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15 Perfect Pasta Salad Recipes

These pasta salad recipes are fantastic for parties and potlucks, but equally good for weekday lunches! Grab the recipes, plus tips for making your pasta salads perfect. 6 Tips for Making Pasta Salad When it comes to healthy recipes, pasta salads may n…

Atlantic Beach Pie Bars.

Atlantic beach pie bars are the perfect summer treat! A salty cracker crust is topped with fresh citrus curd, fresh whipped cream and a sprinkle of sea salt. Tangy, light, refreshing and delicious. I’ve found our 2024 summer dessert!!  These atlantic beach pie bars are my new favorite treat. A salty sweet crust made of […]

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Caprese Salad

Classic Caprese Salad is everyone’s favorite summer salad. It’s SO simple to make and basically summer on a plate. The best part? You only need three main ingredients: These ingredients are tied together with a drizzle of good olive oil and…

Lentil Sloppy Joes

These vegan lentil sloppy joes are deliciously filling plant-based dinner made with lentils, tomatoes, and seasonings! The tangy flavor makes…

Basil Green Goddess Dressing

Creamy and herbaceous basil green goddess dressing is the perfect way to give your next salad an upgrade! Fresh basil makes this dressing a standout. Green Goddess Dressing Recipe In the summer when we have so much basil we don’t know what to do with i…

Creamy Pesto Sauce (Dairy-Free)

We’re throwing a pesto party, and you’re invited! With all the herby, savory goodness of traditional basil pesto, this CREAMY dairy-free pesto SAUCE is endlessly versatile and almost too easy. It comes together in just 5 minutes with 7 simple ingredien…

Plastic Spoon Critters

Plastic Spoon Critters are the cutest little craft you never knew you needed! Create a ladybug with plastic spoons or…
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Watermelon Cucumber Granita

Cool off with this refreshing 4-ingredient, Watermelon Cucumber Granita. Easy to make, and no special equipment needed! Watermelon Cucumber Granita This light frozen dessert is cold and slushy, perfect for cooling off this summer or enjoying as a palat…

Tomato Confit

Turn tomatoes into gold with our tomato confit recipe, which tastes like a burst of summer sunshine! Slow roasting cherry…

Grilled Jalapeño Peach Chicken.

This grilled jalapeño peach chicken is a delish weeknight summer meal! Fresh juicy peaches are mixed with spicy peppers, cilantro and lime then served over grilled sticky peach chicken. Cilantro lime rice on the side please! This tastes like sunshine! This jalapeño peach chicken is super flavorful! Chicken grilled with a mixture of peach preserves […]

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Grilled Vegetable Farro Salad

Summer is all about sunshine, salads, and grilling! This Grilled Vegetable Farro Salad is the perfect summer salad! The base of the salad is farro, which is an ancient grain that is nutty, chewy, and hearty. I love grilling the zucchini and bell pepper…

What Your Ice Cream Order Says About You

It’s a July weekend afternoon. The sun’s strong, the air’s humid. And then, you hear that jingle. The truck pulls up. A wall of ice cream offerings—including popsicles made to look like out-of-date cartoon characters, quintessential items that have thr…

20 Easy Summer Cocktails

Hot days call for summer cocktails! Maybe fruity, maybe frozen, and definitely refreshing, these drinks will help you cool off and celebrate the season all in one. Below, you’ll find the easy cocktail recipes I’ll be making all summer. Perf…

Watermelon Salad with Feta

This watermelon salad recipe is everything I want on a summer day. At this time of year, I can’t get enough of salads made with peak-season fruits and veggies. I especially love a good sweet and salty combination. This watermelon salad with feta,…

The 70 Songs of Lazy Hazy Summer

When was your laziest, haziest summer? For us, it was our sixteenth. That’s the summer when you’re stacked with freedom (read: a driver’s license) but short on plans. When you’re still at home but no longer a child. (No, you’re an incoming upperclassma…

summer steak with corn and tomatoes

This has been my go-to summer steak for the last several years and I have some audacity to have gate kept it for so long. Mostly, we’ve been too busy eating it for me to grab the camera and shoot it and then sit down and write the recipe…

10 Picnic Recipes That Won’t Get Weird at the Park

My dream park day begins by tackling a dozen oysters within shouting distance of an adult Spikeball Tournament and ends with a 16 ounce prime rib dinner served underneath illegal fireworks. “Dream” is the key word here (with “adult” not far behind), as…

Peach Galette

This peach galette recipe is spectacular! It stars juicy ripe peaches and browned butter filling encased in a flaky pastry…

Berry Caprese Salad

During the hot summer months, I only want to eat salads, watermelon, and ice cream. Ok, let’s go wild and include some chips and guacamole by the pool. Sounds like a good summer to me:) Seriously though, I LIVE for summer salads when produce is s…

Hot Crab Dip

This hot crab dip with sweet summer corn and a butter cracker topping makes a delicious appetizer if you’re entertaining. Hot Crab and Corn Dip If you love crab cakes, this creamy, hot crab dip with corn is baked in a light cream sauce that uses Greek …

Mediterranean Salad

Here’s one of our very favorite green salad recipes: this Mediterranean salad! It’s packed with crunchy fresh vegetables like cucumber…

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