Summer means food is thought about differently. You want to beat the heat, yet still serve well rounded, nutritious, and delicious meals. These recipes will help you keep your cool as you feed your family.
I only make frozen desserts in the summer. Even though they're perfectly appropriate for other seasons, there's something about the cooling effect of eating something really cold on a really hot day. These recipes are all easy, obviously make ahead, and delicious.
Main dish chicken salads are a delicious choice for dinner on a hot night. Quick and easy chicken salad recipes use pasta, greens, fruit, and vegetables.
Father's Day usually means dinner cooked on the grill. This year, make one of these easy one dish meals - yes, cooked on the grill!
Kabobs are a fun and easy way to entertain or make dinner simple. Recipes and tips for making the best kebobs to grill.
Tips and hints about shopping at farmer's markets to get the best buys. Learn how to shop at a Farmer's Market.
These delicious and simple recipes are the perfect choices for the perfect picnic. Top 10 favorite picnic recipes are quick and easy.
Now that it's summer, here's a collection of my favorite summer recipes. Grilled entrees, main dish salads, and cool no cook desserts featured.
Recipes for quick and easy snacks and appetizers - get the recipes and cooking tips. Recipes for cool dips, frozen and chilled snacks, salads, and sandwiches, including Fruit Dips, Frosty Float, Rocky Road Sandwiches, and Pineapple Orange Pops.
Some summer days are just too hot to even contemplate standing next to anything hotter than you are. You don't want to grill, or microwave, or heat up the crockpot. These recipes will come to your rescue.
I feel it's important to use the most perfect ripe summer produce at its peak, and these cool recipes do just that. Try Italian Bread Salad, Cool Shrimp Tacos, and Fudgesicle Pie for dinner this week. You'll also learn my secret source for perfect no cook rice that blends beautifully in cold salads.
If you're running out of ideas for foods to cook on the grill, you can choose one or two of these fun, different salsa recipes to spice up your repertoire.
Are you prepared for a disaster? From tornadoes in the summer to earthquakes anytime to hurricanes in the fall, Mother Nature can take us by surprise. Take some time and think about your own emergency preparedness. There are foods you can store, recipes to collect, and things to do that will help keep you and your family safe even in the worst emergency.
Summer is picnic time! Learn how to plan the best picnic, how to pack a picnic basket, and find my favorite picnic menu, including the Best Lemonade and Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Cups.
Molded and frozen salads are great ideas for easy, cool make-ahead breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and desserts. Try Carrot Pineapple Salad, Divinity Frozen Fruit Salad, or Gazpacho Salad this week.
It happens every summer; a large storm knocks out power for a few hours. Very infrequently, there are major power outages across the world. Learn how to best preserve your perishable food and when to discard food so you are prepared.
I love all the different varieties and flavors of prewashed and prepared salad greens in your grocer's produce aisle. Use them as the basis of easy recipes like Salad Tacos or Scrambled Eggs with Spinach.
A weekend's worth of menus focuses on picnics and food cooked on the grill. Enjoy my family's traditional Memorial Day cookout menu and celebrate the holiday in style.
Sometimes all you want to do on an especially sultry summer day is snack. Make sure the snacks you offer your family are delicious and nutritious with these super easy recipes.
Salads are the perfect summer food. You can make them ahead and let them sit in cool comfort in your fridge, just getting better and better as the flavors blend and meld. Or make the base ahead of time, then throw some fabulous meat on the grill to add spice and heat to your salad.
Main dish salads form the backbone of my summer cooking. It's so wonderful to make dinner the night before or early in the morning and let it chill and blend all day. Try Minestrone Salad or Barley, Wild Rice and Black Bean Salad for dinner.
Burgers have evolved beyond plain old ground beef served with ketchup and mustard. Try Moroccan Turkey Burgers, Stuffed Pizza Burgers, Pesto Burgers, or Juicy Onion Burgers on the grill tonight.
The Fourth of July is the ultimate summer holiday in the United States. Celebrate this year with family, friends, and one of these five fabulous easy menus.
Even though it's hot and sultry outside, your sweet tooth still needs to be satisfied. Try these easy and delicious recipes that use no heat at all.
Senior Living Guide Donna Yeaw has collected some wonderful recipes that are perfect for hot summer days. Each recipe serves 1-2 people, so if you're cooking for just you and your significant other, these are perfect!
