Delicious $3 Dinners
Cut your food bill with these dollar-stretching suppers - loaded with peak-season produce, they cost pennies per person.
Quick Summery Veggie Tart
Refrigerated ready-to-unroll piecrust is the shortcut secret to this savory tart (pictured). Slathered with basil cream cheese, it's filled with squash, peppers, and zucchini.
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Beer Brat Skewers with Spicy Slaw
Bite-size bratwurst slices alternate with veggies in this kebab version of the Sheboygan, WI, classic, which is basted in a beer - brown sugar sauce.
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Southwestern Tortilla Pizzas
Layer budget-smart black beans, cut-from-the-cob corn, and Cheddar cheese to create these oven-roasted open-faced tacos. Top with red cabbage and cilantro for color and a crispy crunch.
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Related: 10 Vegetarian Summer Meals
Rustic Pasta Toss with Tuna & Tomatoes
This pasta salad (pictured) is loaded with farm-stand squash and zucchini - and two pounds of tomatoes. Just combine the raw veggies with canned tuna and campanelle pasta for a beat-the-heat - and beat-the-clock-meal.
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Slow Cooker Barbecue Turkey with Corn Salad
These fall-apart-tender turkey thighs get their spicy sweetness from a dry rub of cayenne pepper and paprika. After slow simmering, spoon a vinegar-based barbecue sauce over them and plate with a succotash-style side studded with carrots.
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Smoky Chicken & Pepper Salad
Paprika-seasoned chicken thighs transform a traditionally vegetarian panzanella salad into a family-satisfying supper (pictured). Toss together with toasted cubes of French bread and garden-gathered tomatoes for a casual all-in-one dish.
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Cajun Cobb Salad
Robustly rich andouille sausage, speed-sautéed with red beans and green peppers, gives this substantial salad its Cajun kick. Drizzle on a mustard-mayo dressing, whipped up fast with just a few pantry staple.
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Soy-Glazed Chicken with Rice Salad
For this Chinese-inspired take on cookout chicken, leg quarters are brushed with a simple glaze of soy sauce and sugar while grilling. The bird's crackly, burnished skin is the perfect partner to rice salad with broccoli and thin-sliced radishes.
Related: Easy Summer Fruit Recipes
Grilled Ham Steaks with Sweet Potato Salad
Every forkful of this down-home dinner delivers Southern flavor, from the thick-cut ham steak to the sweet potato salad dressed with a speedy apricot-curry sauce (pictured).
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Grilled Pork Chops 'N' Peaches
Seared on the grill, just-picked juicy peaches gain a caramelized char - and become a mouthwatering match for these succulent chops. Coating the pork with a quickly made marinade of garlic and cilantro results in supermoist meat.
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-Photos by Con Poulos
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