10 Easy Summer Dinner Ideas

2 - CHICKEN CHARGRILLS WITH VEGGIE RICE

• Grab a couple of packs of frozen Bird's Eye chicken chargrills, and cook as per the packet instructions - I air fry these.
• Grab a couple of packs of flavoured microwave rice (choose your favourite). We love microwave rice! 2-minutes, ping and done.
• Cook up some frozen peas and sweetcorn, and stir fry a few sliced mushrooms in olive oil.
• Stir the veg and rice together and serve with the chargrills sliced on top of the rice. Add coleslaw or salad alongside too if you fancy. 

Shopping list for chicken chargrills with veggie rice

• Bird's Eye Chicken Chargrills
• 2 packs of microwave rice
• Frozen peas and corn
• Punnet of mushrooms

3 - LOADED VEGGIE BURGERS WITH SWEET POTATO FRIES

• Grab a pack of veggie burgers, grill or air fry them and slide them into brioche burger rolls.
• Air fry the sweet potato fries.
• Load the burgers up with salad, tomato, cheese, mushrooms and avocado. Serve with sweet potato fries and a pot of bbq baked beans. 

Shopping list for veggie burger and fries

• Veggie burgers
• Brioche rolls
• Salad bag
• Vine tomatoes
• Cheese slices
• Mushrooms
• Avocado
• Frozen sweet potato fries
• BBQ baked beans

4 - QUICK SPANISH RICE

• Quickly fry up diced chicken, king prawns, a couple of peppers, a diced onion and season with smoked paprika and garlic powder.
• Stir into a couple of packs of cooked sun dried tomato microwave rice.

Shopping list for quick Spanish rice

• Diced chicken breast
• King prawns
• Red pepper
• Yellow pepper
• Red onion
• Garlic powder
• Smoked paprika
• Sun dried tomato microwave rice

6 - PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH

• Put together a plate of pork pies, ham, cheese, crusty bread, pickles, tomatoes, chutney, salad and add some apple wedges and posh crisps.

Shopping List For Ploughman's Lunch

• Mini pork pies
• Ham slices
• Cheddar cheese
• Crusty bread rolls
• Pickles
• Tomatoes
• Chutney
• Salad bag
• Apples
• Posh crisps

7 - CANNED TUNA PASTA

• You'll need a tin of tuna, tin of anchovies, tin of black olives, 2 tins of chopped tomatoes - the ones with herbs and garlic.
• Throw them into a saucepan with a teaspoon of garlic powder. Bring to the boil and then simmer for 10 minutes whilst you cook the pasta.

Shopping list for canned tuna pasta

• Tin tuna
• Tin anchovies
• Tin sliced black olives (small tin)
• 2 tins chopped tomatoes with garlic and herbs
• Garlic powder.
• Pasta

8 - FRENCH BREAD PIZZA

• Get yourself some sticks of French bread. Slice them lengthways, top with pizza sauce, grated cheese and your favourite pizza toppings - we like pepperoni.
• Grill under a hot grill until toppings are heated through properly and the cheese melted and bubbling.

Shopping list for French bread pizzas

• French bread
• Pizza sauce
• Grated cheese
• Pepperoni

9 - HOME-COOKED FISH AND CHIPS

• Get yourself some frozen fish fillets - whichever you like Young's Chip Shop Fish fillets are good.
• Chuck them in the oven with some chunky chips and mix up a pea dip (recipe here) for dunking them in. Serve alongside a bistro salad and some tomato wedges. 

Shopping list for easy fish and chips

• Frozen chip shop fish fillets
• Chunky oven chips
• Frozen peas
• Cream cheese
• Pesto
• Bistro salad
• Tomatoes

10 - MEATBALL MELT

• Get a pack of meatballs - fresh ready to cook beef ones or go Swedish style.
• Cook them in the air fryer whilst you heat up a couple of jars of chunky vegetable tomato pasta sauce, toss in some extra veggies - sautéed mushrooms and peppers.
• Stir meatballs, sauce and veggies into freshly cooked pasta - tip into a shallow casserole dish, scatter over torn mozzarella and a handful of grated cheddar then melt under the grill until golden and bubbling.
• Serve with loads of salad and garlic bread slices. 

Shopping list for meatball melt

• Meatballs
• 2 jars chunky veg pasta sauce
• small punnet of mushrooms
• Red pepper
• Ball of mozzarella 
• Cheddar cheese
• Pasta
• Garlic bread slices
• Salad 

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