Grilled Watermelon Blue Cheese Salad Here’s a FUN idea for your next backyard BBQ. Lightly grilling fresh fruit caramelizes the natural sugars and brings out the sweet flavor of the fruit! We’ve been grilling our peaches for years, so I thought…”let’s try watermelon!” VERY pleased with the results. Lots of dimensional flavors and textures happening Read More!
Sweet Onion + Tomato Salad Sydney and I made this SIMPLE salad quickly using a bunch of our garden tomatoes that are completely overflowing right now. The faster we pick them, the faster more seem to appear! Simple is always my very favorite way to go, especially in the Summer. We served this salad alongside Read More!
Quick & Easy Homemade Salsa We have quite a few salsa and pico recipes here on the website (can never have too many good recipes) but this one has completely stolen a place in my heart, and on my chips, on my tacos, and on my eggs, even spooned on top on my grilled chicken…you Read More!
Grilled Garlic Herb Shrimp Skewers Oh the FLAVOR happening here with these shrimp is SO WORTH the 30 minute marinade session! Do you use your BBQ grill year-round or just in the warmer months? We tend to use our grill year-round, but it definitely gets fired up more often throughout the Summer! Shrimp cook up Read More!
Watermelon Sorbet Icy Summertime PERFECTION, in a sweet, frozen, healthy treat. Skip the snow-cone shacks this Summer, and make your own healthier, ice cold treat! Simple prep, and you don’t even need an ice cream maker! Made up of over 90 percent water, watermelon is one of the most hydrating foods available to us. Thank Read More!
Cobb Salad Lettuce Wraps + Homemade Buttermilk Ranch These are great for SIMPLE entertaining throughout the Summertime! Set out all the ingredients, and let your family create their own Cobb Salad Wrap however they want! Ingredients: 2 cooked chicken breasts 4 hard-boiled large eggs, chopped 1 pint mixed cherry tomatoes, quartered 1 medium ripe avocado, Read More!
“Meal planning is so hard when you are only planning for one!” Many of our recipes are geared towards families, especially since I have a big one! But we’ve received a few messages from those cooking for just one or two and find those larger recipes difficult. Scaling down can be time consuming and meal Read More!
Pineapple + Shrimp Salad Sweet Sweet Summertime in a Salad! This salad combo is extremely satisfying with the sweet pineapple + tangy dressing + garlicky shrimp! Although fresh pineapple is available year-round throughout most of the US, this island fruit hits its peak from March through July. Besides being completely DELICIOUS, fresh Pineapple is packed with Read More!
Tuna Cucumber Party Bites Maybe you’re like me and have lots of canned tuna or salmon in the pantry? (Yep. This recipe works great with salmon too!) Maybe you’re also looking for a way to turn that canned fish into a super tasty, and quick lunch or snack for your family this summer? This is Read More!
Marinated Zucchini Salad It’s FULL ON ZUCCHINI SEASON! Do you have zucchini growing in your garden? If not, zucchini is now in-season, super abundant and VERY inexpensive at the Farmer’s Markets throughout late Summer…that’s if your neighbors don’t leave a big bag of it on your front porch as mine often do here in Utah. Read More!
