Make ahead summer dinners

Add these light summer meals to your weekly menu this season. You'll have everyone excited about summer dinners, and they're perfect for dining al fresco!

Here's a tasty way to stretch your grocery dollar. Pork shoulder roast is combined with orzo, peppers and mole sauce to make a spicy Mexican comfort food. —Kari Wheaton, South Beloit, Illinois

Your summer barbecue needs this Italian Tortellini Pasta Salad! Cheese-filled tortellinis are mixed with salami and pepperoni, tomatoes, pepperoncini, olives, arugula, fresh mozzarella and parmesan cheese and drizzled with a simple basil pesto vinaigrette!Yields about 12 cups or 16 (¾ cup) servings.

No need to call an expensive catering company just to enjoy your party – check out these make ahead summer meals for a crowd.

Why make individual quesadillas when you can make one enormous one? Our version is perfect for any gathering, and bonus, there's only one pan to clean.

32 No-Cook Summer Dinners Grandma Made

With fresh produce and a slimmed-down profile, these light summer casseroles give you all the comfort you want without the fat and calories.

This healthy Asian-flavored pasta salad is one of my most popular all-in-one meals, and it's also a great side dish for potlucks and picnics.

This summer vegetable dish is worth turning the oven on for. When zucchini and tomatoes are ruling the summer, this summer vegetable gratin recipe is just what you need to get rid of any tomatoes that are aboout ready to retire. This super easy and healthy recipe is bequeathed with tomatoes, zucchini squash, kosher salt, black pepper, breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese