Weeknight Dinner Planner: Easy Recipes That Taste Like Summer

Monday: Grilled Chicken & Corn Salad with Chipotle Crema

Start the week off right with an easy and healthy summer salad.

Recipe: Try our Grilled Chicken & Corn Salad with Chipotle Crema

Tuesday: Linguine with Shrimp, Lemon & Feta

Shrimp and feta and lemony pasta?! Come on, it doesn't get much better than that.

Recipe: Try our Linguine with Shrimp, Lemon & Feta

Wednesday: Broiled Top Blade Steak with Herb-Flecked Tomato Salad

There's nothing better than a ripe tomato in the summertime. Except when it's paired with this garlicky steak!

Recipe: Try our Broiled Top Blade Steak with Herb-Flecked Tomato Salad

Thursday: Ratatouille Kebabs with Rice Pilaf Packets

It's time to fire up the grill and make these veggie-heavy kebabs.

Recipe: Try Chris Lanier's Ratatouille Kebabs with Rice Pilaf Packets

Friday: Spicy Cheddar Burgers with Chunky Blue Cheese Aioli

It's finally Friday, so celebrate with this mouthwatering, cheese-smothered burger!

Recipe: Try Our Spicy Cheddar Burgers with Chunky Blue Cheese Aioli

Shopping List

For the Grilled Chicken & Corn Salad with Chipotle Crema

• Heavy cream or Mexican crema
• Chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, pureed or finely chopped
• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast or thigh
• 2 ears of corn
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Fresh thyme
• Mexican oregano
• Ground cumin
• 2 limes
• Acadia honey or light agave
• Romaine hearts
• 4 ounce Manchego cheese
• 1 Hass avocado

For the Linguine with Shrimp, Lemon & Feta

• Olive oil
• Flat-leaf parsley
• Lemon juice
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Lemon
• Crushed red pepper
• 1 pound shrimp, peeled or deveined
• Linguine
• 1 6 ounce package fresh spinach
• Feta

For the Broiled Top Blade Steak with Herb-Flecked Tomato Salad

• 4 boneless top blade steaks (6 oz. each)
• Olive oil
• 1 clove garlic
• Salt and pepper
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes
• Flat-leaf parsley
• Fresh basil
• Shallot
• Lemon juice

For the Ratatouille Kebabs with Rice Pilaf Packets

• 1 medium zucchini
• 1 medium yellow squash
• 1 small Japanese eggplant
• 1 large red onion
• Fresh basil leaves
• 1 lb. sirloin tip steak
• Medium-grain rice
• Chicken stock
• Butter
• Olive oil

For the Spicy Cheddar Burgers

• 2 pounds ground sirloin or chuck
• Worcestershire sauce
• Grainy Dijon mustard
• Horseradish
• Kosher salt and coarse black pepper
• Butter
• 3/4 lb. sliced sharp white cheddar
• 6 burger rolls
• Green leaf or butter lettuce
• Beefsteak tomatoes
• 1 Vidalia or other mild sweet onion

For the Homemade Mayo

• 1 organic egg
• Dijon mustard
• Fresh lemon juice
• Grapeseed oil
• Sea salt

For the Chunky Blue Cheese Aioli

• Homemade Mayo or store-bought mayo
• Crumbled blue cheese or smoked blue cheese crumbles
• Flat-leaf parsley
• Grainy Dijon mustard
• 1 large clove garlic, grated or pasted