Summer recipes side dishes, main meal, desserts, snacks, and recipes from the garden. Canning garden foods.
Easy Vegan Chickpea Soup with Spinach and Pasta is filling, delicious, and loaded with good for your veggies. When you add chickpea pasta or garden veggie pasta, spinach, you have a soup that is more like a healthy meal. This version has an Italian flair with roasted tomatoes, lots of garlic, and Italian seasoning. Add…
If you are looking for a cold salad with lots of fiber and veggies for your family this Southwest Vegetarian Brown Rice Salad will soon become a family favorite. Quick and Easy to assemble and keeps cold in the fridge. Make the brown rice in the Instant Pot and you have the filling healthy rice…
Make the best strawberry buttercream frosting with just the strawberries you have. No freeze dried strawberries are needed. Easy homemade fresh strawberry buttercream frosting is perfect in June when you have baskets of strawberries from the local Y-pick farm. So delicious you don’t even need the vanilla cupcake. I am not suggesting that you just…
Healthy vegan quinoa tabbouleh salad is a refreshing version of a classic Tabbouleh. Light full of parsley and refreshing lemon dressing but no mint. Packed with veggies, light and low calorie vegan salad is the perfect summer side dish for any get together. If you are looking for a vegetarian or vegan recipe to start…
If you’ve ever wanted to make Strawberry Pretzel Salad but dreaded the hours of waiting for the Jell-O to firm up, this recipe is for you. I’m going to show you the quick-set ice bath method that gets your topping ready in about 10 minutes, and walk you through every layer so it comes out…
If you love cake, and love cake batter and love cake batter dips you will love serving this fun easy dip on your next Charcuterie Dessert Board. The sprinkles in the Funfetti Cake mix dip add color and fun to this smooth creamy fruit and dessert dip. And all you had to say is “Cake”…
Our Summer Garden & Homemade Cold Tomato Gazpacho Soup Gazpacho is a light cold soup full of garden fresh veggies picked right from our garden. But do not worry if you do not have a garden. You can get all the ingredients from your local farmers’ market. This cold tomato soup is loaded with the…
So delicious your family will be asking for these healthy Asian Tofu Tacos with a tangy Asian coleslaw every week. The tofu is lightly fried in olive oil and cooked with a spicy peanut Gochujang Sauce κ³ μΆμ₯ The combination is amazing. These tofu tacos are packed with flavor and crunch, combining crispy tofu and tangy…
Lemon Meringue Pie is sweet, fluffy, airy, and perfectly tangy, with bright layers of lemon filling and soft meringue that make it instantly inviting. This classic lemon pie recipe is easy to make, a guaranteed family favorite, and a great dessert to prepare ahead for summer dinners, picnics, or gatherings with friends. This post contains…
All summer long our family has made this Quick and Easy Summer Chicken Pasta Salad. Any shape of pasta, lots of veggies, fresh grilled chicken, and a favorite Italian salad dressing, make this a fast summer dinner. The perfect cold easy macaroni salad for a picnic, BBQ, cookout, or potluck. This is the best pasta salad…
Fresh corn on the cob is so delicious and versatile for making as a side dish for summer dinners. Starting with Cinco de Mayo and ending with the fresh crop of local harvest corn you can go wrong serving your family corn. From eating fresh bear corn to jazzing up an ear of corn Mexican…
There are so many different ways to make tuna salad. I know your family will love this healthy tuna salad recipe with Greek yogurt and relish. It is a twist of a classic tuna salad sandwich but turning this can of tuna into a healthy, family-friendly recipe. Serve it on nice slices of crusty bread,…