Summer-Ready Dishes

If you're racking your brain for catchy LTO menu ideas, take a step back and focus on seasonality. Sometimes all diners need to be enticed is timely flavors and seasonal ingredients. Check out these menu ideas for summer that use ingredients that support your kitchen flow too.

1. Black Bean Summer Squash & Corn Salad

Bright, flavorful and packed with vegetarian protein, this black bean and summer squash salad is a vibrant menu item, topped with cotija and charred corn. Grab the recipe idea here.

2. Loaded Taco Fries

Diners love fries, diners love tacos. Put the two menu stars together to create Loaded Taco Fries, a perfect happy hour appetizer or offering for a stadium stand or food truck. Our fully-cooked Taco Beef means you just need to heat and serve. That means your food gets out to your customers in record time! Check out the menu idea.

3. Peach Salsa Verde

Our Salsa Verde is great on its own, but it also makes for a great base for peach salsa. Recipe idea here.

4. Salsa and Watermelon Salad

This dish is a playful mix of sweet, salty and spicy flavors. Celebrate melons all summer long on your menu and this dish is just one way to do it. Recipe idea here.

5. Verde Caprese Salad

Each summer when tomato season is in full swing, we try to eat as many of them as we can. The classic caprese gets a kick from Salsa Verde. Find the recipe idea here.

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