Summer Recipes

The Coolest Summer Recipes
Simple Recipes So You Can Go Have Fun in the Sun!
Simplifying your life with this selection of summer recipes! From grilling to picnic recipes and summer salads to sweet seasonal desserts, you are sure to find something to satisfy even the most discerning palate...a way to create delicious food from the bounty of the summer season. Please sit a spell, play one of the Summertime renditions, browse, click and discover food to add to your summer menu. Keeping It Simply Summer is a tagline that I created from the ever famous KISS acronym that ...

Knickerbocker Glory Dessert
Knickerbocker Glory - A Great Summer Treat
A knickerbocker glory ice cream dessert was the greatest summer treat in the world when I was a child. Not only was it Big with a capital B, it was also expensive. It was something that neither my mother, nor anybody else I knew, ever made at home. When we were visiting the seaside and sitting in an ice cream parlour, I would look longingly at other people, particularly kids, eating knickerbocker glories. They were served in tall cone shaped glasses and had to be eaten with an especially lo...

Summer Pudding - A Great Dessert
Summer Pudding - Packed Full of Berries
Summer Pudding is a traditional British summertime dessert, made with a variety of berries. Because it's a traditional dessert, cooks have their own favourite versions of it and might make it a little differently each time, depending on their mood and what fruit is available. There are two unchanging elements: summer fruits, usually berries, and slices of bread to make a case for the fruit. Picture above: A Summer Pudding Copyright © bobba_dwj - Creative Commons License

Chocolate Drinks for Summer
Cold Chocolate Drinks to Cool You Down
A long cold chocolate milkshake or smoothie, like the one shown here, can be totally delicious when you are relaxing on a hot, sunny day. If you are watching your fat intake, skip the piped cream on top, use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk and you still get all the beneficial nutrients from the milk. Add some fruit as well, and it's even healthier. Unfortunately, the ice cream rather detracts from the healthy properties of milkshakes so they are not to be recommended if you are trying to lose w...

Vintage Summer Cooking
Summer Cooking in 1947
Summer cooking, in the days before air conditioning, was a very hot affair. Women were eager for recipes that would please their families, yet minimize cooking and time spent in the heat. Today, these vintage recipes can allow you to prepare a gracious meal, while you save money on utilities by not heating up the house. This lens is based upon an article on summer cooking originally published in the Louisville Courier-Journal Magazine on Sunday, July 6, 1947. The author, Cissy Gregg, begins...

Cool Summer Meal Recipes
Beat the Heat
Cool Summer Meals - Appetizer, Picnic, Dinner, and Deserts Discover creative and cool Summer dinner recipes, meal ideas, and deserts. Time to fire up the grill, blend together smoothies, and invite your friends over... Feel free to add your best Summer recipes here! Featured recipe lenses will be rotated.

Summer Recipes
Quick and Easy Summer Recipes
In the summer time when the weather is fine ....as the song goes; we don't want to be slaving over hot ovens but out there taking advantage of the fresh air and sunshine. Here we have some quick and easy summertime recipes for starters, snacks, main courses and even desserts .... not in any order.

Lazy Summer Day Dinner
Summer Days Require a Different Style of Cooking
One of the greatest things about summer is the food. On almost any given day you can drive through your neighborhood and smell something grilling. Whether you like to grill or not, here are two great summer recipes the whole family will love. When it comes to cooking during the summer, most people think of barbecues, family reunions, and picnics. They want food that is simple to prepare, won't take them hours in a hot kitchen, and that everyone will love so they don't have leftovers.