeknight supper.

Quick 20-minute red beans and rice with canned kidney beans, crushed tomatoes, and Cajun seasoning. Sauté onions, celery, and red peppers, simmer with spices, and spoon over brown rice for easy weeknight comfort.

Tender beef meatballs packed with ground zucchini and rice, simmered in a savory tomato-beef broth seasoned with oregano and cumin. A cozy one-pot stew with a hidden veggie boost in every bite.

Swedish-spiced meatballs with allspice, nutmeg, and ginger, rolled in cornmeal and browned in bacon fat, then simmered in a savory pan gravy and served over buttered noodles. A hearty Scandinavian-inspired weeknight dinner.

A jewel-red Christmas borscht simmered with beets, garlic, bay leaf, and lemon juice, then topped with cool sour cream and fresh dill. Light, earthy, and ready in 45 minutes for your holiday table.

A medieval recipe brought to life: young turnips simmered in white wine with chestnuts, sage, and a touch of honey. Simple, earthy, and elegant enough to grace a lord's table or your Tuesday dinner.

Tender venison pot roast simmered low and slow in tomato juice with potatoes and carrots. This hearty game meat recipe turns deer or elk into a fork-tender, melt-in-your-mouth Sunday dinner.

Pasta with sake clam sauce puts a Japanese twist on classic linguine alle vongole. Clams simmer with sake, garlic, and briny capers, then get tossed with pasta until every strand soaks up the sauce.

Gingered holiday chutney simmers Anjou pears, red and green bell peppers, lemon, lime and crystallized ginger in a brown sugar vinegar syrup. A sweet-tangy condiment for cheese boards, ham, turkey or roasted pork.

Ham bone and bean soup made from leftover holiday ham scraps simmered with beans, onion, garlic, and a homemade aromatic stock. A thrifty, waste-nothing soup that turns a spent ham bone into dinner.

Dominican red beans and rice (habichuelas con arroz), small red beans simmered with cumin, garlic, a touch of sugar, and vinegar, spooned over fluffy rice. A naturally vegan plate, great with avocado and plantains.

Classic giblet gravy made the old-fashioned way: simmered chicken or turkey giblets folded into a rich pan-drippings roux thickened with their own savory broth. The from-scratch holiday gravy your bird deserves.

An easy homemade pizza sauce from a can of whole tomatoes, garlic, and basil, with optional tomato paste for body. Simmer 15 minutes for bright and fresh or up to an hour for thick and deep. No jarred sauce needed.