Delicious and Healthy Summer Recipes

Welcome to summer! Wow, we blinked, and 2024 is halfway out!

However, we’re so delighted that it’s that wonderful time of year again filled with warm sunshine, a gentle breeze, and the delightful sound of laughter echoing through the air. Yes, we are picturing the European summer. Of course, if you’re in the Middle East, the temperature is vastly different, but we always make the best of any situation. Summer brings a sense of nostalgia, reminding us of carefree days spent with friends and family. 

It’s also a time to focus on eating light, staying hydrated, and feeling our best so here’s a full day of meal inspiration using the Thermomix® that’s nutritious, delicious, and perfect for those sunny summer days. You can also watch our YouTube Episode with our Thermomix® Advisor, Aneta, who tested and tasted these recipes if you prefer video instead. Now, let’s dive into this delicious summer menu!

Start your day with wellness—caring for the mind, body, and soul, perhaps with meditation or light exercise. Then, get on with your day, starting with a Turmeric Wellness Shot. This immune booster helps protect against inflammation and muscle pain, and it gives you a quick energy kick to start your day feeling vibrant and ready to go.

Some say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, others prefer to skip it, and many are too busy to have it. If you’re the latter, then Breakfast on-the-go is ideal for those busy mornings when you don’t have time to sit down for a meal. This recipe calls for nut milk and butter, and instead of buying nut milk and butter, save your money and easily make them in your Thermomix®. This smoothie is packed with fibre and nutrients, essential for a busy summer day.

For lunch, prepare something light; Turmeric Chicken Lime Skewers paired with a Nectarine Salad are a perfect combination. This vibrant pair perfectly captures the summer vibe. The salad’s sweet and tangy flavour marries beautifully with the subtly spiced chicken skewers, making it a light and satisfying midday meal.

For dinner, this Chimichurri Steak Pita Sandwich is a guaranteed hit. This light dinner pairs fresh tomatoes and arugula to balance out the rich flavours of the steak and chimichurri sauce. It’s packed with protein, delicious, and incredibly easy to make, perfect for a relaxing summer evening. If you think steak is heavy for dinner, swap it with Turmeric Chicken Lime Skewers and Nectarine Salad — whatever you think is appropriate for your dietary needs.

For dessert, enjoy Pineapple Carpaccio with Strawberry Sorbet — a delectable treat that needs no introduction. It’s a simple two-ingredient recipe (as long as you already have the sorbet). Slicing a fresh pineapple with the Thermomix® Cutter or a knife and adding a homemade strawberry sorbet whipped up in the Thermomix® in just five minutes with two ingredients: frozen strawberries and yoghurt. You won’t believe how fresh this tastes and what a perfect palate cleanser it is!

To cap off your summer night, quickly make a Piña Colada. You can make it virgin or with Malibu rum, depending on what you feel like having. It’s the perfect refreshing drink to end a day full of delicious meals.

And there you have it—a complete full-day summer meal inspiration. There are many other recipes on Cookidoo® that you can try.

• Type “summer” in the search bar, and Cookidoo® will give you tons of inspiration, from breakfast, lunch, and dinner to kids’ snacks!
• Create a “Summer Recipes” collection in your Cookidoo® so you never run out of ideas.
• Reduce waste – you might have noticed that when we create full meal recipes, we tend to repeat the use of some ingredients in other recipes; this prevents us from any leftovers and food waste; in this case, we used Turmeric in the wellness drink as well as for the Chicken marinade. A whole fresh pineapple is quite big, so we chose recipes that use this ingredient, and we ended up with Wellness Shot, Pineapple Carpaccio and Piñacolada—we used the entire fruit. Of course, the case is different if you have a big family. But this is just an example of how you can save food from going bad—we all love fresh produce, so we might as well use it on the same day and, most importantly, save money!

And a friendly reminder: hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! There are plenty of drink recipes to choose from, like this Super Hydrating Breakfast Drink, which you can drink in the morning, as a snack, or whenever you’re lacking hydration.

We hope you try something new today! Happy Summer! 🌞🍍🥗🍹