33 Summer Casserole Recipes You'll Love All Season Long
Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox
Classic casserole recipes frequent our fall and winter holiday menus, but with fresh summer veggies waiting at your local farmers' market begging to be baked, it's high time to crown summertime the new casserole season.
With a house full of kids and their friends all summer, it's always good to have a made-ahead dish on hand. From Zucchini Lasagna to Baked Ziti With Summer Vegetables, some of our favorite summer casserole recipes will help you prepare for everything from last-minute summertime entertaining to a fun family dinner. Here are some of our favorites.
Blueberry French Toast Casserole With Blueberry-Maple Syrup
This overnight French toast casserole uses challah bread soaked in a custard for several hours. With juicy bursts of fresh fruit, the result is deliciously smooth, custardy, and bright. This is an otherworldly breakfast casserole worth trying this summer.
Zucchini Lasagna
Antonis Achilleos; Prop Stylist: Kay E. Clarke; Food Stylist: Tina Stamos
Did you fill your farmers' market basket to the brim with zucchinis? This traditional lasagna gets a makeover with fresh zucchini squash. You'll be making it all summer long.
Asparagus Casserole
Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox
Asparagus casserole spans the seasons—yes, it can be rich and comforting in the winter, but it asparagus springs up from the ground in the spring and summer, a time for fresh, bright dishes. This creamy and cozy casserole is somehow still perfectly light and bright, a friendly as a summer side that satisfies those buttery cravings.
Tomato Pudding
Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Ana Kelly, Prop Stylist: Julia Bayless
Calling all fans of tomato pie! You'll love this recipe, especially when your tomato crop is exploding and you're tired of fixing tomato sandwiches for lunch. Try this creative take on bread pudding, a casserole-style tomato dish filled with savory and sweet notes.
Roasted Tomato Macaroni and Cheese
Fresh plum tomatoes top this cheesy favorite and add rich, juicy flavor.
Cheesy Tomato-and-Sausage Strata
Start your day off right with this hearty, cheesy breakfast casserole made with peak season tomatoes.
Old-School Green Bean Casserole
This fresh green bean casserole is worthy of serving all year round. Homemade cream-of-mushroom soup elevates the creamy, savory base, while fried shallots sprinkled overtop add some crunch. Even better, you can make this dish ahead of time. Prepare as instructed, but wait to add the toppings and bake it until you're ready to serve.
Cajun Shrimp Casserole
Jennifer Causey; Food Stylist: Anna Hampton; Prop Stylist:Claire Spollen
Loaded with okra, peppers, and shrimp, this casserole combines some of your favorite Cajun flavors into an easy to prepare dish.
Okra And Rice Casserole
Simple to make and packed with a lot of flavor, this casserole is the perfect excuse to use tender sautéed okra and sweet corn from the farmers market. Cajun spices and buttery garlic breadcrumbs make it extra special.
Easy Taco Casserole
Fred Hardy II; Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf; Prop Stylist: Julia Bayliss
Topped with all the seasonal summer veggies your heart desires, this easy casserole is a summer supper slam dunk.
Breakfast Chilaquiles Casserole
Summer mornings just got better with this egg casserole topped with fresh produce from the farmers' market, like radishes, tomatoes, cilantro, and avocado.
Best Breakfast Casserole
Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Julian Hensarling, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle
If you know, you know: it's always a good time for breakfast casserole no matter the season. We're calling this the best breakfast casserole for good reason: it's the perfect balance of savory, meaty, and cheesy with plenty of peppers, onions, and spices. Serve it all summer long for kiddos and friends.
Baked Ziti with Summer Vegetables
This vegetable and pasta medley will have you loving summer and all of its fresh flavors.
BLT Pain Perdu Casserole
Instead of making a big batch of sandwiches for a crowd, use fresh tomatoes to serve up the same flavors in casserole form.
Reunion Pea Casserole
In the summer, look for Whippoorwill, Lady Cream, and Pinkeye beans at the market and substitute them into this recipe for an impressive summer casserole that's as yummy as it is fresh.
Macaroni Corn Casserole
This recipe calls for thawed, frozen corn kernels but you can use fresh kernels when in season—which is all summer long!
Old-School Squash Casserole
Fred Hardy II; Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Stylist: Christina Brockman
The key to this casserole is to make sure you get as much liquid as you can out of the squash during the initial cooking phase before adding it to the casserole dish. The result is fabulously decadent and the perfect recipe for using up oodles and oodles of summer squash.
Savannah Red Rice
Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox
Savannah Red Rice is essentially a pilaf (also known as pilau, perloo, perlou, and so forth), in which long-grain rice simmers in a well-seasoned broth until tender and delectable. Full of summer veggies like whole tomatoes, celery, and peppers, this dish is perfectly savory and pleasantly acidic, with smoky bacon to give it a complex, yet subtle flavor.
Heirloom Tomato Pie
While this recipe calls for a homemade Parmesan-Buttermilk Pie Crust, you can use a store-bought base in a pinch.
Okra and Rice Casserole
Sautéed okra, sweet corn, Cajun spices, and buttery garlic breadcrumbs make this summer casserole shine.
Cheesy Ham, Corn, and Grits Bake
It doesn't get more Southern than ham, corn, and grits. This breakfast bake is here to prove that corn can be a great addition to the menu for your first meal of the day all summer long.
Tomato, Cheddar, and Bacon Pie
Choose whatever assortment of fresh tomatoes you would like for this tomato pie, but we love the look of mixed color varieties.
Tee's Corn Pudding
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You'll make use of exactly 12 ears of fresh corn to make this casserole. Sweet fresh corn flavors shine, making it a go-to recipe when corn's popping off at the market in the summertime.
Pasta-Chicken-Broccoli Bake
With broccoli, bell peppers, and mixed color tortellini ensures this casserole isn't just tasty but full of bright summer colors.
Cheesy Broccoli-and-Rice Casserole
Fresh broccoli is the secret to this delicious (and surprisingly good-for-you) casserole.
Eggplant Rollups
Thinly sliced eggplants make the perfect rollups. They're filled with ricotta cheese for a fresh, summery, Italian-style dinner.
New Tuna Casserole with Potato Chips
Summertime is the perfect time for tuna casserole lovers. Fresh veggies add pops of color while potato chips add the perfect crunch to this beloved, nostalgic dish.
Zucchini, Squash, and Corn Casserole
If you're looking for a true summertime trio, look no further than this side dish filled to the brim with zucchini, squash, and corn.
Two-Cheese Squash Casserole
This two-cheese combo lets your summer squash take center stage.
Summer Squash Casserole
This summer side dish is a cinch to prepare and pairs perfectly with fried chicken for a tried and true Southern summertime lunch or dinner.
Tennessee Onions
There's no better time to make this recipe than in the summer when sweet Vidalias are in season.
Chicken Fajita Casserole
This recipe might not have the same wow-factor as a plate of sizzling fajitas from a restaurant, but it has the all the same flavor and comes together in just 25 minutes of active cooking.
Baked BLT Dip
OK, so it's not exactly a casserole, but it uses a 9x13 dish and captures the perfect opportunity to show off an abundance of juicy, ripe, leftover summer tomatoes. Serve it all summer long or spread it onto a sandwich with lettuce and extra bacon or tomatoes for a quick and easy meal.
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