Summer Bucket List
Your ultimate recipe for Summer fun! in printable form so you can follow along and keep track!
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Total Time5 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer, Brunch, Cocktails, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: summer
Servings: 4 people
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Foods to Eat
- watermelon
- strawberries
- blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries
- cherries
- nectarines and peaches
- plums, pluots, and all the fam
- cantaloupes, honeydews, and related melons
- figs
- beachside fish tacos
- grilled salmon
- Mediterranean Mezze Platter
- pasta salads and potato salads
- birthday cake
- summer fruit pies and tarts
- farmers' market bowl
- avocado
- tomatoes
- fresh corn on the cob
- okra
- zucchini
- eggplants
- cucumbers
- fresh/shelling beans
- backyard Korean BBQ
- homemade herb pesto
- Green Goddess Dressing
- gazpacho
- soupe au pistou French vegetable soup served with pesto
- Naeng Myeon/Neng Myun
- Cold Soba/Soba Noodle Salad
- summer rolls
- BBQ ribs
- grilled chicken
- grilled shrimp
- seafood ceviche/poké
- clambake or crab boil
- lobster roll
- ballpark hot dogs
- funnel cake
- shaved ice Hawaiian, Korean bingsu
- ice cream made in two coffee cans
- campfire s'mores
- icebox or ice cream cakes
- popsicles
- French aioli
- jams and jellies you make yourself
- pickles you pickle yourself
- oysters
Drinks to Drink
- summer sangria
- rosé wine, chilled red wine e.g. lambrusco, prosecco
- bellini with fresh peach puree
- wine spritzer
- beer with ginger ale aka "shandy"
- tropical fruit blended cocktail e.g. daiquiri and margarita
- mojitos with backyard garden mint
- water
- cold brew coffee
- iced tea
- lemonade from a roadside stand
- date shake
- strawberry almond milk
- agua fresca
- green juice
Summer Bucket List To Dos
Grow a vegetable or herb garden.
Throw a pool party
Play tennis
Celebrate summer holidays
Go to a baseball game
Picnic at the beach
Go to a concert at the Hollywood Bowl
Watch an Outdoor Movie Night or Backyard Drive-in
Throw a Rooftop Cocktail Party
Go to the County or State Fair
Go on Road Trip
Watch the Summer Olympics in Paris
Wear
Wear sunscreen all day every day
Go bare nails
Do a summery French manicure, bonus points if you're actually in France
Wear new flip-flops and espadrilles
Wear cheap sunglasses that you don't have to worry about losing in the ocean
Wear a bikini
Curl your hair into beach waves without going to the beach
Wear cutoffs
Wear a romper
Wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect your skin
Carry a ludicrously capacious beach tote as your everyday tote
Get your signature Summer Dress, whether a sundress or floral dress or little white dress or milkmaid dress
Wear white jeans